A Current Affair Coffee Story tonight

[TC]

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Absolutely- Im planning a Giotto v Minore shoot out and seats for myself, luca and four more at the academy on a saturday arvo really soon! In addition, Ill throw it into the deep end and well use it in all classes to see if we can break something

[MattG]

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Any chance of an audience during the caning?

[TC]

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Yes Matt- I anticipate similar pricing....hopefully Expobar will supply really soon.... :-/. Im gonna grab a unit and cane it at the coffee academy and will then report back.....

Chris

[MattG]

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May is less than a week away ... :-?

Any idea if pricing will be similar to the current the current Minore?

[TC]

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Likewise for Melbourne- I am expecting stocks of Minore II in May...

[LES]

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If anyone is interested in buying the MINORE I am the Queensland agent for EXPOBAR and will do a special deal for CS members.
Les

[Lovey]

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Granted they did bag the Senseo (not a show sponsors brand ) and they also bagged the Saeco auto (another non sponsors brand), but miraculously the brew coming out of the Sunbeam auto was very good.
Not knowing much about autos, how can two autos that are roughly the same price (I think) put out such different tasting products all other things being equal?
I must be getting too cynical in my old age :-?.
All the best.

[TC]

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Agreed- Even though it was pretty much advertorial, it was certainly a whole heap better than most similar "tests". I was surprised to see the $400 Breville- which was sooooo comprehensively canned by Choice mag and their tasting committee do as well as it did :-?>

Just goes to prove that in the hands of a decent barista...... 8-)

Chris

[matthewo]

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Maybe Im just being diplomatic, but I thought the segment was actually quite good. I was expecting some Krups or Breville machine to come out on top... With a bunch of "experts" whove never worked in coffee in their lives. The segment was a bit of an advertorial for Sunbeam (as plugged by Paul Basset), and the Brewtus, that Forsyth Coffee sells too... but there were a few nice comments at how dire the coffee coming out of the Senseo was... and how bad the Saeco super auto performed.

Basically i was expecting something much much worse... So i was almost pleasantly suprised. Maybe thats the saddest statement of all...

Anyway, you can watch the whole thing for yourself if you happened to miss it.

Here:
http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?f=39&g=69879c9d-6c53-4e42-a87b-d17d21379d44&p=aunews_auaca&t=m164

Cheers,
Matt

[Jim]

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And apparently Paul Bassett is under contract with Sunbeam. Not that you need to be told that after watching the "infomercial".

[nunu]

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As I raise my hands in triumph!

[Andy]

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!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

A speechless Fresh Coffee?
...now there is a first.

8-)

[Fresh_Coffee]

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!

[nunu]

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Sunbeam makes good coffee? Since when did they get into roasting?

Where can one get those Expolar Varista Minode?

Go chase the council that so ashamedly put the poor family who havent paid rent in 18 months out on the street, not to mention the 6 cats, 5 birds, 12 dogs, and an orphaned bilby. Shame! Shame!

[Andy]

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...and do stories on petrol prices.
Ohh... they did that tonight too?

I was amused that their "ease of use" went to the sunbeam and the expobar.

True ease of use has to go to a single button superauto and then you weigh-up against the quality of coffee output and the price paid.

I know a lot of people that are horrified at the "mess" of a "manual" machine and would never have one in their kitchen. Luck has it, thats not my household!