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  • #31
    Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

    Originally posted by TwIsTeD link=1109515596/15#28 date=1110363998
    Well from what ive heard the "New Sunbeam" is fitted with Quickmill Thermoblocks. They are top of the Town Stuff Excellent have Stainless Steel lined tubes for the water path, tight temp control, and an added length of water path for the steam
    Excellent . This machine has real potential then. Ill be keen to see one.

    Originally posted by TwIsTeD link=1109515596/15#28 date=1110363998
    as i said before i dont want to drink water cooked in Aluminium ....Bad for Brain & Body further on down the track.........
    Thats a myth. The Alzheimers link with aluminium in the brain has found to be indicative of the condition, not causal.

    Originally posted by AndyCJ link=1109515596/15#29 date=1110412992
    Saying that, I think people need to understand when you post here you will get other peoples personal opions BACK! People who are REALLY into coffee (yep, CoffeeSnobs is a bit antagonistic isnt it!) Seems like some people arch up a bit too fast when someone doesnt agree with them. Or they start out by thinking someone will not agree with them... and they seem to take it as a personal affront. This is DISCUSSION. Its a FORUM... for DISCUSSION.
    Well said.

    Greg

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    • #32
      Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

      I really dont want this to turn into angry dicussion, and i want to do my best to stay away from that - ive seen too many posts on other sites lead to members beign banned, and i dont ever want to cause that, or have that happen to me.

      i didnt mean to sound like im arching up when someone disagrees with me - so sorry if thats how it came out. I guess we all just feel the need to stick up for ourselves (and our equipment if we love it) from time to time.

      If this is a great machine, then great! Ill buy one (after giving it a test with freshly roasted, well ground coffee), but if not, then im sure ill have some great reasons for not buying it. Likewise, if a silvia (or any other machine in this price range) was capable of producing more than two drinks in 5 minutes (hey, im slow with my tamping...), then ill go for it.

      For the moment, in my very humble experience, ive had great espresso from my sunbeam, nowhere near as good as campos (like ill ever be that good!), but still pretty nice. And of course, i want that to be known, just like the gazillions of satisfied silvia owners out there!

      Ive got nuthin but love here guys!

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      • #33
        Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

        awwwwww
        that was lovely. lol
        keep us informed about what machine you do end up getting, im sure theres a few ppl here that are interested

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        • #34
          Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

          Its good to hear youre going to give this machine a test run with the goods (propper beans, grind etc). It would be excellent to hear back about it.

          Im happy that youre getting excellent coffee from your Sunbeam, and Im sure you wernt trying to be antagonistic or anything. Just thought Id say what I thought (as always!) Cheap machines are great fodder for discussion - Im pretty damn happy with my Carezza, and that was cheap too!

          Let us know when you find this new Sunbeam, and how it holds up.

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          • #35
            Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

            it seems the machine isnt on the sunbeam site anymore - at least it was gone last time i looked (yesterday?) - which probably means another delay on the release date.

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            • #36
              Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

              Hello to all and sundry who may be interested...

              I had received a response from the Sunbeam customer support section stating that the EM6900 Dual Thermoblock machine is due out now in the second week of May (which is a month later than when they said back in early March that it would be released around mid April).

              Unfortunately there has been no other information released on the machine other than the Sunbeam Summer 05 catalogue piccies.

              I hope to have a good look at it, but if it goes on much longer, Im buying a Bezzera BZ02SDE volumetric...

              If anyone has any info on the Bezzera, could you let me know what theyre like (reliability, steaming performance, temperature stability, warmup times etc).

              Bye all...

              Ken.

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              • #37
                Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                In the latest DJ catalog for $599.

                So who will be the 1st to give a report on it in action?

                Greg

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                • #38
                  Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                  and Im just sooooooo excited about another machine built around thermoblock/s. Sorry if that sounds cynical.....now can I have my beemer and some travel??  ;D

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                  • #39
                    Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                    EM 6900 Sunbeam, Any Reports , Road tests , Anything at all. oi ANYONE, would really like to know. C/Mon dont want to wait till Choice Magazine prints its load of dribble.

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                    • #40
                      Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                      eh ... ive decided to save the upgrade for a few more months - get myself an expobar and a mazzer mini (all together for slightly over $2000!).

                      Why upgrade in baby steps?

                      Im heading this way, mainly because while im a young married fella with no kids, we have a high disposable income. Once kiddies come along, we can say goodbye to all that, so im after an upgrade that will keep going strong in 30 years time, and will still be bringing a smile to my face.

                      Theres a bit on coffeegeek, in the Machines and Grinders forum, but not a whole lot. I guess not many people have bought one yet. Not many geeks/snobs at least.

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                      • #41
                        Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                        Originally posted by TwIsTeD link=1109515596/30#38 date=1115559517
                        C/Mon dont want to wait till Choice Magazine prints its load of dribble.
                        I actually got hold of the 2004 Choice comparison from the local library and it really is a laugh - we should all be using Nespresso capsule machines or the $120 Breville thermoblocks . Anyone with a lever machine (eg La Pavoni) or a Gaggia should ditch it since these cant make decent tasting coffee . Oh, and the grinder article rates the Gaggia MM above the MDF ;D

                        Greg

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                        • #42
                          Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                          Keeping that info in mind, Id better sell the giotto and mazzer for a nespresso and spice cutter/aka grinder...now how do I get my freshly roasted stuff into their damn pods???   ;D

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                          • #43
                            Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                            Those bastards! ...... me and my gaggia... well show them!

                            I suppose thats what happens when you have unskilled labourers with no taste reviewing coffee equipment!

                            anyway, rant over.. who wrote the reviews? how long did they have to get used to the machines? what coffee did they use?

                            I know my gran made crap coffee with preground! and badlyground coffee.. (I havent used that rubber thingy you get with a gaggia)

                            clarexican <-- willing to go make coffee

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                            • #44
                              Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                              who wrote the reviews? how long did they have to get used to the machines? what coffee did they use?
                              Hi Clarexican,

                              To get an idea, its worth going over to the Choice website and reading their first review completed a couple of years ago. This is free to read/download and it will give you some insight on how they believe an espresso machine/grinder evaluation should be carried out. After youve read that, I dare you not to write to them and explain their hereditory defficiencies.... you wont get far though, their heads are so far up their (where the sun dont shine) its like trying to talk to a cane toad after being driven 250 metres down the fairway, if you know what I mean.

                              Cheers,
                              Mal.

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                              • #45
                                Re: New Sunbeam Espresso Machine!

                                Thanks Mal,
                                But, I think I feel dumber for that experience :P

                                hows this,
                                buy a thermometer heat milk to 60C then plunge nozzle down.
                                I think they dont want microfoam, just heaps of dry marshmallow

                                heres the link for any one interested

                                http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle...tid=100008&p=1

                                clarexican

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