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The Home Espresso Machine Blues: Rating today’s state of consumer espresso machines

Posted by TheShot on 28 May 2007 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine, Quality Issues

I’ve written both here and elsewhere on how the state of home espresso has both improved and become worse at the same time. While home espresso is mostly out of the Krups Dark Ages, its future is uncertain:

super-expensive, super-disappointing super-automatics are now de rigeur for high-end home kitchen designs
as a new format, coffee pods are [...]

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Presenting the Coffee Machine That Reads Minds

Posted by TheShot on 02 May 2007 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Home Brew

Last week, JL Hufford Coffee and Tea of Indiana announced a patent for a super-automated home espresso machine that would use artificial intelligence (i.e., pattern-learning technology) to anticipate the espresso beverage needs of its owner: Presenting the Coffee Machine That Reads Minds. Artificial intelligence technologies have long suffered a reputation for being “a solution in [...]

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Make a great cup of joe with the latest makers

Posted by TheShot on 07 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine

Since everything I learned about coffee I learned by watching NBC’s Today show, I had to share an article that came across my desk today highlighting some of their top picks for home coffee and espresso machines: Make a great cup of joe with the latest makers - Today: Food - MSNBC.com.
The article was written [...]

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