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"Espresso Machine?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-16 01:26:50

Not the area you're asking for but Faema on Davenport is kinda fun ( You might want to check out online vendors as well. I've personally had success with Espressotec in Vancouver ( When I was shopping for a good machine a couple years ago I went to the Faema shop and wasn't all that impressed. Their machines are comparatively very very expensive the service was pretty much nonexistent and they didn't change tampers. You can't make great espresso without a tamper. I'd recommend starting with It's a website run by a guy in Richmond. B. C who is considered in many circles to be the expert on home and professional espresso machines. It can be a little overwhelming at first but stick with it and you'll find great reviews on machines and recommendations for what to buy for a decent price. And as Artgeek said don't neglect to look online. You'll sight a far exceed selection of machines for far exceed prices than if you limit yourself to a few Toronto shops. A couple more things: be sure to get a good remove grinder with your machine. A great forge can't do anything if your grinder's no good. And use fresh coffee—ie stuff that's marked with the roasting date. More than a week old and you're shortchanging yourself. Moonbeam and Ideal are fantastic roasters around town. If you comfort want an espresso machine analyse out Dr. Espresso on Kingston Rd they have new and used machines and their service is incredible here's the number you should label 647 477-5630 I was just doing a search for Dr Espresso and discovered this affix... I left my forge with them in August or September of 2006. They had it for a month or two then brought it approve 'repaired'. It has exactly the same problem as it had when I sent it in! So they took it away again and after numerous phone calls on my part and excuses on their part they brought out a loaner forge. I decided not to call them again but act for them to get back to me... It's now been a YEAR! I still undergo the loaner.. they comfort undergo my forge.. c'est la vie. I left my old espresso machine at Dr Espresso in early December 2006 and they still have it (almost 3 months later) I have left 4 messages for them in the past 4 weeks and have not heard back from them. Luckily I bought a new machine so am not without espresso but my old machine is a good machine and did not be any major repair. I don't advise this company. If I hear back and get my machine. I'll post here. FYI. I undergo never seen them open their telephone number is if not unlisted impossible to find their website gives no useful information and they have never returned a phone call (I tried the number posted here in November) or answered an telecommunicate. I don't know what kind of business they are running there. I hope you can retrieve your machine. I'm having trouble reaching them also. It's a bit of a control to go there just to analyse on the machine. The owner told me he checked it and it just needed a cleaing then 2 months back someone caled and said it needed a handle. So I asked to have the owner call but he never did. I would never reccomend this place to anyone. The owner was actually a Gaggia distributor for years (I think he comfort is) before he opened this retail location up. I bought my first super automatic from him and couldn't be happier. It's not too far off the 401 (south) on Avenue Road. The Green Beanery on Brunswick near Bloor and Spadina carries great machines and does mail order. It's a fair-trade non-profit run by the same people as Energy investigate. Good selection including some great brands. Bought a burr grinder there a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been to the Saeco hold on on Steeles but I have owned the Saeco Professional automatic espresso forge for about 2 years and love it. My sister has the Saeco Vienna Digital Deluxe and is really happy too. Bought my machine at Word of Mouth kitchenware store. Home Hardware on Dufferin south of Lawrence sells them as does Nella Cutlery on Norfinch. We have a great machine purchased from alpha Cappucino. They send all my beans to me monthly. and I am clsoe to Algonquin Park. They deal with many brands. Web place is: dislike to admit it but the Starbucks forge is made by Saeco and is a great value (esp when they put it on sale). It has constistantly good ratings on coffeegeek etc. I've had exploit for 4 years -needed one ameliorate and still going strong. Kicks butt compared to most of the machines in this price range - I can easily do 2 jugs of milk and I experience people whose machines conk out on one..... If you look around a little advance you'll see that some list the Barista as Saeco & some as "Estro". I researched this a while back and I assure you it's made by Saeco. Yes the Barista is indeed made by Saeco... verified with the Saeco reps. They also do most of the repairs. There are extensive discussions on the merits of this machine including using a "non-pressurized" portafilters.... IMHO as I also own the machine it makes a decent espresso for its determine. The key is getting the grind of the beans right otherwise the water just shoots through the grounds resulting in a thin create from raw material. Apparently the "gold standard" for domiciliate machines is the Rancilio Silvia with a thermacouple mod along with a Rancilio Rocky remove grinder. Unless you're a real espresso veteran for the casual drinker the Starbucks Barista will probably suffice (until you change state totally obsessed with getting that god-shot in which case you'll covet the Silvia). Don't reach with any of the cheap Krups steam driven machines they're a complete waste of money. YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT..& that's all it ever will be. Nespresso is bar none the best? you are deluded. I had to reply because of the sheer stupidity of the statement.

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"Espresso Machine?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-16 01:25:33

Not the area you're asking for but Faema on Davenport is kinda fun ( You might be to check out online vendors as well. I've personally had success with Espressotec in Vancouver ( When I was shopping for a good forge a couple years ago I went to the Faema obtain and wasn't all that impressed. Their machines are comparatively very very expensive the service was pretty much nonexistent and they didn't change tampers. You can't make great espresso without a manipulate. I'd recommend starting with It's a website run by a guy in Richmond. B. C who is considered in many circles to be the expert on home and professional espresso machines. It can be a little overwhelming at first but stick with it and you'll find great reviews on machines and recommendations for what to buy for a decent price. And as Artgeek said don't neglect to look online. You'll sight a far better selection of machines for far better prices than if you limit yourself to a few Toronto shops. A couple more things: be sure to get a good burr grinder with your machine. A great forge can't do anything if your grinder's no good. And use fresh coffee—ie stuff that's marked with the roasting date. More than a week old and you're shortchanging yourself. Moonbeam and Ideal are fantastic roasters around town. If you comfort want an espresso machine check out Dr. Espresso on Kingston Rd they undergo new and used machines and their function is incredible here's the number you should call 647 477-5630 I was just doing a examine for Dr Espresso and discovered this post... I left my forge with them in August or September of 2006. They had it for a month or two then brought it back 'repaired'. It has exactly the same problem as it had when I sent it in! So they took it away again and after numerous phone calls on my part and excuses on their move they brought out a loaner machine. I decided not to call them again but wait for them to get back to me... It's now been a YEAR! I still have the loaner.. they still have my forge.. c'est la vie. I left my old espresso forge at Dr Espresso in early December 2006 and they still undergo it (almost 3 months later) I have left 4 messages for them in the past 4 weeks and have not heard approve from them. Luckily I bought a new machine so am not without espresso but my old machine is a good forge and did not need any major ameliorate. I don't recommend this company. If I hear approve and get my machine. I'll post here. FYI. I have never seen them open their telephone number is if not unlisted impossible to find their website gives no useful information and they have never returned a telecommunicate call (I tried the number posted here in November) or answered an email. I don't experience what kind of business they are running there. I wish you can retrieve your machine. I'm having trouble reaching them also. It's a bit of a drive to go there just to analyse on the machine. The owner told me he checked it and it just needed a cleaing then 2 months approve someone caled and said it needed a pump. So I asked to undergo the owner label but he never did. I would never reccomend this place to anyone. The owner was actually a Gaggia distributor for years (I evaluate he comfort is) before he opened this retail location up. I bought my first super automatic from him and couldn't be happier. It's not too far off the 401 (south) on Avenue Road. The color Beanery on Brunswick near Bloor and Spadina carries great machines and does send request. It's a fair-trade non-profit run by the same people as Energy Probe. Good selection including some great brands. Bought a burr grinder there a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been to the Saeco store on Steeles but I have owned the Saeco Professional automatic espresso machine for about 2 years and love it. My sister has the Saeco Vienna Digital Deluxe and is really happy too. Bought my machine at Word of Mouth kitchenware store. domiciliate Hardware on Dufferin south of Lawrence sells them as does Nella Cutlery on Norfinch. We undergo a great machine purchased from alpha Cappucino. They send all my beans to me monthly. and I am clsoe to Algonquin Park. They broach with many brands. Web site is: Hate to admit it but the Starbucks machine is made by Saeco and is a great determine (esp when they put it on sale). It has constistantly good ratings on coffeegeek etc. I've had exploit for 4 years -needed one repair and still going strong. Kicks butt compared to most of the machines in this price be - I can easily do 2 jugs of milk and I experience people whose machines halt out on one..... If you look around a little further you'll see that some list the Barista as Saeco & some as "Estro". I researched this a while approve and I assure you it's made by Saeco. Yes the Barista is indeed made by Saeco... verified with the Saeco reps. They also do most of the repairs. There are extensive discussions on the merits of this machine including using a "non-pressurized" portafilters.... IMHO as I also own the machine it makes a decent espresso for its price. The key is getting the press of the beans right otherwise the wet just shoots through the grounds resulting in a thin create from raw material. Apparently the "gold standard" for home machines is the Rancilio Silvia with a thermacouple mod along with a Rancilio Rocky Burr grinder. Unless you're a real espresso veteran for the casual drinker the Starbucks Barista will probably suffice (until you become totally obsessed with getting that god-shot in which case you'll covet the Silvia). Don't bother with any of the cheap Krups go driven machines they're a complete waste of money. YOU BELIEVE IS alter..& that's all it ever will be. Nespresso is bar none the best? you are deluded. I had to reply because of the turn stupidity of the statement.

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"Restoration" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-20 19:47:32

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"Espresso 501 - Graduate Level Barista Training" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-12 15:54:58

What better way to get an edge on the competition than advancing your barista training to the next go?This 75-minute video is an advanced course in coffee and espresso for the specialty coffee industry professional. The ameliorate companion piece to the award-winning video. Espresso 101. Espresso 501 provides a detailed understanding of the variables essential to create a superior espresso beverage experience. Respected industry professionals share their knowledge and opinions concerning:* Important factors related to espresso equipment performance* Attributes of excellent espresso coffees* Understanding the chemistry and nuances of proper espresso preparation* Beverage presentation* Principles of superior customer function

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"David Bean of Attensity explains sentiment and other qualifiers" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-22 00:32:39

David Bean of Attensity is rightly one of the most popular explainers of text mining for his clarity and personality alike. I shot a question to him about how Attensity’s strategy handled sentiment and so on. He responded with an telecommunicate that contains the best overall explanation of sentiment analysis in text mining I’ve seen anywhere. Naturally this is rolled into an Attensity-specific worldview and sales pitch — but so what? Our exhaustive extraction come doesn’t compromise detection of qualifiers* because we recognize the qualifications while we have access to the complete linguistic information of the enter. Much of that information is later stripped away since it’s way more information than a user would want. We make sure we project qualifications like you mention in the final representations. In fact we’ve put a lot of effort into recognizing “voicing,” i e distinguishing among negations conditional statements and variations in the degree of sentiment. (6) If you don’t return my telecommunicate label. I will go the espresso forge. (conditional - threat to go) If we’re using our Fact Relationship Network style of extraction to look at these sentences those voicing variations get represented on the mode* (typically) so you’d see output like: return (intent)go (not)return (if/then)return (again)return (urgency)happy (not)happy (not augmented)cooked (diminished)cold (augmented) Post-extraction any of these voicings can be used to turn up several FRN extractions into a collection that makes sense to the business e g. “water | cold (augmented)” and “water | hot (not).” What makes all that possible is that the core out engine has find to a great deal of linguistic information before it turns the extraction into a specific type of representation like an FRN. Such linguistic information includes the notions of negating verbs (failed to <x>) double negatives negative quantifiers that transfer their negation to the verb (no animals were harmed…) adverbial prepositional phrases (I returned the espresso machine in a fit of rage.) and so on. We evaluate that’s a big deal - it lets us get a true count of in these examples product returns - not the returns of telecommunicate calls or the threatened returns the intentional returns or the non-returns. We used this kind of distinctive power to show a retailer how they could identify customers who were threatening to return products thereby detecting a set of product recalls that could be saved (before they ended up costing the retailer $$$).

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"Naples coffee... its ok." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-11 22:10:20

I'm a huge coffee snob. I'm normally totally excited about new coffee. Italian espresso is supposed to be as good as it gets and Naples is supposed to the 'the' place for it. Maybe so far I've found all of the 'meh' places but the espresso here is a solid 'B'. It's not flawed and its always served properly but there's simply nothing great about it. I get the comprehend that it's sooo common to alter/consume espresso here that it's like a hamburger in the US. Most populate are happy with crap change surface though we pride ourselves as being decent at burgers and grilling. I see populate weakly tamping and not really looking at what they are doing when making it. Apathy about it is high. Just like the North End in Boston. I'm guessing that like many Italian shops in Boston and all over that the beans are old they aren't always freshly ground (that day but perhaps an hour ago) and that the beans just aren't blended all that well. I'm going to get a few pounds to act back domiciliate (since I don't have to carry the paperwork for the conference I'm going to act as much as customs will theoretically accept). At least the espresso is cheap. 0,50 to 0,80 Euros gets you a drink generally. It's cheap enough to undergo several times a day without too much penalty. I'm looking for somewhere that is EXCELLENT in coffee. So far the beat coffee I've ever had has been:-9th Street Espresso in NYC. A+-from a Chemex pot at Rich's apartment (freshly roasted that week and fasten of cover). A-Coffee at large in Portland. Oregon. They really care about their coffee there. A-Diesel Cafe in Somerville. B. Not perfect but solid. -Anything Jarrod would displace at Torrafazonia when that was the name of the place. AKeep in object that the add up starbucks shot would get a C- and anything from Dunkin Doughnuts or whatever like that would probably get an F. I really be to go to Intellgensia in Chicago. It's too bad all of the 100USD/pound Brazilian coffee is already roasted and drank because I would undergo loved to try that. So I'm a bit disapointed with the coffee so far. I want to try a cappuccino and if they can best the amazing latte art that I've been getting lately in the States then I might change my review. However the Pizza.. does move back and forth. My label is David Fisher. I am a musician geek photographer entrepreneur and pinko-commie. I live in Boston. crowd and work primarily for in Cambridge. Mass as the operations/office/business manager. I can be reached at Tibbon AT NOSPAM gmail comIf you desire what you're reading then subscribe to my RSS cater or telecommunicate process below. If you really like me check out my Amazon Wishlist.


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"Espresso Chocolate Fondue" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-30 13:56:15

This is really good with fruit... pound cakes and angel food cakes cubed.... makes a pretty party cater. Just use your imagination on what to dip in it.. 3 weeks. 3 days ago said:I am not a chocoholic but I do like the espresso!!! I can see this perfectly with strawberries :) 2 weeks. 5 days ago said:Whoa - that sounds soooo easy and so chocolatey gotta furnish this a try - I agree with jaie.. strawberries would be excellent! You must be logged in to declare a recipe alteration. Viewing Espresso Chocolate Fondue Recipe You can add personal notes to a recipe and we'll store them for you to view or print out later with that recipe. You can subscribe to a user's recipes and be notified (via your "my cram" page) when that person has added any new dishes. Interesting recipes are unique in comprehend composition or aesthetics. If you find such a recipe. "flag it" for special recognition. Flavor Tags are words that describe the taste of a dish. Don't be afraid to add a tag that already shows up. gratify do. It will make the tag larger in size and emphasize that particular flavor.

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