CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Machines and Grinders, I need a specialist: Grandebar from19xx? ...pictures: (#)

„In the meantime a specialist here in Vienna told me, that around the 50/60's water pressure was enhanced with pumps to a level of 7-8 bar(today most of the water comes from the mountains and has 3-4 bar pressure). In that time some manufacturers built espressomachines that worked with that pressure. That's the reason why this Grandebar has no pump, just a waterboiler. Today the pressure from the tap is not high enough, so the coffee is a mixture between a drip and an espresso.“

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CoffeeGeek - Vibiemme Machines - All - Wilco Bos's Review (#)

„The beans imported by René are Caffè Roberta Oro (from Modena, Italy); they are very tastefull! This all was situated in a huge workshop, where we were surrounded by professional espressomachines, and where specialists were fiddling with all kind of tools. What a devine surrounding for a geek like me.“

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CoffeeGeek - Faema Machines - All - Chris Cotellini's Review (#)

„The build quality is absolutely great.  Faema is sometimes called "the volkswagon of espressomachines" and I guess this is true if you look at price/reliability.  “

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Espresso Blends, Julius Meinl beans... (#)

„Wow, unfortunately they don't recommend it for espressomachines. And I have nothing else to try it.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/blends/ 17618 - Cached