Archive for the ‘Reviews’ CategoryCrew Review: Technivorm CDGT
May 21st, 2012
With its classy cylindrical lines now complemented with an industrial, corrugated metal look and a mid-brew interrupt feature, Technivorm’s new CDGT still offers some of the best drip coffee we’ve ever had the pleasure to sip. Watch as Gail runs through the features and functionality, then brews up a pot on the CDGT.  Crew Review: Turkish Coffee Equipment
May 18th, 2012
Rade takes it to the streets and shows Gail how it’s done! Finally. In this video, he tries out a few different Turkish coffee-related apparatus to help us determine what to bring in. Watch as he demonstrates the hand grinder and then teaches Gail how to make Turkish coffee, Serbian-style. Crew Review: Rocket Espresso R58 Dual Boiler
May 16th, 2012
Our long love affair with Rocket Espresso has been taken to a higher level with their newest addition, the R58 dual boiler espresso machine. Featuring separate, insulated copper steam & brew boilers and a removable PID interface to control the steam boiler on/off, brew boiler temperature and the water source (either the internal water reservoir [...] All That (Caffeine) — and a Bag of Chips!
May 15th, 2012
When you think of energy boosting drinks and food, thoughts of Red Bull, Rockstar and even your average shot of espresso come to mind, right? But wait, did you ever think a bag of potato chips could give you the same amount of energy? Arma Energy Snx and NRG have done the what many may [...] Crew Review: Breville BES840XL
May 14th, 2012
While we loved several of the features on Breville’s BES830XL, the temperature consistency did leave a bit to be desired. So imagine our tearful joy when we learned that Breville was implementing an upgrade to the internals of this machine and releasing a new model! You can check out the differences between the older heating [...] Crew Review: Hario Clear Water Dripper
May 11th, 2012
If patience is a virtue you’ve already acquired, Hario’s beautiful Clear Water Dripper might produce the cold cup of coffee to reward you. Watch as Gail takes this gear-fit-for-a-laboratory out for a test drive. As you can see, we didn’t have great results, but we wont give up. Have you tried this prep method, or [...] Crew Review: Capresso Burr Coffee Grinder #559
May 8th, 2012
In our search for entry level grinders that still get the job done, we tested out this model from Capresso. While it doesn’t grind fine enough for traditional espresso extraction, it was fairly consistent and worked well for pressurized extractions to pour over to drip to press pot. Watch as Gail tests out this grinder, [...] Crew Review: La Marzocco Stainless Steel Portafilter
May 4th, 2012
Portafilter cleanliness is one of our favorite subjects around here, but we have noticed that the regular soaking and scrubbing of the chrome-plated brass versions adversely affects their finish over time. What was once shiny and beautiful becomes dark black and the chrome plating can even begin to wear down. For heavy use environments, like [...] Crew Review: Rancilio Bottomless Portafilter
April 27th, 2012
While we have carried a bottomless portafilter for E61 brew heads that also did work fairly well in the Rancilio Silvia’s brew head, it didn’t seal quite as we might like and so there was often a little bit of water leakage over the top that really was just gauche. Rancilio released their own version [...] Crew Review: Zoka Coffee Roasters — Espresso Blends
April 18th, 2012
Time to take on Zoka’s espresso blends — the Espresso Paladino and Organic Quatro. We asked Gail and Allison to pull a few shots and give us their opinions on how these new coffees taste. |
