March 30, 2006
Imagine fueling your morning with a few dozen shots of "mad cow espresso"! Now Ascasco calls this their "Dream Cow Crazy" espresso machine and perhaps that's as close to mad cow espresso as you'll get. The machine is Hand assembled and features a 16 bar pump espresso machine adaptable for use with ground coffee or coffeeservings (ESE). So if you like single serve coffee, perhaps some ESE espresso pods and a little steamed milk would also be a nice addition to your kitchen.
At Ascaso Espresso Machine
March 1, 2006
CoffeeWhiz.com has the new KRUPS Espresso Cafe Primo E.S.E Pod Brewer. We've been hunting around for a medium priced E.S.E. pod brewer. E.S.E. is not for making coffee per se, it's for making espresso and of course you can make a perfect cup of single serve coffee but the E.S.E. coffee pod is smaller and weighs in at 7 grams. We've covered quite a few of these different E.S.E. (easy serving espresso) machines over the past year but this one looks pretty good for $299.
- Programmable 15 bar pump machine makes café quality espresso, cappuccino and latte
- Thermoblock heating element ensures optimal temperature and pressure for perfect espresso extraction
- Removable stainless steel drip tray for easy clean
- 32 oz. removable water tank
- Easy push button programming to customize size and strength of espresso and control steam and hot water functions
- Patented auto-cappuccino system for foolproof frothing of milk
- Compatible with E.S.E. pods
- Brushed stainless steel front panel with cup warming tray
Continue reading: "KRUPS Espresso Cafe' Primo E.S.E Pod Brewer"
September 14, 2005
We've been enjoying the new line up of ESE espresso pods from Baronet Coffee. Baronet was kind enough to send us a sampling of their Light, Dark, and DECAF espresso pods along with a Grimac ESE Pod machine for testing. We can't thank them enough.
If you aren't familiar with ESE Pods, they are not coffee pods. ESE pods are a smaller pod, and are used for making espresso shots only. ESE Pods will not fit in your Home Cafe, Senseo or Bunn. They will however fit in any ESE espresso pod machine. We reviewed the FrancisFrancis! recently, and it used ESE pods and we feel a good choice for a starting espresso machine.
Unlike coffee pods, ESE is an actual standard. They are all sized the same and fit in any ESE espresso machine. Imagine if the coffee pod market actually used a standard 10 gram, 62 mm pod and you knew you could use any coffee pod in any machine? Wild.
The Baronet Light, Dark, and Decaf ESE pods are very good. We really enjoyed the Dark roast over the light roast, and found the DECAF pod to have a good flavor despite being decaf.
We like to have our shots of espresso "ristretto" style. So we tend to use a little less water and try to get the most crema we can into the cup. Each of the Baronet espresso pods had a nice full crema and passed the dreaded sugar test - sugar staying on top of the crema for 3-4 seconds and then falling into the hot water.
We are really enjoying a shot of espresso about mid day and then following up with a nice cup of single serve coffee in the late afternoon. Great stuff and we recommend trying out the Baronet Espresso pods if you have an ESE machine.
At Baronet Coffee
June 15, 2005
illy was kind enough to send us their new FrancisFrancis! X5 E.S.E. (Easy Serving Espresso) Espresso machine to help us on our journey into the world of espresso.
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It's also important to note: E.S.E. Espresso Pods work in E.S.E. espresso machines. E.S.E. pods will not work in your Home Cafe, Senseo, or Bunn My Cafe. However, if you love the ease of use that your Single Serve Coffee machine has provided you, then moving into the world of espresso via the E.S.E. pod is the way to go.
I have in the past tried to get into espresso and found it too time consuming, too difficult to get right every time, and most of all - MESSY. With the E.S.E. pods this goes away, and making espresso is as easy as brewing a cup of single serve coffee.
Continue reading: "Review: FrancisFrancis! X5 Espresso Machine from illy"
October 17, 2004
When I first heard about
Super Automatic Espresso machines from Capresso, to say the least, I was very skeptical that a fully automatic machine would make a terrific cup of espresso. My friend
Jeff Paradiso (who is very into coffee) had purchased such a machine from Capresso - well actually - he had purchased the Ultima (The only semi-automatic pump coffee/ espresso/cappuccino with automatic tamping and used coffee removal technology).
He couldn't stop talking about how easy it was, and how the machine took care of the grinds for you. At the time he purchased the machine, I was very into purchasing one, but the Senseo finally came out in the US (and hence this site), so I abandoned my Capresso desires and thought maybe in a few months Jeff's tune of Capresso dominance would end and I would see if it was worth the higher cost to buy one.
Needless to say, Jeff's love of Capresso has never ended. And after receiving the Jura-Capresso IMPRESSA E8 to review - a fully automatic version - my love has since started, grown, grown some more, and been growing ever since.
Continue reading: "Jura-Capresso IMPRESSA E8 Review"
September 16, 2004
The folks at Capresso have provided us with a Jura-Capresso IMPRESSA E8 to review! WOO HOOO! We can already tell you - YES - it does cost $1000 bucks - but man...the coffee is well...amazing! Stay tuned for our multi-week look at the E8.
A little about the E8:
"The IMPRESSA E8 is equipped with all the necessary hi-tech features for brewing superb espressos, cappuccinos, lattes and long crema coffees. The easy to read LED display will show you if you brew mild, regular or strong coffee and displays the cup size while the machine is brewing."
Read more at CAPRESSO
August 1, 2004
We covered this earlier - but this new picture and shot really shows the beauty of this Bodum expresso maker.
"Sticker & caffeine shock. Espresso machines are never truly cheap, and this new one from Bodum doesn't buck the trend, but it does do a few things that others don't. First of all it is SMALLISH, second of all it is SHINY & CUTE, and third of all it has a REALLY COOL water system that is much easier than other machines to fill up (it fills up with a regular bottle of Evian or Poland Spring....). $499 at the Bodum Store (212.367.9125) or online. (via NYMag) MGR
Apartment Therapy Covers New Bodum Epresso Maker
May 15, 2004
Okay - it's $500 bucks but it looks to be one of the coolest looking Expresso / one cup of Cafe Americano please machines you could buy. The Bodum USA site is also - well amazing.
www.bodum.com - the Bodum online shop
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