Reiss Gunson

We will place another order today & advise when new stock will be available; hopefully in about 10 days.

Well, it’s early days, but we can say that it’s like being given a microscope that magnifies everything in the cup, good and bad. So, while that makes it the best thing we’ve purchased, it also gives us a lot…

You may be surprised to learn that we don’t allow ourselves the luxury of just drinking what we would choose at home. Instead we maintain the discipline of rotating around our coffees to ensure we are evaluating them on different…

We ran the plumbing in copper along the length of the unit from the supply point and terminated to a ball valve. Stainless braided hose from there to the water softener/filter unit (obscured by bench leg). Braid out from filter…

The KF300 Swissgold filter is without a doubt the best way to make a filter coffee for one person, and probably even for two people; just buy 2 KF300 Swissgold filters and get on with it. But what to do…

We were very pleased to see the cabinet for the Bosco lever machine arrive today. Again, the ship-like payload of the A-class came to the rescue, a car that I despise in all other respects including poor build quality, ride,…

It’s good, it’s here.

One of the many wonderful things about the Bosco is that it hasn’t been subject to an interminable series of production efficiency reviews by cost accountants, whereby every inch of excess has been squeezed out of the product in the…

With a lever machine it is important to sit them at the right height if you want an easy life. For the Bosco the manufacturer recommends that the machine is placed 950mm above the floor. Having the machine up at…

Why? Because from our first roast in April 2004 we used a lever machine to profile the roast. You’re right, we’re mad, lever machines aren’t as predictable as electric pump machines. The trouble is, they make better espresso. So we’ve…