Interesting story. My Espresso experience is exactly the opposite. I lived in a small town outside Paris for 18 months in a flat above a small cafe. The Cafe owner was Italian and his wife French. Over time my wife and I I developed a taste for his straight espresso.
When we moved back to the states, we couldn't find anything that tasted remotely like it. My wife asked why, and started the long road to good home made espresso. I also have a second "office" machine. Mine is a Nespresso. It is small, clean, simple, and makes what a friend calles "Swiss Espresso" which is of course a little lighter than "Italian Espresso". As you said -- it's acceptable. BTW, I've been working with Stumptown Hair Bender. What a pleasure. My favorite place in NYC (9th Street Espresso) uses it and and produces spectacular shots. I don't think I've pulled a bad shot yet. Ren Denver, CO On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM, arcangel6 <[email protected]> wrote: > > By the way, I still use Illy pods at my office with a Pasquini > Livietta machine. I would now describe the shots as acceptable given > the conditions and ease of use. While the taste of Illy normale is > very different from Belle the real difference is in the body. As > expected my home brew produces a slightly more viscous shot that is > much more appealing to my palate. > > Joe > > > -- Ren Finley :: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------- "Luigi follow only the Ferrari" -Luigi, Cars --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
