DoubleMacMan Senior Member Joined: 5 Feb 2009 Posts: 9 Location: North Shore Expertise: Pro Barista
Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009, 6:39pm Subject: Re: The Nuova Simonelli Aurelia, Part 1 by Mark Prince
I have heard that DiLorenzo Caffe have been providing the Nuova Simonelli Aurelia to their cafe's for years! Its a brilliant machine! the quality of the machine is well matched to the quality of Dilorenzo Caffe!
alsterling Senior Member Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 682 Location: Dana Point, CA Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: La Spaziale S1 (Had Expo) Grinder: Macap M4 & Gaggia MDF Vac Pot: Not yet... Drip: Capresso MT-500 & Melitta... Roaster: Hottop Digital
Posted Tue May 12, 2009, 7:27pm Subject: Re: The Nuova Simonelli Aurelia, Part 1 by Mark Prince
Mark, I hadn't been on your site in awhile, and dropped by yesterday to look around. Maybe out of curiousity, I read this article. Ironically, on my way back from downtown L.A. today, I stopped at the SCAA headquarter offices in Long Beach. (I live less than an hour from there...). While chatting with the staff, I walked into the test kitchen/lab, and was really taken back to see the NS machines in place of the LM's that I'd been used to seeing. Outside of the fact that a qualified barista can adapt to any most any machine, I will always be partial to double boiler design. And to address the comment of "stale water" sitting in a DB machine that isn't cycled regularly, I always do a flush on both steam and brew boilers for that very reason. I can't attest to the chemical changes in standing-heated water, but my instincts say that it's best to do so, and doesn't cost that much more. Interesting and timely article, given that this represents a rather major change in competition gear. I'm hopeing to go back to SCAA as soon as I can, to spend some time in the lab running some shots. I'm sure I'll visit the NS booth at Coffee Fest, Las Vegas next month.
fjm Senior Member Joined: 9 Nov 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Chicago Suburb Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Anita/Quickmill Grinder: Macap M4 (want new stepless)
Posted Fri Aug 28, 2009, 5:21am Subject: Re: The Nuova Simonelli Aurelia, Part 1 by Mark Prince
While the machine sounds awesome on it's technical merits, I'm just digging how cool it looks with the lights behind the group heads. It's like an espresso machine from a space ship.
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