Recent content by johneaton

as anywhere else in life, on this site you will find some polite people as well as some who don't know how to play well with others. just overlook them. and personally, i don't see anything wrong with Nescafe; although i didn't really care for aldi's coffee.

all this old stuff needs to be removed.

if you have a quality product, that should be enough. the bikini thing opens you up to all kinds of other needless issues. just make a quality product.

a ROK espresso machine and a ROK grinder would be about $400. you can see them demonstrated on youtube. or you could get a la pippenia (sp) used off ebay for about $125.

In my youth, coffee was one of the four food goups. You have your coffee, chocolate, beer, and pizza. Now that I'm older, and wiser, coffee is the only one of the big four that I kept. I don't feel that I have to have it to wake up; in fact, I can drink a large coffee and go to sleep w/ the...

I don't ever know what I'm having until my espresso warms up, and I walk up to it and have to make a decision. It could be a straight black, maybe a latte or capp., or maybe an Americano. I sometimes decide when I see how my espresso runs. If I get the "godshot" then it's a straight black.

coffee w/ out sugar is coffee; coffee with sugar is dessert. However, a little half and half is awesome.

I would frequent the local college coffee house; and wait until you can get something you will be happy w/. In my humble opinion, decent espresso for the lowest dollar starts w/, perhaps, a gaggia classic w/ pid. But even that is rather pricey.

you really need to check w/ a lawyer. i think it is quite a bit easier than some are saying; as long as you are temporary in each location. if a traveling circus can do it, then there's a way to do it.

"chasing the godshot"

I've been thinking about doing something similar. Sounds like you've thought it out fairly well. Some of it you will learn as you go. Keep a positive attitude and best of luck. Remember; it's got to be fun, or you're just as well to punch somebody's time clock.