[geeks] STARBUCKS SHIT

[Geoff Reed]

At 11:35 AM 4/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>While I am far from a Coffee Pedant, I have been lusting over the
>Illycafe
>(http://www.illyusa.com/AB1666000/showprod.cfm?&DID=7&CATID=7&ObjectGrou
>p_ID=11) line of espresso machines (not *expresso*, dammit). They use
>espresso 'pods' which are prepared packets of perfectly ground and
>measured coffee.
>
>I'm sure that a professional barista with a pump driven (rather than
>steam driven which I believe these are) setup could make a better cup,
>but from what I understand, these machines come real close and will beat
>out anything you can get at $tarbucks or make at home otherwise.

I've slung espresso before, any my fave machine was a piston powered 
commercial machine from italy.  the espresso always came out perfect, even 
when we had a novice using it....