Yay, Caffeine!

[dianyla]

I finally completed one of my oldest to do list items today. Said task being to perform service on my La Pavoni Europiccola espresso machine. I bought the machine used off of eBay for $300 three years ago, fully expecting to need to overhaul it at some point. It worked reasonably well at first, but after using it for about a year it started angrily

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[trolleypup]

...and great YouTube fodder...

[dianyla]

Heh. Too bad I didn't have the camera running the time it blew wet coffee grounds all over my kitchen counter.

[corivax]

"Refeathering the chrome peacock" is an awesome site name. I love it when people are geeky about stuff I don't care about; I adore the brief glimpse into some other world.

[dianyla]

I adore geekery in all it's forms, yes. Even when it's not my fandom. And holy shit, your last entry took dreamgeekery to a whole new level!

[yayskittles]

An entire post about coffee? <3

[dianyla]

That's right! :D

[real_lovely]

Sigh... jealous. I'm still looking forward to the day I can afford a timer for my drip coffe maker.

[dianyla]

Actually, if I couldn't go the home espresso route, I would use a French Press. You can get a press for fairly little money (or even at Goodwill) and actually brew much better coffee than the usual Mr. Coffee style drip/percolator. :)

Nice to see you around! :D

[real_lovely]

French press... good idea. I haven't used one before, but I think I'll give it a shot (get it? heh heh). I once owned this little campfire espresso maker that I bought from Bi-Mart that could also be used on the stove. It made the loveliest coffee. It did require a ridiculous amount of cream and sugar though.