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K Kat

Tech Tip: Disassembling Brew Groups

Keeping your espresso equipment clean is essential to producing consistently excel...
  • Apr 22, 2010
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K Kat

Vive La Evoluzione!

Rocket Espresso's new Evoluzione machines are the next step in functionality. Sur...
  • Apr 8, 2010
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K Kat

Manualicious

Whatever the case, the fact of the matter is that now you have no wisdom to guide ...
  • Mar 31, 2010
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K Kat

Ask the Experts: Can I use Lemon Juice to Descale my Machine?

DIY lovers are all into the idea of using lemon juice or vinegar to descale their ...
  • Dec 10, 2009
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K Kat

ECM vs. ECM Manufacture

Since we're fairly vocal proponents of Rocket Espresso, we often have older models...
  • Nov 24, 2009
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K Kat

Ask the Experts: What's Scale Build-Up?

We talk regularly about descaling a machine, but to what are we exactly referring?...
  • Nov 21, 2009
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K Kat

Ask the Experts: How Do I Descale a Heat Exchanger?

We have descaled a single boiler before, but have had a few requests on how to per...
  • Nov 15, 2009
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K Kat

Comparing Heat Exchange Espresso Machines

A lot of folks want to know some of the similarities, differences, pros and cons o...
  • Oct 15, 2009
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K Kat

Attack of the Killer Scale

Look, we're not joking. Yes, there are a lot of things we poke fun at and crack wi...
  • Oct 13, 2009
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K Kat

Call for Reviews: Rancilio Silvia

Over on our new resource website, Brown Bean, we have been working hard on putting...
  • Sep 30, 2009
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K Kat

Crew Review: Bottomless Portafilter

If you're interested in fine-tuning your grind and tamp -- or just really love a g...
  • Sep 7, 2009
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K Kat

Does Size Matter?

For some of us it does! Especially if you've got a snug kitchen into which you'd l...
  • Aug 15, 2009
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