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Posts tagged espresso
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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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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Making Espresso
Jul 29th
Found this pretty slick new plugin that enables me to create multiple YouTube Galleries of YuoTube search results. I would expect the galleries to be somewhat dynamic as new videos are added.
This particular playlist contains a variety of videos on Making Espresso Drinks – and includes some machine cleaning tips, milk frothing and latte art.
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Espresso Porn
Jul 24th
I was doing some random surfing this evening, searching for inspiration while putting some ideas together for a new WordPress theme to use on coffeevibe.com, and found some pretty cool sites – and a couple cool photostream concepts.
I Google’d “espresso porn” – and here is what I found (not to worry – nothing here might be construed as offensive). The phrase itself is one that I’ve seen many times on the CoffeeGeek and Home Barista
The first result comes up with a site that I’ve seen before – Espresso Porn – I might have even blogged about it in the past. Some great shots of espresso extraction, shots, and lots of latte art.
About #6 or #7 in the list of Google results, I found an old post on a site called The Sect of Rama. This post contained a couple interesting links. The Espresso Buddies link – well, it gave me a chuckle anyway. The Flickr link was where things got interesting and more inspiring.
First was Espresso Tasting – and more Espresso Porn. Then I found a link to Tonx’s website, and was led to a very cool Timelapse project – where the photographer created a movie of a cafe in San Francisco. Extremely well done I thought. I would suggest giving it time to completely load – or just watch it twice, as the first time I found that it chunked out a bit as the movie buffered
Then I found a very neat concept by another photographers, entitled ‘First Cup’. Basically he was taking photos of the first cup of coffee each day… as of this evening, he had 1,097 photos!
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