Nice, have fun with that! Yeah, the linea mini is a weird mix to me—high price, but low/analog feature set. Seems strange. b
> On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:26, herman dickens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Ben! It hit me as well. I lost my mind Friday afternoon and ordered a new > GS3 mp from Chris. It should be here before Christmas but you know how > deliveries are this time of year. I've wanted one since they came out and > finally just called them. I talked with Mary and was leaning toward the Linea > mini because I thought I'd probably be happy with it but Mary convinced me, > after talking for a while, that if I wanted this to be my last machine to > order the GS3. Wish you lived closer so you could try it out. It will have > the new conical group with the manometer on top. Must be the time of year! > Still waiting on Denis to get the next group of grinders out and I'll be set. > Good luck with your search. > > H > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hey all, > Hope you’re all well and having a great holiday season! > > I’m considering replacing my old Brewtus 2, and pretty much everything is on > the table. I visited Synesso last week (wow, awesome people and facility, > amazing machine technology, totally open culture), spoke via email with > Slayer (nice machine, but totally different culture—very restrictive, want a > liability waiver to build wood parts, won’t deal with customers directly, > etc.), and have been perusing just about everything I can find online > (simonelli, van der westen, etc.). > > In the end, I am not sure I can convince myself I need to be at those price > points, but who knows. I’ve always had my eye on the Alex Duetto, and it’s > just come out in a v.4 with some nice changes/additions. As an added bonus, I > could keep my business with Todd and WLL, who have been nothing short of > amazing over the years of Brewtus ownership. > > Anyway, I’m just sort of kicking it around and wonder what experiences you’ve > all had with the Alex, Synesso, etc. or any others that might not be on my > radar. > > Things that are important to me: > —Amazing espresso (of course) and powerful steam > —Beautiful design and heavy machine that’s well-built with little/no vibration > —Somewhat manual experience if desired (i.e. push button machines are not for > me—I love the E61 but would consider something else for significant gains in > coffee quality) > —Ability to plumb in both water and drip tray > —Can do either 110 or 220 > > OK, all the best and talk soon. > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:brewtus%[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
