Making nice coffee at home

[mtbc]

R. has provided and instructed me in a little espresso maker. One fills the lower chamber with water that one then heats. The water rises through pipes then a layer of coffee before appearing in the upper chamber. I have no idea what coffee aficionados think of it in comparison with, say, the AeroPress® or Breaking Bad's Gabe's thinking, but I rather like the coffee that this device makes me from the Sang Tao 5 from a local Vietnamese grocery store; next I shall try their number 1.

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[thewayne]

I used our new machine yesterday. I don't know what volume our cups are, and did a 6 ounce dark chocolate and 6 ounce mocha frapp, both cold. It was pretty good! I also refilled the water reservoir and emptied the spill tray and rinsed it out.

It would appear that our better cups are probably 16 ounces.

[mtbc]

I'm glad it's working well for you! Also that you got to figure out at least the basics before helping a patron with it.

Goodness, yes, throwing away the instructions is a bad move! And all too common. I keep instructions even for simpler devices, it's easy enough to shove them into a file folders somewhere and sometimes one's very glad one did! Even if it's just for what to push to activate Bluetooth pairing or whatever. I have a couple of files exactly for this kind of thing, I split them into what I think of as electronics and appliances, broadly decided by to what extent it has moving parts.

At least these days, searching for a model number often brings a PDF but I typically find a paper leaflet more readable.