On 15 Apr 2012 12:52:20 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-04-15, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> You are probably not interested in the La Marzocco then
>> http://www.wholelattelove.com/espresso_machine.cfm
>>
>> I though the commercial units for $20k were expensive until I saw one
>> for $25k
>
>Starbucks usta use only La Marzoccos, the Mercedes of espresso
>machines, but the operator hadda know what (s)he was doing. Most *$
>burger-flippin droids didn't. So, they sold off all those 1000s of
>lovely SMs and bought "superautos", which is an espresso machine that
>does it all, grinds, tamps, perks, delivers an espresso shot with the
>press of a single button. No knowledge or skill on the operator's
>part necessary. Those are what cost $20-25K and you gotta have a
>certified technician in every few days to make sure that superauto is
>tweaked to a capital T to deliver that perfect dopo. Otherwise they
>get outta adjustment and will deliver up some seriously nasty dreck.
>
>nb

For those who enjoy potent cawffee my new Farberware percolator brews
the world's best cuppa... perked beats espresso any day. Only
downside is clean up or I'd use it exclusively and shitcan my ADC.
Got this for when there are power outages:
http://www.amazon.com/Farberware-501...4500081&sr=8-3