Walked into a cafe, went to the counter to order two coffees. I noticed the machine's 3 portaftes were not on their groups but sitting on the drip tray. Maybe the machine was out of order, thought I.
"Are you going to make the coffees with that machine?" I asked incredulously?
"Yes"
"But the portafilters are off the groups"
"Yes, I was told you have to leave them off otherwise the coffee gets burned".
I told her thar was incorrect... but she had work to do and wasn't about to debate coffee making with this stranger customer...
Where do idiotic ideas which fly in the face of the basics come from? How do such cafes survive?
"Are you going to make the coffees with that machine?" I asked incredulously?
"Yes"
"But the portafilters are off the groups"
"Yes, I was told you have to leave them off otherwise the coffee gets burned".
I told her thar was incorrect... but she had work to do and wasn't about to debate coffee making with this stranger customer...
Where do idiotic ideas which fly in the face of the basics come from? How do such cafes survive?

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