IMAWriter Senior Member Joined: 4 Jul 2002 Posts: 5,475 Location: Brentwood, TN Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Nothing at the moment Grinder: Vario-W,Preciso-Esatto/KyM... Vac Pot: Adcraft SS, Yama 8 cup Drip: Brazen.Chemex, Hario, Clever... Roaster: Behmor 1600, CO/UFO combo
Posted Sun May 20, 2012, 8:44pm Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
Very entertaining thread folks! Thanks for a few good belly laughs. It's been a tough week.
My wife, who has an aversion to gambling, won't go anywhere my Olympia Cremina. She says it looks like "one of those 1 armed bandits" in Las Vegas! I'm about to teach my 16 year old daughter, (who loves the cappas I make her)... to DIY!!
Stuart Senior Member Joined: 9 Feb 2012 Posts: 113 Location: TX Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Breville Dual Boiler Grinder: Baratza Vario Roaster: Air Crazy popper
Posted Mon May 21, 2012, 8:25am Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
This is one reason we selected the BDB -- I fiddle with the machine when we switch coffees, but leave the grinder and dual-shot volume set up so that my wife can just "walk up and pull a shot" (well, after warm-up). Couldn't do that quite as easily with a semi-auto.
<heresy> To be honest, I usually run my own lattes with the dual-shot volume program. I run an espresso manually and check the timing; but I run the extraction directly into my latte cup (which doesn't have a graduation mark), so rely on either timing or on the volumetric program for those drinks.</heresy>
JamesPN007 Senior Member Joined: 2 May 2012 Posts: 21 Location: Southeast Florida Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: LaSpaziale S1 Vivaldi II Grinder: Mahlkonig K30 Vario
Posted Mon May 21, 2012, 6:06pm Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
Well my current setup is about as automated as the process can get (timed doserless grinding and volumetric espresso dosing), but the results would be disastrous if my wife used my machine while I was away on a business trip. I think she could handle making her morning latte just fine (sans latte art), but I'd be worried about the cleanup aspect. I just know I would come home to a milk clogged steam wand and a WEEK-OLD old puck sitting in the portafilter. I could just see it now - "I don't understand. My latte came out great the first time I did it, but after that the espresso just poured right through the machine!"
Posted Tue May 22, 2012, 4:25am Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
Same issue here! Why is it that my wife never cleans the steam wand but I get yelled at for a few crumbs elsewhere!
It took a serious heart to heart to get her to clean the group screen. She never realized that she could clean the pf by just running more water through the group. I'm still in the steam wand fight. Soy no less which cakes one. Tempted to get a Teflon steam wand upgrade just to deal with this.
Coffeenoobie Senior Member Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 2,371 Location: PNW Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: N S Oscar Grinder: Vario W
Posted Tue May 22, 2012, 9:59am Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
HEY! Girls are coffee geeks also!
The steam wand fight is easy guys. Just explain it to her in a way she can get. I suggested something like it cakes on and burns like custard/gravy/fudge if you don't stir it. And if you let it set up it is much harder to clean. Show her how gross it looks if you let it build up a couple of times. I bet there are some photos on the web of gross milk wands.
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JamesPN007 Senior Member Joined: 2 May 2012 Posts: 21 Location: Southeast Florida Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: LaSpaziale S1 Vivaldi II Grinder: Mahlkonig K30 Vario
Posted Tue May 22, 2012, 12:20pm Subject: Re: Urk! My wife needs to use the Breville Dual Boiler alone!
Coffeenoobie Said:
The steam wand fight is easy guys. Just explain it to her in a way she can get. I suggested something like it cakes on and burns like custard/gravy/fudge if you don't stir it. And if you let it set up it is much harder to clean. Show her how gross it looks if you let it build up a couple of times. I bet there are some photos on the web of gross milk wands.
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