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  • sidewayss
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    Yep, flowers are great, and your friend has done well to choose a ho hum cafe as theres quite a few out there.
    Just mind you, dont give red flowers to your friend as it gives out the wrong message and youll be back to square one or go to jail, do not pass go etc etc ;D

    Actually thinking about it, dont give flowers at all :-X, give her a coffee cup set or a plunger. You can never be too careful ehh? Im not speaking from experience

    Gary "giving manly advice" at Gala

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  • meander
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    Its ok now, she went into town today and had coffee with a friend in a cafe. She was reminded yet again that she was spoiled with great coffee at home, so I am forgiven, and she is awaiting the new machine as well!

    I think I should send flowers to her friend for taking her out for an adequate coffee!

    Arthur, who has stopped sweating, and started anticipating

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  • beanflying
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    ;D I used to have one of those traded her in on another R/C heli and a coffee machine collection. Flowers cant hurt either

    mod edit- URL removed

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  • Dimal
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    ;D ;D ;D

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  • meander
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    Andy, that would be a disaster! This afternoon I told her about my spend, and she just looked at me. I quickly added (with sweat on my brow) that about 1/3 of the coffee made is cupped by her, and now her already great coffee will be potentially better. Well....., Im alive, and I dont have to cancel the deal.

    If I take it to work, she will get no coffee, and.....

    Arthur, who wants to live with all his body parts

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  • Andy
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    Very funny.

    You could always set it up at work to hone your skills (please)


    Have fun with the new toy, Im sure like other Diadema owners around here you will never look back.

    Enjoy!

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  • meander
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    Ha! I briefly thought of telling her I found it at a sunday market, but she will see my mastercard statement.

    I hope I can rapidly learn to make excellent froth for her lattes to appease her. I may have to practice all night...

    Arthur, who is manly, except when confronted by his wife

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  • beanflying
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    Originally posted by 555D59565C5D4A380 link=1290859050/10#10 date=1290998129
    Arthur, who hasnt yet told his wife...
    Good work Dirty it up a bit and tell her it was secondhand

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  • meander
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    As several folk implied, it is a bit of a wasteland in the $1000-$1500 bracket, and not necessarily value for money. I decided, bugger it and go to the next price bracket $1500-$2000.

    I spent all of yesterday stalking CS threads on various machines, and ended up deciding on the Diadema Junior Plus Semi auto.

    Bought it this morning from Chris at TalkCoffee for $1999, smooth and easy.

    Thanks to the posters above, whose advice set me on this fascinating trail.

    Arthur, who hasnt yet told his wife...

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  • meander
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    Fair point, azzah. In actual fact, we recycle all our water anyway. And I could take shorter showers....:

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  • azzah
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    You will be using less water by cooling flushing a HX machine and pulling a shot of espresso than someone drinking instant or plunger coffee... I think the 1kW plus of power it draws will kill the environment first ;D

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  • meander
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    Thanks snobs, giving me a few names helps focus site searches.

    The Nuova Simonelli Oscar & Expobar Office Semi Auto seemed to stay at the top of my lists after a few hours searching.

    One is plastic & cheaper, the other is SS and more expensive. Undecided on appearances at the moment. Anyone compared coffee shots between those two?

    One issue in these water conscious days, I feel a little bad about doing a 200ml cooling flush before brewing on the Expobar. Are there ways around that, or did I misread?

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  • rev210
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    ponte vecchio lusso is in the price range as well.

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  • beanflying
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    Might be worth a drive to Melbourne to play with the Gee at Talk Coffee or see if Tonini Lamborghini have the NS Oscar (entry level HX) set up as a demo. Just over your budget is the Expobar Office HX, I think they are about $1600. Apart from those few there is a couple of Ascaso machines in this price range but they are more like overpriced Silvias to use (single boilers).

    Like the others mentioned good secondhand is the way to go and you will certainly get a good solid HX machine in that price.

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  • meander
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    Yes Warren, I had a feeling this might be a problem, as there was a dearth of threads in this price range.

    Unfortunately, I am not a good risk taker with 2nd hand stuff that I cant see or play with.

    I can stretch the budget a bit more, as my wife wasnt thrilled with this mornings 1st plunger. It has been awhile...

    I dont need to froth while brewing, Im not serving 10-20 drinkers,  I only want a machine that is a little more consistent at brewing than I am in dosing, grooming & tamping.

    I was reasonably happy with my EM6910, but would like to take this opportunity to make a  better coffee. Can I make a significant jump in this price range?

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