[Noisebridge-discuss] Commercial Espresso Machine?

[Will Sargent]

It's not used because there's no coffee in the space.  If there were an
option to make espresso, I know I would have taken advantage of it a couple
of time already.

Alternately, I'd be very happy to find coffee beans coming out of the soft
drink dispenser.

Will.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:29 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>wrote:

> We have an espresso machine that, sadly, is fairly un-used. Since that one
> is- or was- in working order and has  not seen use, I would be hesitant to
> bring a larger commercial unit into the space.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Aaron Cutchin <aaroncutchin at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I have a ~12-year-old Italian "Elektra" commercial one-gang espresso
>> machine.
>> It is a big (for 1-gang) heavy-duty unit, all chrome, with boiling water
>> tank
>> and
>>
>> lever-activated steam press.  It needs to be plumbed into a water supply.
>>  It
>> also is VERY dirty, inside and out, and probably requires a complete and
>> thorough
>>
>> renovation.  I also have a bunch of accessories for it, including a big
>> commercial bean grinder.
>>
>> Would the Noisebridge community be interested in having this machine?  It
>> might
>> make a fun project to restore.  Would the community want to sacrifice
>> permanent
>> counter space for such a luxury?
>>
>> Also keep in mind that this thing takes some hours (I don't know how many)
>> to
>> pressurize before it can make any coffee.  I think cafes just leave these
>> things on all the time.  It is certainly nowhere near as energy-efficient
>> as a
>> small
>> consumer unit.  Then again, if people make 50 espresso drinks from it
>> every
>> day...
>>
>> --  Aaron
>> --  aaroncutchin at yahoo.com
>> --  415-710-3430
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