My weapon of choice is the Philips 4347/94 Espresso Machine. Designed by Italian engineers.
Makes amazing regular coffee.
Worth. Every. Single. Penny. Paid.
I used to use these too, and "designed by italian engineers" means Philips collaborated with Saeco and in turn took over their brewing unit.
The reason i went to DeLonghi, which do the same job in terms of making a good "everyday coffee" was that the Saeco brewing group was a
real pain in the ass to clean. You have mold in places you can't really reach in no time, the coffee remains are spilled inside the whole thing, even worse there is a small valve designed to drain excess brewing water, which clogs easily and very often.
DeLonghi did a better job in their design. I can keep the brewing group unserviced for a couple of weeks (unthinkable with Saeco/Philips) and it takes me a single piece of cloth, a bit of hot water from the tap and a minute at most to thoroughly clean an be good to go.
My current DeLonghi machine is five years old, while every Philips/Saeco (2x) i had was beyond repair after three years. Last year i had to replace the brewing flask because of leakage due to the fact that i descale only every 2-3 months (using 50% lactic acid, just like the pros), also because we have very little calcium in our tap water.
The DeLonghi's weakness are the grinders. Either you have a good one that is relatively silent and will run for 10 years without problems, or you have a bad one which will give up within 1-2 years of use (6-8 preparations a day).
I don't want to talk you out of Philips, but keep DeLonghi as a alternative in mind if you can't stand the burden of regularly cleaning the Saeco "design".
You are only travelling between realitys of the same dimension.
Put a layer of DMT into a doob of sweet skunk
Agreed, DMT is nothing like acid.
A different ball game
Three tokes into hyperspace
Changa for the win
#haikuWell, i will (try to) keep THAT as an alternative in my mind
I never 'use' anything...don't want to mess with my brain.
Maybe I am missing out, but it is what it is, sorry to be a bit squarish
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I stand rapt in awe,
Of the wonders of the world,
Where drugs have no place!
#replyku1True that. Drugs don't have a place everywhere. Most users forget that most drugs are just substitutes.
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One of my teen kids received his Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis today. He took it quite well, despite he had no idea why he had to do 6 hours in four sessions of psychological testing within the last couple of weeks.
The pychologist was exceptionally competent and sensible when she explained all this to him. Quite pricey, but worth every cent.
My son kept to often blame me as "mentally disabled", mostly when he was raging in one of those autistic breakdowns, but today he was showing so much remorse for this, and it not only just seemingly bonded the two of us together more. This and (almost) $60k made this day feel complete.
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