Brunopasso pod espresso machine looks like a hot rod, still takes forever
I've lived in Europe for nearly a decade, but in regards to my coffee requirements, I am still very much an American: I like my coffee steaming hot and in a mug the size of my torso. For me, coffee is a comfort drink, and I utterly reject the espresso culture that would have me buy a thousand euro machine to make myself a fluid ounce worth of coffee at a time. No. I have adopted your love for tiny pastries and fine wines and oozing, putrescent cheeses, but when it comes to coffee, I can go this far and no further. Go to hell, Europe.
So I am not the market for Brunopasso's newest retro-style pod espresso machine, but its gorgeous hot rod sleekness makes me wish I was. Retailing for about $850, it features a wonderful stick-shift like pull handle honed from beech wood, and the race car motif extends to the speedometer like gauges. Of course, the metaphor's not a very good one: is there anything less fast than watching your first espresso of the morning trickle out a single caffeinated drop at a time over a period of ten groggy, pre-dawn minutes?
Brunopasso Pod Espresso Machine [Born Rich]
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You know, a good shot of espresso should only take about 30 seconds to pull. What are you using to tamp the coffee down into the portafilter, the entire 1985 Encyclopaedia Brittanica?
I always thought one of the selling points on espresso was its sheer speed (less than a minute) versus drip coffeemakers, French presses, etc. Then again, my Aeropress is speedy as the dickens.
10 minutes? You're doing it wrong.
My machine makes a double shot in about 1 minute. It takes 5 minutes to warm up, but I let that happen while I shave.
From Wikipedia:
"An ideal shot of espresso should take between 20 and 30 seconds to arrive on a professional-grade machine, timed from when the coffee begins to flow from the machine..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso
Hmmm... device appears to suffer from the usual itty-bitty steam wand problem that all itty-bitty espresso machines have.
Come on guys, there's a faster, cheaper, easier way and millions of people have been doing it at home for a long time:
http://www.bialettishop.com/MokaExpressMain.htm
Easy to clean, control the strength by varying water or coffee amounts, and a 9-cup will fill a big mug full of black gold...i
For what it's worth, I don't work for Bialetti, I'm just on my third kettle in about 12 years. And I've only ever replaced them when I boiled them dry. Which is, of course, 3 times in 12 years.
Yeah, I remember that high coffee cuisine in the States. I mean, nothing beats heating yesterday's see-through coffee in the microwave, right?
Nah, gimme a 1 minute espresso shot everyday. Or a cafe shakelato... mmmhhh....
@Gobo #2: Word. My Aeropress rocks. It still doesn't beat a proper shot oozed out of a machine, but it's better than just about everything else.
Pod machines suck.
As a European with an American wife I use the Jura S90. It has a feature that allows you to throw out an espresso OR a bucket beaker to suit my morning jolt requirements. Italian coffee is good, Spanish coffee better, but French coffee??? almost as bad as the excuses for coffee I have experienced in America... ;-) flame......troll.....flame (only kidding.
@geekd #3
What happens if you don't shave (me) or prefer your coffee before you shave?
(FWIW I drink tea whilst my coffee brews in the enamel pot)
What geekd said. Even my raggedy old Krups Il Caffé Duomo will pump out a quadruple shot in just over a minute (after a 3 minute warm-up).