Decent Espresso Machines (DE1) - Any thoughts?

[JMcCee]

As queried on CFUK, John, can you clarify if all the machines are to be shipped packed in the 'suitcase' or is that just for the BETA users? Thanks

[>decentespresso]

As queried on CFUK, John, can you clarify if all the machines are to be shipped packed in the 'suitcase' or is that just for the BETA users? Thanks

All 300 machines are being delivered inside our bespoke suitcase. It's a "thank you" gift for sticking with us for so long.

John, thanks for being so transparent and for sharing the videos. Congrats on achieving yet another milestone! That's looking really decent now. I'm generally a lever person, but this is looking really good. Small machine made for home without sacrificing quality. Are those the basic DE1 or DE+?

At the moment, we're only shipping DE1+ machines.

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Some other announcements:

- this next week, we're at the MICE conference in Melbourne, pulling shots at the St Ali / Barista Hustle booth. I'm also demoing Wednesday morning at "5 senses", and I'll be at a few of Scott Rao's presentations too. Scott and Matt will be pulling shots on our machine, as will Bugs and I.



and one piece of slightly bad news....

- one of our beta testers has reported that water in his locale (Seattle) has tarnished the polished aluminum drip tray cover. Photo below. We're working on a solution (either recasting the part in stainless steel, or electroplating, or anodizing). In 3 years of touring with the DE1, I've never seen this problem, but hey, that's life is sometimes.

Anyone who has this tarnishing problem will get a free replacement drip tray cover in the post.

For now, we're recommending that people hand-wash the drip tray, with water only, until we have replacements available (which will take about 10 weeks).

[JMcCee]

All 300 machines are being delivered inside our bespoke suitcase. It's a "thank you" gift for sticking with us for so long.



At the moment, we're only shipping DE1+

As i understand though, the DE1 is still in the first 300 machines starting to be shipped now?

[>decentespresso]

As i understand though, the DE1 is still in the first 300 machines starting to be shipped now?

That's right. We're a few weeks away from shipping DE1 machines, simply because we haven't yet finished the firmware for it.

[JMcCee]

In a suitcase? Yaay! Even my wife's excited!

[>decentespresso]

In a suitcase? Yaay! Even my wife's excited!

The suitcases can even help goofy looking people look stylish. Ahem.

[HBexile2]

and one piece of slightly bad news....

- one of our beta testers has reported that water in his locale (Seattle) has tarnished the polished aluminum drip tray cover. Photo below. We're working on a solution (either recasting the part in stainless steel, or electroplating, or anodizing). In 3 years of touring with the DE1, I've never seen this problem, but hey, that's life is sometimes.

Anyone who has this tarnishing problem will get a free replacement drip tray cover in the post.

For now, we're recommending that people hand-wash the drip tray, with water only, until we have replacements available (which will take about 10 weeks).

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Aluminium is completely the wrong choice. Try a little experiment, get some Urnex and hot water and dip the aluminium parts in that for a while and see what happens. Hire an espresso machine person before it really ends up costing you.

[>decentespresso]

Your first Decent Espresso

If you're new to making espresso, or just want to see how we do it, this video is a useful introduction.

[gc]

I definitely want one of those Decentespresso scales shown in the video with my DE1+, BUT you say they are not available yet.

[JMcCee]

I'd like the scales too but my wife is more excited about the suitcase it comes in. Anything with a handle and looks like a giant handbag gets her vote

[MrJack]

Aluminium is completely the wrong choice. Try a little experiment, get some Urnex and hot water and dip the aluminium parts in that for a while and see what happens. Hire an espresso machine person before it really ends up costing you.

It's also not going to like caustic cleaners (certainly don't put one in a dishwasher)!

[Downunder55]

John,

You said "next week, we're at the MICE conference in Melbourne, pulling shots at the St Ali / Barista Hustle booth. I'm also demoing Wednesday morning at "5 senses""

Which 5 Senses, their West Melbourne or Cheltenham address ?

[JMcCee]

West Melbourne

[>decentespresso]

I definitely want one of those Decentespresso scales shown in the video with my DE1+, BUT you say they are not available yet.

Yeah, sorry, I wasn't clear at *all* in that video!

What we do have are the "Skale 2", which does work with the DE1+, and it's quite inexpensive. It's not nearly as nice looking or water-resistant as the Acaia, which is why we're working on making our own model.
https://decentespresso.com/scale



Our first attempt (what you see in the video), of working with an existing scale manufacturer, yielded a final prototype that they wanted to charge us US$89 each to make (at quantity=1000, no less). "No thank you" we said, which is why we don't yet have our own scale model to sell. We're going to design it ourselves. It's not a trivial undertaking, though.

[samuellaw178]

West Melbourne

Is it open to public, any RSVP required to attend?