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    Quote Originally Posted by Theoman View Post
    I have seen some amazing decaf options. I know the stigmas but trust when I say some are making good options for our brothers who can not have the caffeine. My current favorite recommendation for the deficient is Caffee Piansa Decaffeinato. I will have other options soon, but for filter and most espresso solutions, this is my best recommendation.
    Mom's completely happy with Folgers or whatever top brand instant she's using. Taste is a non-factor; she tires of me badgering her to replace the lid to prevent staling. Does she listen?



    She does appreciate good tasting coffee but likes the convenience of instant at her age.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Theoman View Post
    I have seen some amazing decaf options. I know the stigmas but trust when I say some are making good options for our brothers who can not have the caffeine. My current favorite recommendation for the deficient is Caffee Piansa Decaffeinato. I will have other options soon, but for filter and most espresso solutions, this is my best recommendation.
    Pointless as non-alcoholic beer, but I may be seriously ignoring psychology and the placebo effect.

    Guess I will cross that bridge if the time comes. I am sure by then fresh coffee beans will be perilously short in supply due to global climate change based on what I am hearing in the news lately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Theoman View Post
    Here are some pics from the Vienna Coffee Festival. My Gasthaus is adding some new coffee equipment which got us invited for the business only time. Didn't see any of the barista challenges but didn't have much of a crowd to fight. Will try and add explanations as we go but I did order a new espresso machine bring on the Slayer.

    A general overview of the environment.
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    My new slayer in action (I'm getting one for home and work so a three head and a single head)
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    A sweet graphic showing flavor and taste profiles in conjunction with brew methods.
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    My resident coffee guru who shows me what's cool at the show and who to do business with. Here he is showing a ridiculous Ethiopian that is pulled from a Lelit Bianca.
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    Perhaps the coolest thing to see. After two or so years on the market the La Marzocco Leva machine in full action. to say holy crap its cool is an understatement.
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    Gorgeous machinery, Theoman! I passed on the Slayer and other shot profiling, variable pressure systems seeing them as far too complicated for the task at hand although definitely appreciating some of the advancements in technology. Nice to have choices for sure, but I would not care to foot the bill for maintenance of all those electronics boxed up in there with steam/water boilers. Plus, everyone seemed to be emulating only lever pulls and not much else so the feature seemed like all too much marketing and not enough R&D.

    Plus, I do not care for La Marzocco after a bad GS/3 experience. I immediately passed that noisemaker along to my good friend, ordered the Speedster, he passed the GS/3 to our other mutual buddy, then got himself a Speedster within a half-year of my purchase. Now that is enabling.

    Manual levers are so much like straight razors; simple and effective. I am OG like Geezer, and was drooling over Kees's Idrocompresso 2-group lever machine which ceased production in 2012 a month before I had asked about buying one. Silly for home use I know so probably better for me in the end. Just enough electronics to keep the boilers stable is all that I really want.



    Maybe a La Cremina some day or La Pavoni...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedster View Post
    Gorgeous machinery, Theoman! I passed on the Slayer and other shot profiling, variable pressure systems seeing them as far too complicated for the task at hand although definitely appreciating some of the advancements in technology. Nice to have choices for sure, but I would not care to foot the bill for maintenance of all those electronics boxed up in there with steam/water boilers. Plus, everyone seemed to be emulating only lever pulls and not much else so the feature seemed like all too much marketing and not enough R&D.

    Plus, I do not care for La Marzocco after a bad GS/3 experience. I immediately passed that noisemaker along to my good friend, ordered the Speedster, he passed the GS/3 to our other mutual buddy, then got himself a Speedster within a half-year of my purchase. Now that is enabling.

    Manual levers are so much like straight razors; simple and effective. I am OG like Geezer, and was drooling over Kees's Idrocompresso 2-group lever machine which ceased production in 2012 a month before I had asked about buying one. Silly for home use I know so probably better for me in the end. Just enough electronics to keep the boilers stable is all that I really want.



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    These are also amazing machines. In the end it is a lot like straight razors. Quality machines all around but I disagree on one large thing... Nothing is ever too impractical for the home.

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    Well, I've changed my mind about the Sette 30. I'm going to go with the 270, since it will be paired with a nice La Pavoni. Unfortunately this will mean I have a wait a little longer before I can afford to purchase it, but I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

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    Good decision: It just got the "Best Value Home Use (Espresso) Grinder" from Whole Latte Love.
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    Now you can enjoy occasionally brushing it over your mouth too

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    This thread was pointed out to me by Dieseld. Nice to see a lot of coffee enthusiasts here. I'll have to read through the 100+ pages as time allows. I currently roast green beans on a Behmore 1600+, one of my few other hobbies.
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    Welcome! Behmor is a very nice little roaster. I'm successfully using it for 3 years now, and very happy about it - not even once in all that period did I need to purchase roasted coffee from someone else.
    Recently I made a mod letting me measure directly the bean temperature, and I can't recommend it enough - the degree of control of roast parameters one can achieve with this relatively simple modification has brought this roaster to another league entirely.
    Feel free to ask for any tips on this roaster, and Good Luck!

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