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    12 Hours Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Today we received a dozen samples of our espresso machine plumbing kit. This is an external box which automatically tops up the water tank as needed....
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
     Today, we are ordering parts to make one prototype of what I'm calling the DE1CS espresso machine. The goal here is to make a no-cables-visible...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Next week, we receive quantity=1000 of our ceramic drip trays that are meant to be plumbed into, so they drain dirty water away. There's a light...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    FWIW, Rao posted yesterday this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrF8KrIlIV2/ About one of the "spray head" prototype baskets that I made for him,...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    There's already a "pour over" advanced profile included with the DE1, but it doesn't make great coffee because: 1) the water dispersion pattern is...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    With the firmware we released a few weeks ago, we've managed to shorten the warmup time to just under 4 minutes. This improvement is available...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I like the look of this sort of cable that angles away from the power switch. But there are very few manufacturers (only found 1 so far) and the...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Ah, but I forgot to mention that IEC-downfacing will cause an interference problem with our refill kits, which optionally latch to the back of the...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    As it happens--yes-- and I had a sample made from this company, but whoops, got the direction of the angle wrong (blush). They're making another for...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I have two new accessories currently in development: 1) a "pour over basket", to help you make V60-style pour-overs with your espresso machine....
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    A few of our espresso machines are being used by "coffee carts" to make coffee to the public. I'm a bit nervous about the power cable coming...
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    My feeling is that the social media features of YouTube are quite weak, and very few people that I deal with are interested in subscribing to...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I've previously posted about the troubles we had with the USB charging cable that we ship with our espresso machine (see bottom right photo). This...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Would it be more appropriate for me to remove these accessories videos from this discussion thread (which is mostly about our espresso machine) and...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8klIShr3mAE And yet another new video. This one is about our digital milk thermometer: how it works, the...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GFQnpSH40 I've made a video to explain this product I designed and to show how it's used. -john
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I really like this advice, because virtually everyone owns a kettle, and this is a very low tech approach, thus likely to actually work. I was...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    My team here are still working through our understanding of how to properly clean a machine that has been using tap water, but speaking to baristas,...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    The story behind why we created our own double-walled, classically shaped espresso drinking glasses. -john
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Well..... that was in fact my connection with Grocycle. I had several calls with them, and designs exchanged, two years ago. We were working...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    On that topic, has anyone tried https://grocycle.com/ and grown oyster mushrooms from their spent grounds? Apparently 30,000 people have tried...
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    2 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    And I've got no problem with that. As I mentioned above, I also own a Grindenstein and I don't see that I could improve on it. If you want small,...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    The Grindenstein is made from ABS, and wikipedia reports: fyi from https://dreamfarm.com/grindenstein/ Materials: ABS plastic,...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I doubt it. I can put my hand a few centimeters from the steam and not get burnt, because our steam is so dry. I don't expect that it'd sterilize...
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    2 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    As it happens, I had a mini version of the same design CNCed as a prototype and that's what I use in Hong Kong, where my kitchen is tiny: enough...
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    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Nightly! My girlfriend is British and seems genetically predisposed to mix booze in an agreeable manner. My unimpressive contribution to the art...
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    2 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    A knockbox is basically a garbage can for coffee. How could you make it Decent?
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    3 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Thing is, the German forum user specifically asked to see the steam feature when it was NOT steaming milk. I know that's a bit unusual. I have a...
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    3 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    Over on the German-language espresso forum, someone asked if there was a video showing the Decent's steaming capabilities. There isn't such a video,...
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    3 Weeks Ago
    decent_espresso replied to a thread Decent espresso in Coffee Lounge
    I pull the same 15g espresso shot using several different profiles, commenting on the results as I go along. A useful introduction as understanding...
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I'm John Buckman, and I design espresso machines at Decent Espresso.
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