Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!
something i want to comment on, and this may be off topic, but it kind of regards the new sunbeam machine ... there seems to be this general dislike of anything thermoblock and anything made by a big brand name company. Why?
If a thermoblock was capable of producing the same temperature stability as a boiler (without running the risk of overheating the water), then whats the problem? I understand that many thermoblock machines have really crappy temp-stability ... but if a machine comes out with a really good quality thing, then is there any difference? Its the same water heated to the same temperature, delivered to the coffee at the same pressure, in the same amount of time.
I guess theres a little bit of label-worship going on ... Im caught up in it too - i remember cringing when my mum used to take me to bestnless to go clothes shopping, when id much rather go into a surf shop...
Secondly, would we all be whinging about sunbeam if they invented the Silvia? Or the La Marzocco? Why are we dead-set against them (and breville for that matter) for trying to produce a good quality espresso machine, that looks sexy, at a low cost, that is readily available at your average department store? I say, good on them!
Sorry, this is just my ongoing rant - I dont mean to upset or hurt anyone, i just wanna challenge peoples opinions about stuff, coz in the end, my coffee tastes as good, if not better than every cafe ive sampled in my part of sydney (and thats what my friends tell me, not my own ego), and that tells me something about my machine.
something i want to comment on, and this may be off topic, but it kind of regards the new sunbeam machine ... there seems to be this general dislike of anything thermoblock and anything made by a big brand name company. Why?
If a thermoblock was capable of producing the same temperature stability as a boiler (without running the risk of overheating the water), then whats the problem? I understand that many thermoblock machines have really crappy temp-stability ... but if a machine comes out with a really good quality thing, then is there any difference? Its the same water heated to the same temperature, delivered to the coffee at the same pressure, in the same amount of time.
I guess theres a little bit of label-worship going on ... Im caught up in it too - i remember cringing when my mum used to take me to bestnless to go clothes shopping, when id much rather go into a surf shop...
Secondly, would we all be whinging about sunbeam if they invented the Silvia? Or the La Marzocco? Why are we dead-set against them (and breville for that matter) for trying to produce a good quality espresso machine, that looks sexy, at a low cost, that is readily available at your average department store? I say, good on them!
Sorry, this is just my ongoing rant - I dont mean to upset or hurt anyone, i just wanna challenge peoples opinions about stuff, coz in the end, my coffee tastes as good, if not better than every cafe ive sampled in my part of sydney (and thats what my friends tell me, not my own ego), and that tells me something about my machine.

) and gone against the whole pro semi automatic thing.
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