My midlife crisis purchase

Aardvark · 02-15-2005, 08:43 AM

Capresso 1300 super-automatic.

As I told my wife, at least it's cheaper than a sportscar.

albionmoonlight · 02-15-2005, 08:48 AM

A $1000 coffee machine?

Please enlighten me. What makes this better than a $50 espresso machine that one could get at Walmart?

I'm not challenging you. I'm just curious. How much better can a cup of coffee be?

Ragone · 02-15-2005, 08:51 AM

i'd say its more of a mid life quandry myself

Ksyrup · 02-15-2005, 08:52 AM

For $1K, I'd expect better than a 6.0 rating...

Ragone · 02-15-2005, 08:54 AM

For 1k.. the thing better predict exactly what i want.. and have it made when i get to it

oh and clean itself too

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 08:57 AM

Maybe you can have sex with it as well.

Aardvark · 02-15-2005, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

A $1000 coffee machine?

Please enlighten me. What makes this better than a $50 espresso machine that one could get at Walmart?

I'm not challenging you. I'm just curious. How much better can a cup of coffee be?

A lot.

Proper espresso requires about 18 atmospheres of pressure. This is only achievable by a machine using a pump (either electric or manual.) The old-style espresso machine with a manual pump (looks like a long lever) makes great espresso, but takes years to learn how to do right. Semi-automatics have electric pumps, but still require you to grind the coffee, tamp it, and then deal with the grounds. To get a grind fine and regular enough for proper espresso, you need a burr grinder, and that alone is typically $150 bucks for a decent one.
The fully automatic machines handle the grinding for you, and dispose of the grinds. (You just empty them about once every ten or so cups.) They also can make “caffe crema”, which is essentially like making espresso but with 6-8 oz of water as opposed to 1.5. It is about as strong as good drip coffee, but tastes better and is less acidic.
The operation is very quick as well. It takes about two minutes to warm up, and then each cup of coffee takes a minute.
Two things I’ve noticed about the new machine are:
1. I’m still having trouble frothing milk (it comes out more steamed than frothed), but this is probably just me taking time to get used to this machine. I had a similar learning curve on the previous boiler machine.
2. It uses up coffee faster than our traditional method. It used to be that we used three scoops in the morning, I think this one uses four. It also might be that in the past my wife and I alternated making coffee, so I only saw us run out of beans about half the time.

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:00 AM

As I sit here with a cup of McDonald's coffee that resembles mud, I cannot relate to your world.

Ksyrup · 02-15-2005, 09:01 AM

Well hell, if all you needed was a pump, you should have called this guy...

"Pump" Judge Gets Popped

Charge former Oklahoma jurist with exposing self on bench

JANUARY 21--The Oklahoma judge who was forced from the bench last year for using a penis pump in court (among other really gross acts) was charged yesterday with indecent exposure for his judicial indiscretions. Donald Thompson, 58, entered a not guilty plea yesterday to three felony counts during an appearance in Creek County District Court, where he worked until resigning last August. According to the below yucky probable cause affidavit, Thompson exposed himself during three separate 2003 cases (two of which were murder trials). For example, on May 13, while he was presiding over State v. Kurt Arnold Vomberg (who was accused of killing his girlfriend's 21-month-old daughter), Thompson loudly pumped himself up. Two court employees told investigators that they saw Thompson (pictured in the mug shot at right) attach the suction device to his penis, while five jurors reported hearing whooshing sounds, which they thought were coming from either a bicycle pump, blood pressure cuff, or an air cushion on the judge's chair. After a January 7 search of Thompson's former courtroom and chambers yielded items that tested positive for seminal fluid, investigators secured a search warrant to obtain a DNA sample from the ex-jurist. During testimony last year before the Council on Judicial Complaints, Thompson denied masturbating on the bench, using the penis pump, or depositing urine or semen into a wastebasket under his bench. Thompson's demise was triggered by a complaint filed against him last June by the Oklahoma Attorney General, who sought to oust the jurist for a variety of illicit behavior, which the AG detailed in a removal petition. Along with using the penis pump, Thompson also allegedly shaved and oiled his private parts, according to accounts given to state investigators by a clerk, trial witnesses, and a court reporter. If convicted of the indecent exposure counts, Thompson could face a maximum of 10 years in prison on each charge.

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:05 AM

that guy has no trouble producing frothing milk.

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 02-15-2005, 09:25 AM

Good lord, and I thought Arlie wanting a $4,000 TV was bad.

cuervo72 · 02-15-2005, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

As I sit here with a cup of McDonald's coffee that resembles mud, I cannot relate to your world.

The McDonalds I stop at makes ok coffee...

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuervo72

The McDonalds I stop at makes ok coffee...

Mine tastes like ass today.

FrogMan · 02-15-2005, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Mine tastes like ass today.

you've actually tasted ass before???

FM

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

you've actually tasted ass before???

FM

This morning in the form of coffee. At least it's how I always imagined it.

Ksyrup · 02-15-2005, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

This morning in the form of coffee. At least it's how I always imagined it.

Must be the hazelnut.

albionmoonlight · 02-15-2005, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

you've actually tasted ass before???

FM

Remember he did spend some time in the Box. We don't know what all goes on in there.

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Remember he did spend some time in the Box. We don't know what all goes on in there.

*shivers*

wade moore · 02-15-2005, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

This morning in the form of coffee. At least it's how I always imagined it.

You've imagined what ass tastes like?

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

You've imagined what ass tastes like?

Yes. Is that wrong?

Ksyrup · 02-15-2005, 09:46 AM

It's more right than actually tasting it, I imagine.

bbor · 02-15-2005, 09:51 AM

Yum...ASS!....I've always been an assman.

albionmoonlight · 02-15-2005, 09:55 AM

I hereby nominate this discussion for threadjack of the year.

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 09:57 AM

Note to self.

Mentioning ass in any thread can only be good.

Huckleberry · 02-15-2005, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aardvark

A lot.

Proper espresso requires about 18 atmospheres of pressure. This is only achievable by a machine using a pump (either electric or manual.) The old-style espresso machine with a manual pump (looks like a long lever) makes great espresso, but takes years to learn how to do right. Semi-automatics have electric pumps, but still require you to grind the coffee, tamp it, and then deal with the grounds. To get a grind fine and regular enough for proper espresso, you need a burr grinder, and that alone is typically $150 bucks for a decent one.
The fully automatic machines handle the grinding for you, and dispose of the grinds. (You just empty them about once every ten or so cups.) They also can make “caffe crema”, which is essentially like making espresso but with 6-8 oz of water as opposed to 1.5. It is about as strong as good drip coffee, but tastes better and is less acidic.
The operation is very quick as well. It takes about two minutes to warm up, and then each cup of coffee takes a minute.
Two things I’ve noticed about the new machine are:
1. I’m still having trouble frothing milk (it comes out more steamed than frothed), but this is probably just me taking time to get used to this machine. I had a similar learning curve on the previous boiler machine.
2. It uses up coffee faster than our traditional method. It used to be that we used three scoops in the morning, I think this one uses four. It also might be that in the past my wife and I alternated making coffee, so I only saw us run out of beans about half the time.

I can't imagine caring that much about coffee.

sabotai · 02-15-2005, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

Good lord, and I thought Arlie wanting a $4,000 TV was bad.

If it's wrong to want a $4000 TV, I don't want to be right.

3ric · 02-15-2005, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

I can't imagine caring that much about coffee.

Paging CoffeeWarlord. Paging CoffeeWarlord!

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 02-15-2005, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabotai

If it's wrong to want a $4000 TV, I don't want to be right.

It's not wrong, just pricey. I do want him to have it though, and now that we have settled some legal issues, he can get it.

JeeberD · 02-15-2005, 11:33 AM

The Cappucino machine we have at OG cost around $15,000, and that was a discounted price since OG bought them in bulk for most of their restaurants. Individually they supposedly cost around $25,000...

Franklinnoble · 02-15-2005, 11:36 AM

English Breakfast Tea.

End of discussion.

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 02-15-2005, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

English Breakfast Tea.

End of discussion.

You drink tea?

rkmsuf · 02-15-2005, 11:37 AM

Cappuicino is the biggest scam on the public ever.

25 grand to make foamy coffee?

Glengoyne · 02-15-2005, 11:52 AM

There is something to his assertion that "proper" espresso tastes better than the stuff most of us can make at home with our $60 espresso machines. I don't think I could indulge quite so much as Aardvark, but I do appreciate a nice cup of coffee.

When you mention acidity, I wouldn't think the brewing process would have much effect on that. If I want to control acidity I choose a different coffee. I don't hardly ever drink anything from South America, because of the acidity. I have been sticking to African and Indonesian beans once I discovered the differences.

sterlingice · 02-15-2005, 12:11 PM

The good news is that you'll offset the cost of getting Starbucks in roughly 3 days

SI

Eaglesfan27 · 02-15-2005, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

It's not wrong, just pricey. I do want him to have it though, and now that we have settled some legal issues, he can get it.

Congrats on settling the legal issues.

Aardvark · 02-15-2005, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Cappuicino is the biggest scam on the public ever.

25 grand to make foamy coffee?

It's probably a commercial machine, so it will be ten times more rugged. The price still seems a bit steep, but I imagine that it might be intended for very heavy usage and be capable of more than two cups at a time.

I used to work at a community radio station and, until we broke down and spent two grand or so on a commercial CD player we were burning through consumer models at a rate of one every two months.

Aardvark · 02-15-2005, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glengoyne

There is something to his assertion that "proper" espresso tastes better than the stuff most of us can make at home with our $60 espresso machines. I don't think I could indulge quite so much as Aardvark, but I do appreciate a nice cup of coffee.

When you mention acidity, I wouldn't think the brewing process would have much effect on that. If I want to control acidity I choose a different coffee. I don't hardly ever drink anything from South America, because of the acidity. I have been sticking to African and Indonesian beans once I discovered the differences.

Different components of the coffee are extracted at a different rate. Essentially, the espresso method minimizes the amount of time hot water is in contact with the ground coffee ending up in extracting nearly as much of the flavor compounds (which is why you use a little more coffee than with traditional drip) but less of the acid and a little less caffeine.

The french press method also results in less acidic coffee since the water, although it starts boiling, is not kept heated. The grounds are coarser than drip, but the water is kept in contact with the grounds longer.

Kodos · 02-15-2005, 01:17 PM

I prefer to drink Cherry Coke. Maybe I should spend $1,000 on my own fountain beverage center.

Huckleberry · 02-15-2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Cappuicino is the biggest scam on the public ever.

Diamonds.

sterlingice · 02-15-2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

I prefer to drink Cherry Coke. Maybe I should spend $1,000 on my own fountain beverage center.

Party at the alien's place!

SI

Kodos · 02-15-2005, 01:27 PM

Well worth the hassle of intergalactic travel!

DanGarion · 02-15-2005, 01:43 PM

But you could have made an inexpensive one yourself!

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000730027817/

Glengoyne · 02-15-2005, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

Diamonds.

Ah now that is the truth of it.

SunDancer · 02-15-2005, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

It's not wrong, just pricey. I do want him to have it though, and now that we have settled some legal issues, he can get it.

A wife thats good lookin, like sports and allows her husband to buy a huge, top-end television to watch more sports....

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 02-15-2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunDancer

A wife thats good lookin, like sports and allows her husband to buy a huge, top-end television to watch more sports....

I extract my price for such luxuries, don't be fooled.

Subby · 02-15-2005, 02:27 PM

Congrats not only on your purchase, but being at a place in your life where you can completely overspend on something that brings you happiness.

I look forward to the day I can plop down 75K for a Porsche 911 convertible...

sterlingice · 02-15-2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subby

I look forward to the day I can plop down 75K for a Porsche 911 convertible...

Ditto

SI

SunDancer · 02-15-2005, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subby

Congrats not only on your purchase, but being at a place in your life where you can completely overspend on something that brings you happiness.

I look forward to the day I can plop down 75K for a Porsche 911 convertible...

mmmm....Porsche.......75k? Thats it. I though the 911s were alittle more expensive, with the Boxster and the fugly-SUV in the lower-price range.

I hope Jeebs doesn't read this.

Coffee Warlord · 02-15-2005, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

I can't imagine caring that much about coffee.

You're on the list now, bucko.

SunDancer · 02-15-2005, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farrah Whitworth-Rahn

I extract my price for such luxuries, don't be fooled.

So I take it you get the next big luxury purchase.

02-15-2005, 08:52 AM	#4
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	For $1K, I'd expect better than a 6.0 rating... __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

02-15-2005, 08:57 AM	#6
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	Maybe you can have sex with it as well. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-15-2005, 09:00 AM	#8
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	As I sit here with a cup of McDonald's coffee that resembles mud, I cannot relate to your world. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-15-2005, 09:01 AM	#9
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Well hell, if all you needed was a pump, you should have called this guy... "Pump" Judge Gets Popped Charge former Oklahoma jurist with exposing self on bench JANUARY 21--The Oklahoma judge who was forced from the bench last year for using a penis pump in court (among other really gross acts) was charged yesterday with indecent exposure for his judicial indiscretions. Donald Thompson, 58, entered a not guilty plea yesterday to three felony counts during an appearance in Creek County District Court, where he worked until resigning last August. According to the below yucky probable cause affidavit, Thompson exposed himself during three separate 2003 cases (two of which were murder trials). For example, on May 13, while he was presiding over State v. Kurt Arnold Vomberg (who was accused of killing his girlfriend's 21-month-old daughter), Thompson loudly pumped himself up. Two court employees told investigators that they saw Thompson (pictured in the mug shot at right) attach the suction device to his penis, while five jurors reported hearing whooshing sounds, which they thought were coming from either a bicycle pump, blood pressure cuff, or an air cushion on the judge's chair. After a January 7 search of Thompson's former courtroom and chambers yielded items that tested positive for seminal fluid, investigators secured a search warrant to obtain a DNA sample from the ex-jurist. During testimony last year before the Council on Judicial Complaints, Thompson denied masturbating on the bench, using the penis pump, or depositing urine or semen into a wastebasket under his bench. Thompson's demise was triggered by a complaint filed against him last June by the Oklahoma Attorney General, who sought to oust the jurist for a variety of illicit behavior, which the AG detailed in a removal petition. Along with using the penis pump, Thompson also allegedly shaved and oiled his private parts, according to accounts given to state investigators by a clerk, trial witnesses, and a court reporter. If convicted of the indecent exposure counts, Thompson could face a maximum of 10 years in prison on each charge. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

02-15-2005, 09:05 AM	#10
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	that guy has no trouble producing frothing milk. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-15-2005, 08:48 AM	#2
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	A $1000 coffee machine? Please enlighten me. What makes this better than a $50 espresso machine that one could get at Walmart? I'm not challenging you. I'm just curious. How much better can a cup of coffee be?

02-15-2005, 08:51 AM	#3
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	i'd say its more of a mid life quandry myself

02-15-2005, 08:54 AM	#5
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	For 1k.. the thing better predict exactly what i want.. and have it made when i get to it oh and clean itself too

02-15-2005, 09:25 AM	#11
Farrah Whitworth-Rahn Red-Headed Vixen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ	Good lord, and I thought Arlie wanting a $4,000 TV was bad.

02-15-2005, 09:46 AM	#21
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	It's more right than actually tasting it, I imagine. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

02-15-2005, 09:51 AM	#22
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Yum...ASS!....I've always been an assman. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

02-15-2005, 09:55 AM	#23
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I hereby nominate this discussion for threadjack of the year.

02-15-2005, 09:57 AM	#24
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	Note to self. Mentioning ass in any thread can only be good. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-15-2005, 11:33 AM	#29
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	The Cappucino machine we have at OG cost around $15,000, and that was a discounted price since OG bought them in bulk for most of their restaurants. Individually they supposedly cost around $25,000... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

02-15-2005, 11:36 AM	#30
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	English Breakfast Tea. End of discussion.

02-15-2005, 11:37 AM	#32
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	Cappuicino is the biggest scam on the public ever. 25 grand to make foamy coffee? __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-15-2005, 11:52 AM	#33
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	There is something to his assertion that "proper" espresso tastes better than the stuff most of us can make at home with our $60 espresso machines. I don't think I could indulge quite so much as Aardvark, but I do appreciate a nice cup of coffee. When you mention acidity, I wouldn't think the brewing process would have much effect on that. If I want to control acidity I choose a different coffee. I don't hardly ever drink anything from South America, because of the acidity. I have been sticking to African and Indonesian beans once I discovered the differences.

02-15-2005, 12:11 PM	#34
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	The good news is that you'll offset the cost of getting Starbucks in roughly 3 days SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

02-15-2005, 01:17 PM	#38
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I prefer to drink Cherry Coke. Maybe I should spend $1,000 on my own fountain beverage center.

02-15-2005, 01:27 PM	#41
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Well worth the hassle of intergalactic travel!

02-15-2005, 01:43 PM	#42
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	But you could have made an inexpensive one yourself! http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000730027817/ __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

02-15-2005, 02:27 PM	#46
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Congrats not only on your purchase, but being at a place in your life where you can completely overspend on something that brings you happiness. I look forward to the day I can plop down 75K for a Porsche 911 convertible... __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

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