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  • #16
    Originally posted by blend52 View Post
    a few advanced lever m/c suppliers ..
    Since when are lever machines advanced? Some night look prettier than others but they all pretty much work in the same way as they did 60 years ago.

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    • #17
      Just like trotters are advanced horses and carts.

      Barry

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Dennis View Post
        Since when are lever machines advanced? Some night look prettier than others but they all pretty much work in the same way as they did 60 years ago.
        As do most coffee making processes. !
        Perhaps "current" would be a better choice of words, but i was attempting to keep some parity with the "Blossom speak"

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        • #19
          New $10,000 coffee machine

          Originally posted by blend52 View Post
          well , for a start..


          I think a few advanced lever m/c suppliers might argue that point for a start ..
          As long as we're accusing the maker of bulldust ( and I guess implicitly dishonest marketing) and getting nit- picky, you might want to note the use of the word 'typically', which was used to qualify the statement about noisy pumps and indicate that they will not always be present. "Always", being the word the writer could have used if that was the message he or she was trying to portray.

          A bit difficult to judge the machine with the amount of info given, but I think it's generally foolish to criticize another's efforts at innovation without knowing anything about them. I wouldn't mind trying a brew from it!

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          • #20
            Oh dear ! .. are we all optimistically hoping for the reincarnation of the coffee "godshot" m/c ??
            If so, i wouldnt hold your breath !
            Its obvious this device is based on the Aeropress (immersion brewing, low pressure filtration)..and as such it is only ever going to produce a "black" coffee.
            It certainly could not produce an espresso, or anything based on espresso,.
            In reality, its going to make "American" coffee !

            And having read that 70 page thesis on "optimizing the coffee experience ".... well, lets just say my opinion of MIT has dropped considerably if that is the kind of paper they accept from grad level research.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by blend52 View Post
              And having read that 70 page thesis on "optimizing the coffee experience ".... well, lets just say my opinion of MIT has dropped considerably if that is the kind of paper they accept from grad level research.
              Its the research project for a bachelor degree

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              • #22
                "Blossom founders Jeremy and Matt boast experience at Apple and NASA"

                No wonder the Shuttle program cost about $1.5 billion per flight

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                • #23
                  IF I had $10K (or $12K) to spend on a coffee machine, I think I would be spending it on the Kees van der Western Speedster.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by blend52 View Post
                    Oh dear ! .. are we all optimistically hoping for the reincarnation of the coffee "godshot" m/c ??
                    If so, i wouldnt hold your breath !
                    Its obvious this device is based on the Aeropress (immersion brewing, low pressure filtration)..and as such it is only ever going to produce a "black" coffee.
                    It certainly could not produce an espresso, or anything based on espresso,.
                    In reality, its going to make "American" coffee !
                    I'd like to disagree with some of this. It appears to me that this is most similar to a Presso, not an Aeropress, and as such will likely make something like the same brew--a low pressure espresso--rather than a version of filtered coffee.

                    Greg
                    Sticking to his Izzo lever.

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                    • #25
                      Photo of the prototype



                      Matches functionality of an aeropress with some added electronics

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                      • #26
                        So the E61 group handle in the production models holds only a paper filter??!!
                        I guess it is an Aeropress--and a very expensive version at that.

                        Greg

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                        • #27
                          Demo video

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                          • #28
                            On a whim, I just measured the diameter of one of my Aeropress filters - 64mm... What's the inside diameter of an E61 handle sans basket?

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                            • #29
                              While the engineering behind the One Limited is interesting, it essentially takes a pretty simple process and unnecessarily complicates it with enough control parameters to make even the most hardened coffee nerd's eyes water. Don't get us wrong, the coffee it produces is good (really good, in fact). But so is the coffee made with a $26 plastic AeroPress. The creators behind the Blossom One Limited have done an excellent job of marrying their love of engineering with their love of coffee. Fortunately for the rest of us, there are far simpler (and cheaper) methods of getting our daily caffeine fix that don't seem to be going anywhere any time soon.
                              Effectively, all it does is measure the volume of water (8oz) , and control the brew temperature (PID).
                              The "brew time" control is no more than an alarm beeper to alert the operator to pull the lever when the brew has steeped long enough.
                              Pressure is not a consideration or an influence on coffee the extraction process,.. apparently !
                              so ..8oz of steeped coffee, low pressure pressed through a paper filter ( or espresso basket ?)

                              This device is worth about as much consideration as its designer gave to using an espresso process.......
                              ......( one paragraph in a 70 page thesis on "optimizing the coffee experience" )

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                              • #30
                                Hmm, after reading all this I now have this crazy idea for a french press with an embedded element, an internal temp sensor and PID controller to maintain temperature during brewing... Just the project for an old zilog micro development board I've had lying around but couldn't quite throw out. OTOH, I much prefer the aeropress so maybe a collapsible element to maintain temp during the 30sec brew time, that will fold down when pressed.

                                I think I've a few summer projects coming up!

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