Posts Tagged ‘New Products’Crew 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: 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 [...] 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: 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. Crew Review: Zoka Coffee Roasters – Drip Blends
April 16th, 2012
We have added another selection of locally-roasted coffee to our line-up — Zoka Coffee Roasters! Watch as Gail and Allison taste a few different drip blends, prepped via pour over. Crew Review: Rocket Espresso Machines – V2
April 13th, 2012
Rocket Espresso has souped up their popular machines with a couple of cool new improvements: Premium Plus — both the Giotto and Cellini models will now have dual manometers, one for the steam boiler and one for the brew head. The boiler has also been insulated to decrease recovery time between shots or steaming. Evoluzione [...] Crew Review: Atomic Cafe – Espresso Coffees
March 30th, 2012
Time for our second round of tastings! In this episode, Gail and Allison taste shots from Atomic Cafe’s selection of espresso-oriented blends and beans. Watch to find out their thoughts on these new coffee offerings. |
