Home Espresso FAQ (#)

  „Consider a lever machine only after reading the books in the bibliography below, doing some hands-on tests, and checking out some Web sites devoted to lever machines.     Most home lever machines are nothing like the classic systems once common in Italian coffee bars and that gave rise to the expression "pulling espresso." Units made by Elektra and La Cimbali are the only home lever machines that I am aware of using the cock-the-spring method of extraction. Other diminutive home lever machines employ an entirely different mechanical principle to extract the coffee. You provide all of the pressure by leaning on the lever.“

http://gawlowski.com/matt/html/ espresso_faq.html - Cached

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Some slightly related:

Fresh Cup Magazine

  „       Religious fascination lingers in the air and is the primary topic of conversation at Coffee Messiah, followed closely by politics and art. “Our customers are definitely more intelligent and aware than the clientele at most corporate coffee shops,” says Bialik. “Maybe that sounds snotty, but they are certainly more open-minded.” Given that the venue was already an alt-culture haven and den of voodoo/mojo kitsch before Bialik bought the place, his primary focus is on serving a great cup of coffee. “We want to serve the best-quality, best-tasting latte possible,” he says.“

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Michael Allen Smith (INeedCoffee.com)

  „Designing a Web Site for a Coffee House   “

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/by/michael_allen_smith/ - Cached

CoffeeGeek - Regional: United Kingdom, Aerolatte Burr Grinder

  „I know all this cos I rang Aerolatte to ask why it was cheaper in "HN" than direct from their website and they duly thanked me for pointing it out - they had forgotten to change the web price!!!. But have a think about the Solis/Dualit/Starbucks machine - its cheaper (£60 in John Lewis's or any of the Starbucks) has similar geared conical burr mechanism to the AL, good reviews on this site and surely easier to get parts/repaired back in the states should you get any problems. Aerolatte did tell me that they are slowly starting to phase out their grinder as its not a big enough seller for them - hence the recent price drop, so not sure how long spares will be kept for.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/worldregional/uk/ 75667 - Cached

Tea & Coffee 10/03 - Cafénatics on the Loose

  „However, a prominent consumer coffee personality, Mark Prince, of Vancouver, Canada, a web developer perhaps best known for his personal coffee websites coffeekid.com and coffeegeek.com, made contact with Intelligentsia’s Doug Zell, an SCAA board member. Zell was one of the first professionals visionary enough to see the potential in alties - he invited them to an event to help refine his now-cult espresso blend, Black Cat.“

http://www.teaandcoffee.net/1003/coffee.htm - Cached

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