15 years ago or so, I was working at a plant that the one operator on the plant floor would stay on top of alarms and the coffee pot. He never let it run low, so one day I pushed a change to a PanelView while he was tending to the coffee pot with a new alarm I could trigger with a boolean in the PLC. "Coffee Pot Low Low Level Alarm" turned on while we pointed a plant camera at him so we could see the look on his face. At first it was confusion, then he just started laughing cause he knew we did it as a joke.
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Just got one of these a couple months ago on recommendation from a coworker. Been really good so far. Before then I was living off of cheap K-cups and 7/11 coffee 
Just wish I could get more out of that thing in one go. Typically, am doing the whole process twice just to get my standard morning cup ( it may be I just drink too much coffeeā¦ 
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Yeah, it makes good coffee, but would be too tedious for multiple cups. They make an XL version that's about twice the size. Depending on how you like your coffee, you could try making a stronger brew and just adding more hot water to your cup.
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There is no such thing as too much coffee.
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I canāt believe Iām still reading a forum post about coffee, which I donāt even drink.
Cuppa Tea please.
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Bunn Speed Brew machines for the win! I'm not picky about the beans or the grind--just needs to have caffeine. 
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I drink a cup of coffee before bed. Caffeine or non Caffeine, doesnāt matter. One of those immune to Caffeine, I suppose. No trouble sleeping.
As for mechanism, I have a Breville Keurig. Iāve taken it apart several times ro replace pumps, check valves, clean all the hoses, etc. Itās about 14 years old and keeps on ticking.
I travel to plants all over the country, and like George Costanza and his bathrooms, I know the best coffee machines locations and look forward to those plants. The best are the DeJong Duke machines. I wanted to buy one, but theyāre about $15K.
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After a couple years since my last coffee machine died (steam boiler decided it wanted to steam clean the inside of the machine instead of the milk 
) I finally settled on this one. I got it ex-demo with light usage for a good price. Dual stainless steel boilers, PID controlled, plumbable water inlet, great steam output, preset extraction timers, and pre-infusion option. A nice upgrade from the KitchenAid! Next project will be to replace the steam and group head handles with wood ones.
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I've been holding off for years but I'm feeling weak and might give in and get an espresso machine... every time I travel and my hotel room has one, even just a little Nespresso machine, I just love it...
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When I visit my sister-in-law in Paris, her husband makes espresso for me with a classic press. Delicious, but a lot of work for each (intense) dose of caffeine. 
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So I've recently been to the US for the first time (ICC !) and discovered what Americans (dare) call coffee. What's up with the 2 liters cups of hot black water ?
Okay I'm being unfair, that was mainly at the hotels, but the breakfast coffee was a horror show...
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We like things big and bland. 
Honestly though, I've never stayed in a hotel with good coffee and so much of the coffee taste comes from the water. Coffee in Florida is horrible if made with the tap water. When I'm traveling I tend to seek out a local coffee place if available, or a national coffee chain if I must. At least they tend to use RO water which keeps the flavor consistent.
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I absolutely LOVE my JURA E8. Itās definitely on the expensive side but when you do exceptional Ignition work, it pays itself off 
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I wasnāt going to say anything Pascal haha. Although, I actually didn't mind the drip coffee machine in my room with the seemingly fresh oversized pods. They weren't too bad. We also had really good coffee at the Burnside Coffee Bar. Very expensive (with the conversion rate and compulsory ātippingā), but really good, extremely fresh beans. There was a place selling coffees across the road from the convention centre where I got an extremely burnt cap 
Was that a Starbucks? The way they get a consistent cup is to buy the cheapest beans they can and just burn the crap out of them evenly...
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No, not a Starbucks. I went to a Starbucks back when I visited when I was 18 with my family. I ordered a cappuccino and what I got was 50% large bubbly āfrothā (think airy sea foam, not a dense micro foam) followed by something that vaguely resembled coffee. I was scarred for life. I've never been back since. Not to mention their bizarre assortment of liquid sugar (or is it hfcs?) choices to ruin your coffee with 
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This looks like the right place to drop this:
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Iāve broken more cheap coffee machines than Iād like to admit, so Iāve become picky. The nicest setup Iāve used was a franke a800 in an old office. It just worked, even with half the team abusing it daily. Not saying it makes barista-level magic, but it was the first machine that didnāt make me question my life choices at 7am.
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