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Transcend – great coffee, AND Waffles!
Jul 18th
Well, I finally made it to Transcend Garneau this weekend.
Picked up some coffee, and had a quad shot americano, and a waffle with apple brandy butter.
I think this was probably the tastiest waffle I’ve had anywhere!
It was a pretty tiny waffle though. Next time I’ll order 2, maybe 3. A single serving of the apple brandy butter would still be plenty!
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Working on Andreja
Jul 10th
Well, things still aren’t back to normal with the espresso machine, but I think that I’m making progress, albeit slow. My Aeropress is definitely getting a workout.
Chatted with Joe @ CaffeTech earlier today, and have a couple more things to do to get the leaky machine fully operational again.
First and foremost is descaling the grouphead and the boiler. I was mistakingly under the impression that supplying the machine with water from the whole house water softener, that this wouldn’t be necessary.
Then, I’m thinking that I might want to add some insulation or heat protection to some of the wires. The plastic shields around some of the connectors have completely disintegrated from the heat of the boiler.
Found some a great link that should be very helpful as I undertake the descaling – Espresso Passione’s Descaling the Andreja Part 1 and Part 2.
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ArcGIS
Jul 7th
ArcGIS is an application from ESRI, made for the iPhone. It sports a fantastic looking interface, and maps are pretty quick to load up. And there are a pile of different map views you can shoose from – including various topographic maps, satellite views, hybrid maps, and more. There’s even a Canada 1:20K Basemap.
ESRI has also built an online application that lets you create your own custom map views
And it’s free!
Get ArcGIS from the iTunes AppStore | ArcGIS Explorer Online
Here are a couple screenshots:
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And it’s leaking again! :^(
Jul 4th
Well, after replacing the breaker valve, I woke up this morning to the sound of water dripping and the pump running again.
Thankfully it was only running for a couple minutes this time – so the water cleanup was much easier!
Looks like I’ll have to take the machine in to CaffeTech – and have them see what’s up. It’s a drag, but this is the first problem I’ve had with the machine since I got it 3 years ago. Hopefully its not an expensive fix! The problem only occurs when the machine first starts up. Once it’s heated up, there doesn’t seem to be a problem.
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My Espresso machine is back!
Jun 25th
Well, Joe at CaffeTech fixed me up with a new breaker valve and while there, I figured I should probably get new washers for the group lever.
I just got the machine all back together and no more leaking :^). It is surprising how much water actually boils off in the cup surrounding the valve while the machine warms up. At least it’s no longer gushing all over the place! The trickiest part of the whole thing was getting the cam back in place after getting the lever washers replaced.
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