I was approached by a journalist back in November of last year for my opinion on the future of coffee makers. Unfortunately, I had to decline to help as the subject wasn’t something I could easily talk about. I’m not involved in the design or production of any kind of coffee maker, so the future development of coffee brewing wasn’t something I’d really thought about and as it was at the start of Christmas shopping period I didn’t really have the time to stop and gather some thoughts. Anyway now I’ve a bit more time on my hands I thought it might be interesting to revisit this subject and try and guess what the future holds for the coffee world.
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Posts Tagged ‘espresso machines’
The Future of Coffee Makers
Monday, February 13th, 2012Handpresso Customer Satisfaction Survey
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011I stumbled across the Handpresso ‘Customer Satisfaction Survey’ the other day and while it’s a bit old (it came out in August 2010) I think the information is still quite relevant. So I’ve made a little infographic of some of the results.
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How Pressurised Filter Baskets Work
Saturday, September 10th, 2011Pressurised filter baskets rather disappointingly appear to be taking over the espresso machine market. Gaggia now ship them as standard; Ascaso put them on their ‘Versatile’ machines; not to mention all the small domestic appliance manufacturers who dabble in a bit of everything, including espresso machines. The worse thing is that often these manufacturers ‘pretend’ that these filters are in someway better than the standard ones. The same standard filters which are used by professionals in every (well I hope every) coffee shop throughout this land.
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Gaggia Espresso Machines and Coffee Grinders
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
We are now stocking Gaggia espresso machines and coffee grinders. The prices are as follows:
Espresso Machines:
- Gaggia Baby £209.95
- Gaggia Classic £289.95
- Gaggia Baby Class £295.95
- Gaggia Baby Twin £369.95
Coffee Grinders:
- Gaggia MM £74.95
- Gaggia MDF £189.95
No. 10 Has a Rancilio Silva Espresso Machine
Thursday, May 26th, 2011Not sure whether the Silva got some use during the Obamas’ visit? Did David or Samantha serve espressos to their guests? I wonder it they have a matching Rocky too?
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