I used to be a barista, so I'm familiar with the process (as I'm sure you guys are, too).

For me, the benefits of at-home brewing stop at freshly ground beans and French pressed coffee. This includes prep, grinding, brewing, and cleanup. Anything that takes more effort than that isn't worth it to me. That includes expresso. And *definitely* includes any drink with foam. Not worth it to do it at home.

My buddy bought an expresso machine thinking that he'd save his $3/day....he used it maybe 10 times -- tops.

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http://www.amazon.com/Il-Cavatappi-C.../dp/B000VNTNAO

MSRP is $200, I think.

riiiight

Im sad this was made where i live. Though working in a coffee shop, the people i see day in day out for their 6 lattes. This matches nicely

ha ha ha! and not everyone approaches their home coffee gear the same way that the friend does either:

i spent about the same on my home coffee gear as i did my fixed gear, and it is money i do not regret for a moment. 58mm ceramic burr grinder, single boiler e61 w/homebrew (fuji!) pid, counter culture as a local roaster, and my at-home 'expresso' is exemplary...thanks. gonna get me one of them king tampers for sure (coffee brown, duh).

doing some rough math here (for the first time), it would appear that i am *well* under $3/day. granted, i use the machine a lot (almost every day, sometimes for 2-3 drinks) and have owned it for some time, so the numbers are a bit dilute (expresso, not so much).

equipment
~$1.5k (w/maint) / 7yrs = $214/yr
50wk * ~10drinks = 500dr/yr
$214 / 500 = $0.43 / drink

coffee
3lb/mo @ $15 = $450/yr
$450 / 500 = $0.90 / drink

plus electricity, of course...for which you will have to do the math: 1200W boiler, running ~1000hrs/yr. call it $1.50 total?

worth it, worth it, worth it...provided you make good use of it.

Haha. Dude, I didn't have to spell when I made coffee.

Espresso. Soooorrrrryy :)

Whoa! Chris King headsets for only 75!? I just bought one for my bike! This is awesome!

I prefer the stainless http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=204370Moka pot for home (and camping) use.

How does it work? Easy to clean?

Are these just percolators? I hate the taste. Gets the job done, though.

the salt&pepper shakers are much cooler.
http://chrisking.com/store/shakers

I have a feeling whoever works at chris king has a bunch of times in their hands.... I would rather they be more productive and create something that's not random.

wtf they sell the coffee for it too http://chrisking.com/store/coffee_water

chris king tamper check!
la pavoni press check!
chris king roast!
all good to go

they should make a pedal-operated coffee grinder

or, pedal operated manual espresso press!

win!

Yes easy to clean. Three metal pieces, just rinse between using (and wipe with p-towel when coffee buildup exceeds your threshold)

Not percolators, the moka pots are stovetop espresso makers. Boiling water is forced upwards through the ground coffee under pressure and the brew ends up in the top compartment. The brew is much thicker than percolated coffee, but not quite as thick as real-deal espresso, as the pressure is lower and the grind of coffee is coarser. Super simple and very flavorful and potent.

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This blog goes through the process pretty well:

The Moka Pot (with photos)

Oh! I've seen those little Moka pots and yeah, the flavor comes out nicely with them.

I never knew what they were called.

I usually use espresso coffee in my moka pot, which IMO makes a brew nearly as good as my father's Pavoni. The way I look at it the pot makes the most cost effective esspresso

You can get salt and pepper shakers too, I wonder if anyone has bought them and used them as hubs.

Nice, but no real crema.

Moka coffee isn't really the same as espresso. As mentioned there's not really any crema. It's more of a very-dark coffee somewhere between espresso and french-press.

I have a Nespresso. Which is actually pretty damn good (and convenient, the last two years I lived in a dorm. closest sink was down the hall). My brother-in-law uses what I think is a Cimballi Domus, which makes great coffee but is inconsistent. Even thought the Nespresso never reaches greatness, it is always pretty good and never gross.

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Not espresso, not moka, not french pressed.

aeropresses©®™ actually taste pretty good