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   Hello Kurt!   
      
   ** On Monday 13.03.23 - 08:38, you wrote:   
      
    KW> It's got a decent sized-boiler - you can pull two expresso   
    KW> shots then immediately go about steaming milk or pulling   
    KW> boiling water for an americano.   
      
    KW> Two things that make it larger than some others are the   
    KW> system for disposing of coffee pucks and the front-mounted   
    KW> water reservoir. That makes it easy to maintain the unit   
    KW> if it's under a counter, like mine is.   
      
   The last machine that I had in use was a Bosch/Tassimo unit.     
   The coffee/tea pucks are very compact and thin.  It was in use     
   for about 12 years. The quick/automated way of having a coffee     
   started and ready (walk off and do something else) was     
   addictive in of itself.   
      
   I was even contemplating offering "fresh" coffee at my shop     
   with a couple of units like that.   
      
   I did NOT appreciate having to take the system offline for the     
   descaler process every 6 months or so.  However, I persisted     
   until I simply got fed up with paying the premium for the pre-    
   packaged pucks.  Instead, I repurposed the machine to act as my     
   inline hotwater heater and just made my coffees with a     
   cone+filter that sits on top of the cup - and I used the much     
   less expensive loose-ground coffee - I did that for about 5     
   years.   
      
   Then, one day (after 10 years total) the machine reported a     
   fault light indicating that the water reservoir was empty,     
   although it was NOT.  As a result, a simple descaler process     
   wasn't going to cooperate!  I was already drinking decaf by     
   that time, so I wasn't really missing having a coffee.  But the     
   machine is toast as far am I am concerned and will simply go to     
   landfill.   
      
   The machine only made at the most 4 to 6 beverages per day.     
   With those numbers it seems that 10 years of service, including     
   the recommended descaling, for a mchine like that seems     
   underperforming.   
      
   Anyway.. boiling water the simple way in a kettle, and letting     
   gravity and a paper cone do its magic is quite good and fast     
   enough.   
      
   I would imagine that your espresso machine would need far more     
   maintenance and cleaning than a simple water-only Bosch/Tassimo     
   system. I know you said that the machine "has already paid for     
   itself" in a few months (keeping in mind that the cost of     
   bistro coffees are overpriced to begin with), but I hope the     
   machine doesn't create maintenance headaches and added cost     
   down the road.   
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