Coffee drinking is so last year... On Friday, 8 April 2016, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> I baulk at the price of these machines, as coffee drinking is a fairly new > thing for me. 5 years or so. > But recently, one of the guys on my last project was a very snobby coffee > drinker ( he even drinks his coffees without disturbing the coffee art > foam! lol ) > This lead me to a new appreciation for coffee, so I have been pondering > getting myself a more manual machine than my Nespresso. The pods are > annoying me, on a environment level and a gimmick / "must buy from us" > level. > > Not yet taken the plunger on deciding what to get though. Might ask my > coffee snob friend what he thinks but I suspect I would been a new > mortgage. Hehe > > Coffee is on topic here, right? > > Sent from Outlook <https://aka.ms/kr63o9> on iOS > > > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:06 PM -0700, "Greg Low (罗格雷格博士)" < > [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > wrote: > > Yep, the DeLonghi has been “ok”. I think it was about $2.7k at the time. > > > > I’m not necessarily after a sub 2k machine. Happy to pay for one that’s > worth having. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > > > > *From:* Bill McCarthy [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] > *Sent:* Friday, 8 April 2016 10:56 AM > *To:* Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>; ozDotNet < > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *Subject:* RE: Coffee snobs > > > > When my delonghi broke down(leaking water), I started looking at > alternative machines. Most of the cheap machines will make a good short > single shot. But I like long flat white (occasionally a long macchiato) , > so it gets hard to find a machine that will do that consistently sub $2k. > > I use to have a cheap breville years ago, and it was good, but it was only > good at short drinks, and really was a messy pain compared to an auto > machine. Me, I’d go auto at the sacrifice of money and quality 😏 > > > > The biggest thing to look out for, is if this is your go to machine during > the day, then this will be the coffee you get use to. Most people I know > that have decades of coffee drinking experience in Australia, use to find > instant coffee acceptable, palatable, and even enjoyable. I was reminded of > this the other weekend when I went to the timboon miniature train festival, > and the only coffee was instant: sometimes spoiling ourselves everyday, > spoils us. If I didn’t drink ‘reasonable’ coffee all the time, I might be > able to enjoy an instant, and maybe even a macca’s coffee too 😕 > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent: *Friday, 8 April 2016 10:19 AM > *To: *ozDotNet <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject: *Coffee snobs > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Given the importance of caffeine for code generation, I’m guessing there > will be a few other coffee snobs on the list. > > > > Anyone got a recommendation for a serious (possibly manual) coffee > machine? > > > > I’ve been using a DeLonghi automatic one but now feeling that I’d prefer > something like this: > > > > BES890 or BES920: > http://www.breville.com.au/beverages/coffee-machines.html > > > > The main thing that puts me off is the Breville brand. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > > >
