Recent content by daka

Noted, thanks for that info...

So, what is best for American....and what for Lavazza espresso (actually I make cappuccino)

I have been drinking NIAGRA bottled water...(Loews by the case) it has very little TDS as per my tester, good for coffee?

Long time on the M/B......... I'm a lurker, but getting back into Espresso/Cappuccino...(decaffeinated) I've been wondering, what is the best water to use for espresso? Filtered tap water, bottled water distilled water ph index Is less TDS water (total dissolved solids) better? (%)?

I've sold the Pasquini...takes up too much space for what we need, so There are so many machines in this price range that you can get "eye roll" just reading all the specs. Can someone, who has a real feel for these give me a suggestion...we are not "heavy" users..ie...6-10 cups a week?

We have a "manual" frother, ...BODIN...it is a glass cylinder and a springy thing that you put milk in woosh it up and down, then put the frothed milk in the microwave for a few seconds,,,,

We use a NORPRO GLASS FROTHER, probably from Bed Bath and Beyond....looks something like a small french press...froth then nuke the froth..

Having tries some of the expensive bean coffees available, I find that I like Dunkin Donuts coffee....Starbucks to me is overpriced burnt "coffee"?. and 7-11 has some descent coffee's. I'm not into the hype of roasting your own. I do grind my own DD beans, about 3 days worth at a time and I...

First of all, I LIKE DUNKIN DOGNUTS COFFEE. I do not like STARBUCKS. It seems that lately my "coffee taste" has changed...could be that the coffee I mad in the CUISINART machine was OK, (just OK) but then somehow I couldn't drink it any longer, bitter off tasting....tried fresh beans of various...

No one has anyinformation about these machines ...hard to believe

I''m looking for a \"pod\" type machine, What does the group think about these, I have a PASQUINI Livia 90 at home but need a machine that works from pods for my shop...cant really deal with grinding, tamping etc Thanks