Hey CSers.
I volunteered to run a coffee stall at my schools fete coming up, and they hired a machine for me through a company theyve used a few times before. its the machine pictured below, "Piazza DOro Espressimo", and in my searching around have seen people say they think it might be a rebadged San Marino / Astoria / CMA machine.
In my searching around I have also read that its a pretty lousy machine - eg here: http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1244714687 where Chris said it was one of the least impressive machines hes used, and scoota gal agreed.
This is disappointing as obviously the reason I offered to run the stall was because I wanted to try and share good coffee with the school community rather than the ....... thats normally served. Ill be using my SJ and a couple of RR45s with good quality beans from a good roaster - I made sure I got to pick that.
Does anyone have much experience with this machine? Can anyone tell me what theyve experienced its weaknesses to be, and does anyone have any tips on how to best manage its lousyness to produce coffee that I wont be ashamed to serve? (might be being a tad dramatic...)
Thanks

I volunteered to run a coffee stall at my schools fete coming up, and they hired a machine for me through a company theyve used a few times before. its the machine pictured below, "Piazza DOro Espressimo", and in my searching around have seen people say they think it might be a rebadged San Marino / Astoria / CMA machine.
In my searching around I have also read that its a pretty lousy machine - eg here: http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1244714687 where Chris said it was one of the least impressive machines hes used, and scoota gal agreed.
This is disappointing as obviously the reason I offered to run the stall was because I wanted to try and share good coffee with the school community rather than the ....... thats normally served. Ill be using my SJ and a couple of RR45s with good quality beans from a good roaster - I made sure I got to pick that.
Does anyone have much experience with this machine? Can anyone tell me what theyve experienced its weaknesses to be, and does anyone have any tips on how to best manage its lousyness to produce coffee that I wont be ashamed to serve? (might be being a tad dramatic...)
Thanks



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