A big thanks to Anand for sending us this photo of the first shot he pulled after a new plunger was installed into his Presso. Thanks for the invite to hook up with Presso People in Atlanta too. See you sometime soon.
Here are some secrets to this great shot of espresso from the Presso.
10%robusta, 90% waynad non-monsooned peaberry, skillet roast city++, v. restricted, 5-7 secs post-pull.
Presso Crema Shot
Here is a funny video that Presso Jason discovered via twitter today. It’s time to put together a contest and prizes for the best presso videos. We are going to send this guy a free naked portafilter and declare him the winner for this month. If you have a presso video send it to greg@presso.com and you might just get a prize too.
The Espresso Thief from Gilad Cohen on Vimeo.
We Want to Buy These
For a brief time the Presso in the United States had an All Clad badge on it. These All Clad Presso machines have become a bit of collectors item and we would like to collect a few ourselves. If you know anyone who would like to part with an All Clad Presso please contact our USA Presso enthusiast Slavko (koh@presso.com) and send on a picture and a ball park price.
The Presso can produce some amazing shots of espresso. And just like every espresso machine on the market it can also produce some sad shots too. One of the biggest reasons for PPPP (Piss Poor Presso Performance) is bad beans.
What makes a bean bad? Mostly it’s not actually the beans fault it’s what we do to it after its been picked. Roasting like so many of the finer things in life is both an art and a science. You need to get it right if you hope to get the most out of your green coffee beans. However, in most cases it actually is not the roasting that lets your espresso down it’s when it was roasted. Real Milk has a shelf life and we sure know when it has past its best before date. Roasted Coffee is just the same–they just don’t curdle and give off that oh my gosh I have to chuck this out smell. Now I could keep going on about how to grind and to only grind what you are going to use right away but I am going to stop here and pass this blog over to the man behind sourcing our first Presso fresh roasted bean offering in the USA–raise your espresso glasses and put your hands together for our mate Slavko–affectionately known as KOH.
We are very proud to be selling the Porlex Hand Coffee Grinder in the USA. The Porlex is such a perfect partner for the Presso and we are looking forward to taking unplugged coffee making to the next level. Have a look at this beautiful youtube video our friend Slavko put together to show off the Porlex. Please note that the Porlex is not made by Presso but it certainly feels like a close relative.
Presso-Object of Desire
Amazing what a little bit of presso press can do. This feature appeared in the Good Weekend magazine in Australia almost a month ago and it has created some serious interest and sales in the Presso like we have never seen before down under.
Presso Demo from Presso on Vimeo.
I had a great visit to Toronto a few weeks back. It was great to catch up with some of the other Presso folks. We had fun shooting this video on my last night there.
We’ve got some more videos in the works too. Look for some new video tips and tricks over the coming weeks.
Cheers,
Jase
We’re grateful to the nice folks at Imbibe Magazine for including us in their Christmas gift guide. There’s plenty of other great gift ideas in there too.
A special thanks to our friend Patty for helping us out with the image.
The perfect, eco-friendly Christmas gift for the coffee lovin’ road warrior in the family.
The Presso Gift Pack includes: a Presso (with the usual accessories), a high quality stainless steel tamper, a Hario Mini Mill manual coffee grinder and a pound of freshly roasted coffee from E.F. Hobbs.
I put this collection together based on the coffee gadgets and tools I’ve experimented with and loved this year. I use and recommend all of these gadgets daily.
The folks at Gear Patrol gave Presso a really nice plug. Love the photos too!
“don’t go thinking the Presso is just another fancy kitchen gadget to complement your Kitchen-Aid (irony of our photo acknolwedged), the Presso’s rugged design makes it a worthy addition to your next camping excursion”
Thanks Eric!
Photo source: http://gearpatrol.com
