[Noisebridge-discuss] Commercial Espresso Machine?

Rameen emprameen at gmail.com
Thu Mar 24 14:58:22 UTC 2011


Oh man, would I love to come barist for people from time to time!

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Felix Sargent <felix.sargent at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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