Ragged Thoughts

This morning I had a friend over for some espresso. He’s the first person to try espresso from my new machine who has also had espresso from my old machine.

His comments:

“Is this the same espresso blend you used before? Wow, this tastes so much better.”

“If all espresso tasted this good, I wouldn’t need [...]

I bought an Alex Duetto by Izzo from Chris’ Coffee Service as a winter solstice present to myself.

Shiny!

It’s very shiny and pretty and makes kick butt espresso.  The very first shot I made was at least as good as anything I’d gotten from my PIDed Rancilio Silvia.  I’ve owned the Silvia for 9 years [...]