Espresso

[Lucky Phil]

I made up a new kitchen shelf today. It's an engineers shelf due to the fact that I dont like wood and as a mate once said to me wood would be just perfect if it was made out of aluminium. I need to free up some bench space for the arrival of a new Espresso machine and grinder. Italian heart made in Germany. ECM Synchronika11. The Electra Nivola has done its time and deserves its retirement after 22 years as a faithful servant.

Phil

 

[Pressureangle]

Outstanding.

I've been planning a remodel, and the new kitchen will have space dedicated to an espresso machine. 
If I could find the one in 'Saving Private Ryan' I'd probably do that, but not really convenient with one eye open first thing in the morning. 
I don't like the idea of another handful of electronics for something a Moka pot suffices, but I like this machine. They should have hired an Italian for the video, though, this guy is like Billy Mays but neither entertaining nor exciting. Nor shapely, I might add. 
Give a video when you get it set up. 

[Lucky Phil]

7 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

Outstanding.

I've been planning a remodel, and the new kitchen will have space dedicated to an espresso machine. 
If I could find the one in 'Saving Private Ryan' I'd probably do that, but not really convenient with one eye open first thing in the morning. 
I don't like the idea of another handful of electronics for something a Moka pot suffices, but I like this machine. They should have hired an Italian for the video, though, this guy is like Billy Mays but neither entertaining nor exciting. Nor shapely, I might add. 
Give a video when you get it set up. 

Still boxed up until Christmas day. It's my wife and I's Christmas present to each other.

Phil

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13 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

. . . wood would be just perfect if it was made out of aluminium. 

Love this expression! 

[audiomick]

10 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

... They should have hired an Italian for the video, though, this guy is like Billy Mays but neither entertaining nor exciting. Nor shapely, I might add.

True. I managed to watch 52 seconds of that video, and that was an effort. Wont be watching the rest...

[audiomick]

@Lucky Phil I really hope the machine delivers all it promises.

 

I've gone down a different path. Coffee is a luxury that gets shipped halfway around the world before I get to see it. I want it to be a ritual. This is what I have at home.

 

 

I know how many times I have to turn the handle on the grinder for each Bialetti pot, so the beans are ground fresh every time. A Bialetti pot for every occasion, a metal pot to warm the milk for my flat white. Amazing how in-depth one can get with even the simplest of equipment.

Edited 15 hours ago by audiomick

[audiomick]

Incidentally, they got the quote wrong in the Video. It should be "better, stronger, faster"...

 

 

 

My goodness, that is 50 years old.

[Pressureangle]

2 hours ago, audiomick said:

@Lucky Phil I really hope the machine delivers all it promises.

 

I've gone down a different path. Coffee is a luxury that gets shipped halfway around the world before I get to see it. I want it to be a ritual. This is what I have at home.

 

 

I know how many times I have to turn the handle on the grinder for each Bialletti pot, so the beans are ground fresh every time. A Bialleti pot for every occasion, a metal pot to warm the milk for my flat white. Amazing how in-depth one can get with even the simplest of equipment.

I've been looking for a very nice vintage coffee grinder for a *long* time. The only ones that aren't rodent-infested nesting boxes are the huge ones that came from some General Store. I suppose few people outside the New England area had the wherewithal to own a nice one. 

Bialetti Stainless is the best, though I have one I bought in Uruguay that's ceramic coated inside and out I like best- but my son pilfered it because it's smaller than a 2 cup Bialetti but uses as much coffee. It travels well. 

[audiomick]

13 minutes ago, Pressureangle said:

I've been looking for a very nice vintage coffee grinder for a *long* time.

Look for the brand "Leinbrock". I hadn't done any research, but a quick look just now reveals that it is (was) a German manufacturer in eastern Germany, which means it was in the DDR after WW II.

The one in the photo further up is a Leinbrock that my girlfriend brought into the relationship. She had actually only bought it as a decoration object. I decided it needed to be used, and screwed it onto the wall the first time nearly 25 years ago. I suspect that all the neighbours in the building can hear when we grind the coffee, but I don't care. The grinder is great.

On a whim, I went looking for grinders at a very big flea market here in Leipzig. The idea was to have more than one grinder at home, in order to be able to grind my own blends. That hasn't really panned out yet, but the very nice "table-top" grinder that I found at the time is the same brand. Shortly after I bought it, I found a stand on the flea market with a whole table full of grinders. They were all, or at least nearly all, "Leinbrock".

I have the impression that this brand was a market leader in times when hand grinders were the normal thing.

[Lucky Phil]

I hate to tell you all this but there's a reason Modern espresso machines and modern coffee grinders exist and it's not purely for extracting money from your bank account. I also have one of these at home that I retired 20 years ago. It makes nice coffee but doesn't provide hot water for long blacks and isn't really much good to make coffee for more than 2 people as it has no delivery temp control. More than 2 cups and the water is too hot for a nice coffee. Beautiful but not practical for consistency or more than 2 cups.

 https://dipacci.com.au/products/la-pavoni-professional-prg-copper-gold-le?variant=44020080705795&country=AU&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArva5BhBiEiwA-oTnXc4KzrW4t1LFyzBm5TMsOAUVoXiMgsHndDTfNpCSboq8UP6NovIrSxoCd5cQAvD_BwE

[activpop]

2 hours ago, audiomick said:

Look for the brand "Leinbrock". 

Oh geez, you might have me started on something else...

 

[activpop]

My Olympia Express is almost 40 years old. I bought it for $400 at Zabars in NYC as a birthday present for my girlfriend. We parted many years later and remained friends. She was moving and had a garage sale and invited me to come down a day early to see if I was interested in anything. When I arrived I saw she had this unit for sale along with her leather motorcycle jacket I also bought for her. Long story short, I had to buy them both back. The jacket got used by other women over time and the espresso maker is still working fine. My kids used it for years for frothing up their cocoa. It blows me away to see what they are selling for today. I only had to pay $100 to get it back.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by activpop

[audiomick]

17 hours ago, activpop said:

Oh geez, you might have me started on something else...

Sorry...

The one in the film must habe been similar to this when new. I got mine at a flea market, for around €20.- I think. Works fine.

[audiomick]

19 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

...there's a reason Modern espresso machines and modern coffee grinders exist...

Yeah mate, I know. I just like using the manual grinder, and the Bialettis. As I wrote further up, I want it to be a ritual, and those things do it for me.

[LowRyter]

Drink a pot every morning.  $20 Ham Beach.  Throw in 3 scoops plus 1 hazelnut.  Let her rip.  10 minutes and pour.

Don't overthink morning.