Pharos shipment update
Just off the phone from speaking with Orphan Espresso The delay in filling our order has been the result of a wait to get one or two parts for the Pharos The good news is Orphan Espresso will be shipping…
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The origins of up dosing and when it is appropriate
The origins of up dosing are closely tied to a cafe’s pursuit of profit. If you want to increase the average customer spend one way is to offer larger portions (of anything) as the most incremental cost of the additional…
Customer testimonial from Spain
We’ve got a whole email folder full of customer testimonials but we’ve seldom published them as we think they might be perceived as a bit ‘Reader’s Digest’. Anyway, lets post this one and see what you think, as its not…
The great lie of the UK gourmet coffee industry…
â ¦ is the huge marketing push to establish and propagate the myth that gourmet espresso should be bright, fruity, and brassy. What is the motivation for investing such a lot into their campaign of deception? Well 99 out of…
Olympia Cremina group seal change – easy!
Piston with old seals removed: Piston seal guide and shaft seal guide on bench with shaft & piston assembly. I did not think to take an image of the piston seal guide in use. It slides onto the shaft with…
New 2Kg FEDEX service to USA for GBP24.30
A short note to our US customers; we now have a FEDEX rapid delivery service of GBP24.30 for orders weighing up to 2Kg. This will ensure you receive your order in 3 working days.
If there is anything you would like us to blog about please ask
There is an almost infinite number of topics to blog about within the espresso arena. Whatever question you might have, please let us know and we will try and put a comprehensive answer together and publish it here. If things…
Mazzer mini electronic back in stock
Be quick as the next shipment is April.
Experienced with your Cremina?
just an observation, but it seems to us that when cremina owners start off they generally want to make double espresso, and ideally something with even more volume if they could. as you own your cremina for longer it seems…
Teres blend tweak
We have tweaked the Teres blend from 90/10 to 92/8 to allow a little more of the Costa character to shine through.