Tea & Coffee 11/01 - Cafés Trottet: Half A Century of High Standards (#)

„Great coffee is one thing; however, great machines really make the difference. Cafés Trottet’s are aware of this, so they build their own espresso machines - marketed under the name Leirbag - to brew their coffee. In the company's words, “At Cafés Trottet, the machine is an essential element to prepare an excellent quality coffee, because we believe that the best of coffee can be disappointing if prepared with an ordinary machine.” Ranging in size, their machines run the gamut from espresso pod machines, called CAPS’Café, to professional automatic and semi-automatic machines, percolators and coffee vending machines. Depending on the needs of the client - whether it be a small café or a conference center, Cafés Trottet offers the appropriate machines for the specific types and amounts of coffees and customers.“

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India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - Coffee Times (#)

„Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness - Early February is the end of the picking season in the coffee lands of India, absolutely the right time for foreign buyers to make an estate visit and be reassured with the sight of plump red cherries, without a hint of green, in the collection vats. It's a busy season, with pulping machines operating at regular intervals, drying yards full of the season's harvest in the form of parchment and sun-dried cherries. For Trygve Klingenberg, CEO of Solberg & Hansen and President of SCAE (2002-03), who has been making regular visits to India, it was gratifying to see the efforts made during post harvest at an estate he has kept track of over the last five years: clean pulping machines, tables for drying, and most of all, no stink in the air! His advice to all: keep it clean, as you would with your own kitchen.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group (#)

„Remember that 20 years ago, when you walked into a campus computing center or office building, you could distinguish an Apple system from an IBM system from across a room. The early IBM PCs were box-shaped--as close to pure squares and rectangles as possible--and buttoned down with garters on the socks like the Big Blue executives who sold them to the world as business machines. In contrast, the physical design of the Apple machines has always represented the company's "alternative" (and borderline arrogant) mindset, appealing to the more artistic user and fueling the left-versus-right-brain debates. In addition to the packaging of the machine, the Mac's graphical user interface and Motorola CPUs provided the artistic cover by which this innovative book could safely be judged.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Most fine coffee goes through a battery of machines that sort the coffee by density of bean and by bean size, all the while removing sticks, rocks, nails, and miscellaneous debris that may have become mixed with the coffee during drying. First machines blow the beans into the air; those that fall into bins closest to the air source are heaviest and biggest; the lightest (and likely defective) beans plus chaff are blown in the farthest bin. Other machines shake the beans through a series of sieves, sorting them by size. Finally, an ingenious machine called a gravity separator shakes the sized beans on a tilted table, so that the heaviest, densest and best vibrate to one side of the pulsating table, and the lightest to the other.“

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Color Sorting Coffee (#)

„The methodology behind color sorting machines is similar. The color of each bean is quickly measured using a type of CCD camera system and depending on this wavelength measurement the bean is either allowed to flow downward or is shot with a puff of air into the reject pile. For monochromatic machines white and black beans are removed since they have a lighter or darker hue than the average, whereas the more specific bichromatic sorting machines detect and eliminate beans that are white, unripe, broken, insect damaged, and black.“

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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Fighting zombie machines (#)

„Low Graphics Wednesday, 22 August, 2001, 11:53 GMT 12:53 UK Fighting zombie machines Zombie computers are causing havoc on the net By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward Computer security firms are banding together to develop ways of stopping virus outbreaks and remote attacks before they get started. This year both PC and web users have faced a barrage of security problems including outbreaks of successive Windows viruses, an increase in attempts to knock sites off the net, and greater use of malicious programs like the Code Red worm. Now anti-virus company McAfee is joining up with three network security companies to share expertise and develop software that can thwart security problems before they get out of hand.“

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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Security hole in cash machines (#)

„Low Graphics Friday, 9 November, 2001, 00:08 GMT Security hole in cash machines Your Pin is vulnerable By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward A serious weakness has been discovered in the methods used by banks to protect the personal identification number (Pin) that lets you get money from a cash machine. A crooked bank manager could duplicate our work on a Monday and be off to Bermuda by Wednesday afternoon Richard Clayton, University of Cambridge Researchers from the University of Cambridge have found that the computer systems that check these numbers are valid are easy to defeat. They warn that unscrupulous insiders could exploit these weaknesses to raid customer accounts.“

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CoffeeKid - Guide to Espresso Machines (#)

„By the time you get up to $1500 or more, many machines use a different pump technology when compared to the sub $1500 machines (or even when compared to the $300 machines). They use a rotary pump design (or a Procon™ pump), where the cheaper machines use a vibratory (or diaphragm) pump. Rotary is considered the best pump design currently available for espresso machines, but it does have its drawbacks in home use. First, rotary pumps should always have a direct water line connection - no reservoir water because if they run dry, you could ruin the pump.“

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Home Espresso FAQ (#)

„Various issues of Fresh Cup magazine (the only editorial voice in the coffee industry to challenge the Starbuck Way) email: freshcup@aol.com and on the Web at www.freshcup.com Various issues of Tea And Coffee Trade Journal, email: teacof@aol.com. (May have changed, do a search on your own.) Various issues of Coffee Journal magazine, on the Web at http://www.tigeroak.com/coffeejournal/index.htm (May have changed, do a search on your own.) Tim Nemec's "Over The Coffee" Web site at www.cappuccino.com (back after a long hiatus) Lucid Cafe`s Web site: www2.lucidcafe.com > > > > end of document < < < < < David Bogie, aspiring boxmaker hopeless espresso hound Keeper of the MiniFAQ on Home Espresso Machines“

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Café de Colombia - OUR CAMPAIGN (#)

„The initial educational campaign consisted on television commercials that would show Juan Valdez, Colombian Coffee's longtime spokesperson, in the coffee fields hand-picking the beans at the moment of prime ripeness. This helped consumers understand that Colombian beans are grown and picked by dedicated men, with little or no help from machines in excellent climatic conditions with plenty of rain, sun, and volcanic soil. At this point consumers became convinced of Colombian Coffee's superiority. This campaign started in the early sixties and carried on throughout the early eighties.“

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Pasquini Livia 90 Home/Light Commercial Espresso Equipment (#)

„The Boiler is 1.3 liters.The Livia has a really nice, easy to read pressure gauge, and the factory setting is around 1.25 BarThe Livia has a full-size commercial coffee handle with a 57 mm filterbasket. This is the industry standard size for professional machines.The group head is commercial quality, once a week you should clean the screen. The Livia group head does not have a problem with overheating when the machine is left on!The Livia is a true back-flushing espresso machine, with a spigot to dispense back-pressured water into the drain trayThe two piece drain tray just lifts out for cleaning. The water reservoir holds 0.9 gallons (3.5 liters) and is removable for easy filling and cleaning.“

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Tips on Coffee - Cappuccino Cocktails: Specialty Coffee Recipes and 'A-Whole-Latte' more! (#)

„Cappuccino Cocktails is more than an eclectic collection of hot, iced and festive Espresso/Coffee/Cappuccino recipes (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). FIRST of-its-kind, this gourmet coffee book even illustrates "How to Make a Cappuccino WITHOUT a Machine!" This inventive and witty book is brimful and ready to serve you with fascinating coffee tips, unique techniques and trivia from "Beans and Machines" to "Cream of the Cup"; from "Coffee-o-logy" to "Coffee and Your Health" and much, much more! A sprinkling of inspiring coffee quotes and java jokes makes it as much fun to read as it is useful. With delectable full-color photographs throughout, this book is the perfect year-round gift for all coffee lovers!“

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CoffeeKid - A Big Fall Update (#)

„It's been a long standing theory of mine (and something I see in practice) that the built in reservoir on most consumer and prosumer espresso machines plays a very large role in the shot quality the machine produces, and it's all related to temperatures. I am fortunate that I get exposed to a lot of different espresso machines first hand, and it's been my experience that some machines the water reservoir get hotter than others. This water flows through either a heat exchanger or single boiler, then hits the bed of coffee, and then your cup.  You can see how reservoir temperatures make a difference.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„The Melitta heats water on demand and so is quicker to deliver coffee from a cold start than the other two machines, which bring an entire reservoir of water to brewing temperature before the "read" light goes on. (The Flavia is particularly slow to ramp up to brewing temperature.) On the other hand, both the Flavia and Keurig, once ready, can bubble out more cups faster than can the Melitta, making them much better choices for small offices or ambitious hosts. Of the three machines, the Keurig is the easiest to use and requires the least fumbling to manage the loading and unloading of the little packets that contain the ground coffee.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Evolution of the Caffe Machine. The first European patents for steam-pressure coffees machines were filed between 1821 and 1824. A variation of the method was first applied to a large caffe machine by Edward Loysel de Santais in 1843. Santais's machine wowed visitors to the Paris Exposition of 1855 by producing "two thousand cups of coffee an hour." Santais's machine brewed coffee a pot at a time, however, and used steam pressure, not to force the brewing water directly through the coffee, but, instead, to raise the water to a considerable height above the coffee, from whence it descended through an elaborate system of tubes to the coffee bed.“

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Coffee (#)

„When lifted, the piston pulls heated water from the reservoir and into a small chamber where it is forced into a filter of ground coffee by the lowering of the piston. These beautifully crafted machines have sleek, atomic-looking chrome exteriors which beg to be kept on your kitchen countertop for all to admire. Basically, they are fairly quiet and simple to use, once you've mastered them. They make good espresso and have a valve and frothing wand which make steamed milk reminiscent of the froth I found on cappuccinos in Italy.“

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Japanese & Rice 1 (#)

„Japanese had used genmai for centuries for its nutritional, health and beauty qualities and these days, they have been catching on its benefits again. Many Japanese families have rice-milling machines in their kitchens and cook white, brown or mixed rice depending on what they feel like eating. Actually, genmai is not so easy to cook if you don't know how, but Zojirushi's rice cookers have a convenient "Brown Rice" function, so don't worry. You can have very tasty genmai any time just by selecting it!“

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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 20 (#)

„So in the gourmet coffee shops that have a strong training program the manual preparation will offer finer caffe espresso. The machines I favor, including the Cafina, do not contain any milk, but rather offer an external steaming wand so the operator can create a beautiful chiffon milk texture and pour rosetta for the finest presentation and mouth-feel in cappuccino. Also, internal milk handling may be a problem with your local health department. For more information on the Cafina click on this link to Michaelo Espresso, the North American representative for the machines: www.michaelo.com/cafina.html.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Building Linux Clusters (#)

„In the book's second half, Spector turns his attention to cluster programming and applications, and describes tools, languages (where FORTRAN is still well regarded), libraries, and environments for parallel programming. Also, he gives examples of parallel virtual machines that serve MP3, persistence-of-vision graphics, and Web data to other devices or applications. Four brief appendices provide the essential technical details: an annotated Webography, a message-passing application programming interface, installation scripts for starting up the cluster of nodes at boot time, and a database to administer the activity of the nodes.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/03 - The Pleasures of Cappuccino... Without the Barista (#)

„“The machines have grown to tremendous popularity in convenience stores and enjoy significant penetration in this channel,” says David Sank, vice president, marketing. “C-stores are now installing bigger and more capable equipment as they have seen double-digit growth in this category over the past several years. To satisfy the needs of their customers, c-stores have begun installing more 5, 6, and 8 head cappuccino dispensers.” Their newest cappuccino machines have a 6 or 8 flavor dispenser which can incorporate cappuccino flavors such as Hazelnut, Raspberry Mocha and French Vanilla.“

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Coffee Kids | Education (#)

„The schools that have received these grants have used the funding in a number of ways. The majority of schools invested their grants in the purchase of teaching materials and equipment, including textbooks and workbooks, as well as photocopiers and mimeograph machines. Because many rural schools lack adequate infrastructure and are unable to create an atmosphere conducive to learning, some of the schools designated their funds to the improvement of school buildings and classrooms. For example, zinc roofing was replaced, doors were installed, and lighting was improved.“

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Coffee machines Italian espresso coffee machine - Gaggia (#)

„For those who desire the quality of a Gaggia espresso, GRAN GAGGIA is an excellent way to go. Though we call it Gran, or "big", it is in fact the smallest and most economical of the Gaggia coffee machines. But in sturdiness and quality, it is every bit as “gran” as the other models in the Gaggia line. Just try it and you'll realize immediately that GRAN GAGGIA is as capable as any coffee maker of bringing out the inimitable taste and aroma of coffee made as it should be.Thanks to the quality of the components, GRAN GAGGIA never misses a beat, and is always ready to operate at peak performance.“

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JAMA -- Syringe Dispensers, January 12, 2000, Voelker 283 (2): 191 (#)

„Researchers received completed questionnaires from 343 injection drug users who obtained sterile syringes at 39 sites, including three vending machines, during a 3-day period in 1997. Overall, about one third had never used the vending machines. But 21% used the machines as their primary source of syringes. Those who preferred the machines were younger and less likely to have been in drug maintenance treatment or to have engaged in HIV risk behaviors in the .“

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Espresso Potential (#)

„Boiler pressure - The boiler pressure determines the amount of water to be incorporated in the steam.  If your milk is not foaming correctly as described in milk texturing you may want to experiment with different boiler pressures, but this should only be altered by professionals.  You can check your boiler pressure by looking at the boiler pressure gauge on the front of most espresso machines.“

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The Finest Espresso Machines of San Francisco (#)

„John seems the shy, quiet brother who appears content occupying his time behind-the-scenes repairing the equipment they sell. As they have offered only the best espresso machines since the business' inception in 1946, this keeps John quite busy. They overhaul equipment almost as old as their store. Christopher, on the other hand, is the more gregarious of the two, and enjoys the interaction with the public as he eagerly talks about his family's' passion for espresso equipment.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„However, the optimum grind varies somewhat according to the nature of the brewing apparatus. Larger, more expensive pump and piston machines require a finer grind than the relatively inexpensive, steam-pressure apparatus. The larger machines generate nine or more atmospheres of pressure, whereas the steam-pressure devices only muster about 1 1/2 to perhaps three atmospheres. The greater the pressure, the finer and more compacted the coffee bed must be to take full advantage of the pressure-resistance equilibrium of the espresso method.“

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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 27 (#)

„I brought it to the attention of several machine manufacturers that the stability of the brewing water temperature was no better then +/- 3 degrees F. on the best machines. Best, in my opinion, being machines featuring a dedicated boiler for coffee water, separate from the steam tank. Heat exchange machines, 90% of the machines out there, are as bad as +/- 15 degrees (a 30 degree range of error) on some of the most widely sold brands.“

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Hamilton Beach History (#)

„The classic cyclone Drink Mixer was introduced, and the Hamilton Beach line began to grow. The new motor was used to power sewing machines, thereby ending the era of the treadle sewing machine. These new motors powered ingenious attachments, one of which mixed cake batter and was the forerunner of today's popular Hamilton Beach stand mixer. In the 1920's Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Company was manufacturing home appliances such as blenders, electric knives, hand mixers, and food processors – categories in which Hamilton Beach continues to be the brand consumers prefer.“

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Global Exchange : Activist Network (#)

„Something a bit more creative would be to create some sort of document that the administration, all the colleges, and all the departments would sign asserting that they refuse to buy Folgers coffee until they offer Fair Trade.  I have seen Folgers around campus at little faculty coffee machines, and in lounges, etc.  I just think that this might provide some substantial pressure on P&G because it would indicate that students and a younger generation are involved. In any case, we will probably not start up actively on the P&G campaign until December.“

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Café Forum | Coffee Products/Equipment Manufacturers (#)

„Manufactured in the Principality of Monaco since 1956, CONTI draws its inspiration from the italian love of espresso and French gourmet. With a reputation around the world for premium quality, Conti uses the finest raw materials for the production of its machines. Featuring innovative double boiler system, automatic & bean-to-cup fully automatic machines. - 8 Quai Antoine 1er, BP 119, Monaco 98007 - Tel: + 377 93 10 43 49 - Fax: + 377 93 10 43 44 - Email: export@conti-espresso.com - Url: www.conti-espresso.com “

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World Bank Research - Working Papers (#)

„Barba Navaretti and Soloaga also find that productivity growth in manufacturing depends on the types of machines imported in a given industry. So although the optimal choice for developing countries is to buy cheaper, less sophisticated machines, given local skills and factor prices, this choice has a cost in long-run productivity growth. If productivity is low, countries buy low- technology machines, but doing so keeps them in a low-technology, low-growth trap.“

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Amazon.com: Books: In a Roman Kitchen: Timeless Recipes from the Eternal City (#)

„In contrast, Downie includes many seminally Roman recipes which Bettoja simply ignores. He has excellent recipes for making both Pizza Bianco, a certifiable Roman speciality, and fresh fettucini, including sound recommendations on making the fettucini completely by hand and with the assistance of power mixers and power pasta rolling machines. Most surprising of all is that Downie includes the recipe for Gnocchi di Patate while Bettoja does not. My understanding from Mario is that this is a Roman speciality and every trattoria in Rome serves it on Thursday.“

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Espresso Pods and Espresso coffee machines (#)

„                      Espressione also have pod-brewing machines                       available for the dedicated espresso drinker (no                       steam capability), ideal for the office or home.“

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"FRCN Espresso "HOW TO" Pages" (#)

„      For most home machines, backflushing only works on machines with 3-way valves (like the Silvia), or with a manual backflush valve (like some of the E-61 equipped ECM machines). The 3-way is a valve, normally electromagnetically controlled, that relieves pressure in the portafilter when the brew switch is turned off. Backflushing pushes the cleaning agent back through the showerhead and brewing group then through the 3-Way valve.“

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CoffeeKid - Machines, Beans and Cups... again (#)

„But my procurement of cups continues. Thanks to the VERY fine folks at Machines N' Beans I'm the proud owner of a People and Places with no Names cup (the one you see on the front of this website currently), number 0243. These are not sold in the US or Canada, but Machines N' Beans managed to get a couple of them, and sold one to me. They also managed to get 3 boxes of the Pistoletto Illy cups, and sold me one of those (again, not available in the US, but Zoxx, mentioned above, does stock them).“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Wireless Networking Starter Kit (#)

„Chapter 4, Connecting Your Computer, leads the reader through the "how do I set up my network settings" morass. Plenty of screenshots are used to show how OS 9 and OS X Macs, and Win 98/XP machines are configured. I've found that the help provided by this type of graphic hand-holding is the key for most people, as some understand the hardware concepts of networking, but cannot wade through the computer jargon to know what number goes in what dialog box! When you get through the relevant part of this chapter, your computer should be ready to go.“

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Indian coffee board- Coffee Day Takeaway to expand presence (#)

„Referring to Kerala, he said the recent installation of a vending machine at kochi had witnessed phenomenal response from the state resulting in 200 installations within the first three months itself. Encouraged by the potential in the state, the company is going in for a major expansion in the state and has been in the process of setting up 600 machines by the end of March. These machines will be installed in various tourist areas of Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram.“

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New Products (#)

„Pre-Washed Rice (Rinse Free Rice) is a new type of rice that does not require washing. Present rice milling machines cannot completely polish away bran and residues from the rice surface. For this reason, it is recommended to wash the rice before cooking. Recently, a new milling technology has been developed in Japan and this type of rice has been launched in the U.S. market since August, 2002.“

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Selecting a Coffee Brewing Method (#)

„They force hot water through grounds directly into your waiting demitasse cup. The nice added feature of most of these counter top machines is that you can make steamed milk for cappuccino and latte. Stovetop models have two chambers like the Neapolitan flip method but the chamber on the bottom forces hot water through a filter that holds your coffee grounds into the upper serving chamber. No flipping of the device is done.“

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Virtual Coffee: Taking the Guess-Work out of Purchasing a Home Espresso Machine (#)

„Before making a decision on how much to spend on a machine, consider thefollowing. Those big, beautiful commercial espresso coffee machines are big andbeautiful for a reason. The process of making espresso requires certaintechnical capacities for both quality and for consistency. The generallyaccepted industry guidelines for professional espresso preparation are 130 lb.PSI (pounds per square inch) of water at roughly 195 degrees Fahrenheit, withthe goal of extracting 1.5 ounces of coffee from 7 grams of finely groundcoffee.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„      It became clear as I started visiting the first espresso websites that this was going to a lot more complicatedthan the purchase of any other appliance I had ever bought. I found dozens and dozens of different espressomachines. I also found that if you want to get serious about your coffee then you will need to spend someserious amounts of cash- serious at least when compared to the Mr. Coffee or the Krups machines as seen inmost department stores.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen (#)

„Apparently all cake pans are equivalent so long as they are heavy-duty aluminum and not non-stick; no brand names are mentioned, no pros and cons listed. When it comes to ice cream machines, however, we are treated to a 2 1/2 page dissertation surveying a complete range from the $600 Musso Lussino to the $55 Krups. Sometimes he gives detailed explanations of why he prefers one brand over another, other times not. Sometimes he'll compare several brands, other times only compare his favorite against one other.“

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Ten Steps To Coffee - National Coffee Association (#)

„Next defective beans are removed.  Though this process can be accomplished by sophisticated machines, in many countries, it is done by hand while the beans move along an electronic conveyor belt.  Beans of unsatisfactory size, color, or that are otherwise unacceptable, are removed. This might include over-fermented beans, those with insect damage or that are unhulled. In many countries, this process is done both by machine and hand, insuring that only the finest quality coffee beans are exported“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„But not with espresso. Espresso machines force the hot water through very finely and compacted coffee and then into the cups below. Good espresso is expensive to make because in order to extract the greatest amount of flavour from the coffee, a high level of pressure is required and thus a high specification machine. Yet when making espresso, it is important not to over-extract the coffee, which means the machine should be switched off sooner, rather than later.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Sandy DeWitt learned the hard way that there are unreliable and even unscrupulous suppliers out there. She bought into a scheme involving coffee capsule machines. When the company disappeared and became the subject of a criminal investigation, she was left with the expensive machines and no supply chain. She had caught the coffee bug, and soon recast her dream as a kiosk operation at farmers’ markets, but the lesson cost her time and money.“

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CoffeeGeek - How to review Domestic Espresso Machines (#)

„Filter basket diameter and showerscreen water distribution also have their own effects on shot quality, although not to the extent of the items outlined above. Other aspects of machines such as maximum cup height, tank volume, drip tray volume etc. are important from an ergonomics point of view but don’t impact directly on shot quality. Besides, these sorts of things are the type of stuff that experienced reviewers do in their sleep, since most of the info comes directly from the manuals.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   Commercial espresso machines deliver to the portafilter a measured amount of near boiling water at a pressure of 9-10 bars. If coffee in the portafilter is coarsely ground and/or loosely packed, water will gush out in a couple of seconds without extracting enough solubles from the coffee. By grinding the coffee finer and packing it tighter in the portafilter, flow is impeded and water is forced into the coffee particles to extract more of the soluble materials.“

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index (#)

„With fair trade premiums and development credits, CECOCAFEN was able to purchase the SolCafé processing plant, equipped with ample drying beds, a complete line of sorting machines and a fully equipped cupping laboratory. Internalizing these steps for processing and testing, allows CECOCAFEN to improve quality control and to negotiate significantly better prices for the farmers.“

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Senseo Coffee Brewing (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Sadly the brewing system yields a very weak beverage, which lacks the richness one should expect from a good cup of coffee. Regardless of my opinion, my guess is they will sell quite a few of these machines. If they unload a lot of these machines, the word will eventually get out that the coffee sucks and hopefully quality coffee roasters will offer Senseo-compatible pods of their own. How do we get around the weakness?“

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Coffee: Resources for home espresso (#)

„The"best part" and "not quite boiling" bits are critical to making good coffee by anymeans, while "a lot of pressure" is a neat trick to manage at the sametime. Machines that can do this all at once were only invented in this century.Most low-end home espresso machines settle for "some" pressure, and cheat onthe "not quite boiling" part as well. The result is strong but bitter, acidic coffee,nothing like a true espresso.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Coffee dries more quickly if raised on tables because of the upward draught of warm air. The use of hot-air drying machines becomes necessary to speed up the process in large plantations where, at the peak of the harvesting period, there might be much more coffee than can be effectively dried on the terraces. However, the process must be carefully controlled to achieve satisfactory and economical drying without any damage to quality.“

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:: Confusion About Infusion :: (#)

„So far so good. Pretreatment is a bit more complex and is only found on fully automatic machines. Here the parameter settings are either preset and stored or made programmable to varying degrees depending on the manufacturer's design. This software enables many more of the factors involved in brewing espresso to be affected and customised, including the length of time the coffee is in contact with the pre-infusion water and the volume of water injected.“

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Coffee on the Road - Boston (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„1929) and perhaps most interesting cafe, featured -- and this is a guess -- one of every espresso machine ever manufactured. (OK, this is a stretch; we'll leave it at the fact that I could not count how many different machines were housed in this place.) And it is a diverse cafe: one side is bistro-styled while the other is the more traditional bar. And that was just the ground level. Below-decks had two more styled cafes, and people everywhere.“

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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„The relationship began in 1978, and it has made La Marzocco the leading high volume espresso machine in the U.S. La Marzoccos can be found in singlelocation destination espresso bars and industry leaders, including four of the U.S.’s top five specialty coffee retailers. (The fifth member of that group has a growing number of Franke machines.)“

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Did you know that..? - Now you do - lots of interesting tidbits! (#)

„the original Cappuccino machines were true works of art in the unimitable Italian style. Massive, ornate, and impressive steam machines designed to brew coffee and foam milk in a stimulating and entertaining ritual. Much of the enjoyment of this exotic Italian classic was watching the server make it in the elegant Cappuccino machine, with skill and showmanship.“

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Cafe´ de Colombia - QUALITY (#)

„Only the best crops are sold and distributed for export. The beans are now brought to the mill where they are fed into machines which remove the tough parchment husk and silvery skin that surrounds each bean. The beans pass through different screening processes, where they are freed from impurities and sorted by size, weight and shape. Young women undertake that last critical inspection and discard inferior quality beans.“

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Tips on Coffee - Cappuccino Fiorentino (#)

„Ingredients (2 servings): 1/3 of just made espresso coffee 2/3 of froth Preparation:Fill a small jug to 1/3 of its capacity with fresh milk. Immerse the frothing arm found on all electric espresso machines just below the surface of the milk. Turn on the steam and gradually lower the jug, allowing the milk to froth up while still keeping the froth arm just below the surface. Add a half of the froth into the espresso coffee.“

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Internet (#)

„In packet switching, all the data coming out of a machine is broken up into chunks, each chunk has the address of where it came from and where it is going. This enables chunks of data from many different sources to co-mingle on the same lines, and be sorted and directed to different routes by special machines along the way. This way many people can use the same lines at the same time.   Password “

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WMF - A Good Idea. (#)

„Our range extends from glass jug machines to semi-automatic combined machines, right up to fully automatic filter and speciality machines. As well as this we also supply add-on units and attachments for the machines.“

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Zojirushi America Corporation (#)

„A5. Present rice milling machines cannot completely polish away bran and residues from the surface of the rice. Washing the rice with water before cooking helps remove excess starch, making the rice fluffier, whiter, more fragrant and tastier. It also helps prevent paper-thin layers of starch from forming inside the pan after the rice is cooked.“

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Braun - Diagnostics (#)

„24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) was first introduced in the 1980s. For the first time, modern, transportable, automatic machines for measuring blood pressure made it possible to construct a 24-hour blood pressure profile. ABPM also recorded blood pressure variability in both hypertensive patients and healthy individuals, e.g. "dipping," the physiological lowering of blood pressure at night.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   If you're a roaster/retailer, many of your customers probably buy pounds of whole beans to take home. In this case you'll probably want to sell some grinders and brewing options, such as French presses, drip brewers and home espresso machines. But narrow down your customers' choices. Do the research for them, and sell what you feel is the best home espresso machine on the market.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„12/10/00 - In Chapter 26 I mentioned how consumers who continually purchase the least expensive espresso machine they can possibly find with no concern as to whether it will actually make espresso or not merely continue to drive the manufacturers to develop more cheap machines instead of machines that actually work. Here's a good example of that:“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„About two-thirds of coffee was consumed in the home during the late 1990s. The proportion consumed out-of-home is comparatively high and largely reflects the number and variety of coffee bars and the development of vending machines in industrial and public locations. Most coffee consumed in the home is regular with soluble coffee only forming a small proportion of the total.“

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Good To the Last Drip: Part 2 (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Remember, machines are mechanical and will thus wear out over time. The problem with machines that do many things is that one part will wear out before another does. It is very rare that the whole machine will fail at the same time. Supposing your coffee maker has a grinder and an auto-drip maker, what happens if the grinder fails?“

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CoffeeKid - The Dream Machine (#)

„Note the similarities with the semi auto machine. I won't lie to you - it's a shame that $1000 machines are all plastic - hell, it's a crying shame that $2000 super autos are mostly plastic. A dual boiler stack does present some techological issues but they have already been overcome. I also believe that this machine is doable and profitable, if not today then in the near future.“

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:: The Black, Black Oils :: (#)

„How often you clean the machine will depend on the volumes of coffee made. Ensure regular backfiushing of traditional espresso machines, and take care to clean all the parts of the portafilter daily. If you have a bean-to-cup machine, put it through the cleaning cycle daily. Remember there is a range of foodsafe detergents available for weekly cleaning of the espresso equipment.“

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Braun - Breakfast (#)

„Whether you're an early bird, a late riser, an express breakfaster, or a morning gourmet - your breakfast choices are a matter of personal taste. With its wide range of coffee machines, coffee grinders, express water kettles, and toasters, Braun offers you everything you need to prepare a complete, delicious breakfast. Easy handling, refined results. Just the way you like it.“

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Espresso Equipment: Illycaffe, Illy Tampers, Espresso Cups, La Pavoni Espresso Machines (#)

„The copper especially is soft and marrs easily. That is why copper is being phased out and all brass models will be out soon.Mechanically, the machines will be perfect. All the features of the Europiccola with the convenience of a pressure guage and an adjustable internal thermostat. The 38 oz boiler will produce 16 2oz espresso.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„A community creates a dialogue, a forum to exchange ideas and experience. The Roasters Guild not only grants roasters accessibility to communal insight, but also gives them the opportunity to try their hand at a variety of different machines, and puts them in contact with the manufacturers. You've tripled your understanding right there. Roasters, join the guild!“

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Mr. Coffee® - Tips (#)

„To pack, push down lightly on the coffee with the tamping tool (included with Mr. Coffee® espresso machines that require packing). You should end up with two or three millimeters between the top of the coffee and the rim of the filter. When you release the tamping tool, twist it in a circular motion to create a clean pack and a smooth surface for the water.“

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JAMA -- Abstract: Energy expenditure with indoor exercise machines, May 8, 1996, Zeni et al. 275 (18): 1424 (#)

„MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE--Rate of energy expenditure at specified RPE values. RESULTS--Rates of energy expenditure at a given RPE varied by 1093 kJ/h (261 kcal/h) for the exercise machines. The treadmill induced higher (P < .05) rates of energy expenditure for fixed RPE values than all other exercise machines.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„According to British newspapers, every day Brits drink 1.7 million cups of fair-trade tea, coffee and cocoa every week, and they eat 1.5 million fair-trade bananas. In addition, fair-trade chocolate increasingly is stocked in school vending machines, and whole communities have designated themselves fair-trade towns.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking (#)

„Thankfully I now can rely on a heavy-duty mixer with a dough hook as well as a bread machine. But assuming normal hand and arm strength, you don't absolutely need machines to knead up really good bread: For years my batterie de cuisine comprised only bowls, measuring spoons and cups, a dough cutter, cheap loaf and sheet pans, and my own two hands.“

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The Story of the Bialetti Moka Express (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Inventors sought how to use new developments in technology to create better and more powerful coffee machines for the public sphere. The coffeehouse was associated with the developing modern psyche. (On the other hand, domestic coffee machines remained quite “tame”, being simple and basic.)“

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BSCA - BSCA Certified Roasted Coffees - BRAÚNA SPECIALTY COFFEE (#)

„The family then looked for new technologies. They started by buying machines for the coffee processing - that at the time were steamed moved - and tractors - the frists in the region - until they got to the present technology for the preparation of special coffee, through the process of peeling of cherry grains (pulped natural process).“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – gepa's sales channels (#)

„gepa has got a special large-scale offer for these clients, which includes big packing units, coffees with the adequate grinding grade for big coffee machines or environmentally friendly returnable buckets.“

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LIGHT & SWEET: Move Over Botox -- Training Bacteria To Flatten Caffeine - National Coffee Association (#)

„Researchers hypothesize that if bacteria are infused with coffee DNA, the microbes might be genetically endowed to make the enzyme that breaks down theophylline. Then, the bacteria’s survival instinct, combined with their natural theophylline addiction, will turn them into natural decaffeinating machines.“

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Espresso Pods and Espresso coffee machines (#)

„The most important new trend in the consumer market is the use of the ESE system (Easy Serving Espresso), or Espresso Pods. This is a standard setting system: protected by the Italian 'Consortium for Development', to which all Espressione pods and coffee machines conform.“

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Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - The Coffee Stop (#)

„The Barista trainers from Norway visited the Barista outlets on February 14 and gave valuable instructions on the maintenance of espresso machines, coffee milling machines and provided useful tips on the finer aspects of preparation of espresso coffees.“

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Koffee Korner - Home for the coffee connoisseurs. Planet Earth's most passionate coffee website. (#)

„Hence, espresso means "fast" in Italian. He patented the process and started manufacturing espresso machines. Sadly, as his marketing efforts were unsuccessful, he became penniless and desperate. Then in 1905, Luigi sold his espresso patent to Desidero Pavoni for about Lira 10,000! “

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WMF Coffee machines - Planning Service (#)

„All the planning data for WMF coffee machines is freely available on the web server for the interested user. The clear structure grouped by product type allows one to quickly and easily navigate the site. The following information is available:“

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Global Exchange : Act Now (#)

„Advocate for Fair Trade from campus dining halls, businesses, companies, faith-based groups, workplaces, and more. Get schools to switch to Fair Trade chocolate for fundraisers, vending machines and cafeterias. Hold letter writing parties to companies..the possibilities and needs are endless!“

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Zojirushi America Corporation (#)

„loaf capacity (BBCC-Q10): No more than 3 cups (or 12 oz.) of flour with 1 cup of liquid   a. Please be sure to measure correctly, and if possible, use recipes written for bread machines.  “

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Global Exchange : Activist Network (#)

„The director is 'looking into it'. In the meantime, Kate and Mara will bring student awareness by posting informational flyers by all coffee machines, writing the school newspaper and website, and attempting to coordinate with local activist groups on campus.“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com (#)

„Japan’s yen for coffee requires plenty of yen these days—the equivalent of $1.50 a serving. For those who find indoor prices too steep, platoons of curbside vending machines dispense coffee for about 50 cents a can, hot or cold according to the season.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„CHICAGO (Reuters) - New machines that brew individual cups of coffee in seconds are not likely to lure consumers away from coffee houses, according to a study that could signal a blow to the coffee marketers and appliance manufacturers that sell them.“

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BSCA - News (#)

„The lattes, cappuccinos and other espresso-based drinks are forming a coffee cultural invasion. Italian espresso brands are flooding the markets, with espresso machines, accessories and all the accoutrements of the US-inspired coffee bar culture.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„We find coffee on airplanes, on trains, in gas stations. Vending machines in laundromats sell it. And there's hardly a restaurant or tavern in America that doesn't serve it.“

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Caveats (#)

„A note on the "Millennieum" edition of Pavoni's. These machines came out roughly around 2000. A sticker under the base identifies it as a Millennieum. On the outward apperance they look the same as prior models.“

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Press Release: Hamilton Beach History (#)

„Hamilton Beach introduces the Sew-E-Z home electric motor, which is used as an interchangeable driving mechanism for various attachments – sewing machines, fans, grinders, buffers and cake-batter mixers.“

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View topic - Leasing Coffee Machines - Coffee Forum (#)

„Hi there. I am in Detroit, Michigan - and I hear that a new small business coffee shop/cafe should lease their coffee machines. Any thoughts on this? And if so, any suggestions on who to contact.“

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Koffee Astrology (#)

„Trendy Leo is the first to try and learn everything about popular espresso based drinks.Lions have espresso machines at home and are ferocious about perfecting their crema andfrothing techniques.“

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Tea & Coffee Message (#)

„: We have two Constanta hard tag double chamber machines and invite local and export orders. We supply Service teabags at very competitive prices. Our unit is at par to International standards.“

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Amazon.com: Books: An Experimental Approach to Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos/Book and Mac Disk (Studies in Nonlinearity) (#)

„Very good introduction to the subject for those lacking the mathematical foundation of a physics or math major. IT is a problem that the software he provides come for mac machines only“

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business gifts machines and accessories 1 : illy caffè North America, Inc. (#)

„The better the coffeemaker and accessories, the more enjoyable the coffee. Here are some of the very best machines and coffee accessories to complete the perfect coffee experience.“

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Butterflies point to micro machines (#)

„Tiny machines that fly like insects will soon be a reality. That is the confident prediction of scientists who have just studied the remarkable aerobatics of the butterfly.“

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WMF - A Good Idea. (#)

„The WMF Cafemat is recognised as pragmatic amongst the fully automatic filter coffee machines because of its flexibility when in use:“

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Javacafe.Com - View art exhibits online (#)

„Cabaret Mechanical Theatre - museum of contemporary Automata (mechanical sculpture). Over 70 humourous machines which come to life at the touch of a button.“

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Espresso Machines on a Budget (#)

„Low prices don't necessarily mean low quality. You can get a fine shot of espresso from these machines, just without some of the bells & whistles.“

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Our La San Marco Hand Pull (Manual) Espresso Machines -Sweet Maria's Home (#)

„We also have a 1 Group machine that I sold as is to a local coffee roaster/shop. These are 220v machines.“

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Espresso Machines, Coffee Makers & Brewers, Coffee Grinders : illy caffè North America, Inc. (#)

„illy shopcoffeecup collectionsilly a casa home deliverygiftsaccessoriesmachinesnew from illybusiness gifts“

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CoffeeGeek - Bezzera Espresso Machines (#)

„Bottom Line: Handsome, rugged and dependable...it is the COWBOY of espresso machines...(inside joke!!)“

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WMF - A Good Idea. (#)

„Combination Coffee Machines: WMF Bistro ECF WMF Variomat WMF Filterjet“

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Brewing the Perfect Cup of Java (#)

„The Finest Espresso Machines of San Francisco “

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Espresso: Espresso Machines, Roasting, Blending, Tamping, and Latte Art (#)

„Espresso Machines “

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Braun - Kitchen Machines (#)

„Food & Drink Food Preparation Kitchen Machines “

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Braun - Food Preparation (#)

„Kitchen Machines “

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