[Noisebridge-discuss] Commercial Espresso Machine?

[Felix Sargent]

What if we started getting more coffee at noisebridge? We could get a
subscription from some of the local coffeeshops. I wonder how much we'd need
to buy...

Do we have a good grinder?

Felix Sargent
(415) 935-3354
felix.sargent at gmail.com


On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Will Sargent <will.sargent at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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