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Date: 22 Aug 2006 14:58:27
From: Flasherly
Subject: Seminew Delonghi
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Plastic job, 40ish model series, found on ebay for $60 (retails on
Amazon for $200). Picked up a Mr. Coffee one/two-shot steamer at
Walmart in the middle of one night a couple months ago, got bugged and
"updated," so here I am. Yesterday, ordered my first 10lb batch of
Costa Rican (volcanic chocolate) and Kenyian AA (motherload fruity)
from a online New Jersey outfit, www dot coffeebeandirect. Honest, I
didn't intend for this to happen. Delonghi was from a furniture
outfit, sold new topnotch factory refurbished, as received with a
broken steam routing hose and hot water pouring out of the upper
assembly head. Fixed pronto. Spent half last night with a longass cut
length of 1/4" refrigerator icemaker copper tubbing, "modifying" a
former chrome steampipe outlet after I broke the sucker. Used a file
and tap and die kit to rethread the copper endtube for the plastic
Delonghi wand attachment and snug fits. Nice, stretches out to
oldworld-style China now. Cut a surrounding plastic body from cone
about halfway up to allow the nozzle freer play skimming. I was trying
to free-wand up bunches of latte. I guess I really, really didn't like
the Delonghi wand attachment assembly. And, yes, I like coffee with
mounds and mounds of aereated, frothy whole milk. Getting there or
somewhere considering the timeframe. My former life with restraunt
coffee and waitresses has is turning upside down. Was just complaining
about what seem comparitively an odd tasting coffee last week, in
passing - when the waitresses practically yelled at me - "Espresso!,
that's something -entirely- different!"
Oh, yea - Krups burr grinder, German make, with settings from a subpar
French grind all the way to talcum infinity, when once the Turks gave
Greeks WW2 leftovers. You really have to like minutely ground coffee
to like a $30 Krups.
What I understand, is this Delonghi coffee ground filter cup has some
sort of Delonghi invention in it, perhaps a hidden plastic filler, for
building up a retainer of pump bar/pressure, supposed to drive a creme
frothier. Wondering if I had the old style coffee-grinds receptor cup
and a heavyduty tamper what might results be - whether the Delonghi's
"aereator" inclusion they're marketing this unit for is likely in any
way to be impeded by circumventing its design intention with a
conventional grinds filtercup. I notice alongside the upperside tank
assembly, on the body, there a cavity to hold what looks to be
singleshot grindscup. Also, see the support mechanism beneath,
underneath and directly attached the filter grindscup - the one that
sort of screws out? Any idea what's that is all about?
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 17:21:32
From: Flasherly
Subject: Re: Seminew Delonghi
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Johnny wrote:
> "Flasherly" <gjerrell@ij.net> finding the return key on his keyboard
> inoperable, typed thusly
> > Plastic job, .....
Lot is these days. It's a Focus - last of what's left of Omnikey and
precision. I've also got a couple Lincolns out in the garage. That and
some JB Weld helps immensely. I'm reading/replying online and the wrap
is OK from Google's end - try switching or configuring your mailreader.
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 15:53:03
From: Johnny
Subject: Re: Seminew Delonghi
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"Flasherly" <gjerrell@ij.net > finding the return key on his keyboard
inoperable, typed thusly
> Plastic job, .....
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 11:37:19
From: Bertie Doe
Subject: Re: Seminew Delonghi
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"Flasherly" wrote > Plastic job, 40ish model series, found on ebay for $60
(retails on
> Amazon for $200). Picked up a Mr. Coffee one/two-shot steamer at
> Walmart in the middle of one night a couple months ago, got bugged and
> "updated," so here I am. Yesterday, ordered my first 10lb batch of
> Costa Rican (volcanic chocolate) and Kenyian AA (motherload fruity)
> from a online New Jersey outfit, www dot coffeebeandirect. Honest, I
> didn't intend for this to happen.
Nice post, but I suspect if you hang around in ac too long - you'll be
upgrading espresso machine and grinder by say, Friday of next week. BTW what
is your approx weekly consumption in lbs, including visitors and family
etc??
Bertie
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