calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,643 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Mon Nov 14, 2011, 8:38am Subject: Weekend Craigs list score $375 total
Something told me to look at Craigs list and I guess I just could not help myself, two different sellers one large score for a total price of $375!
Starting with a 32 inch long, neon sign for the coffee bar. I may have over paid for it but it really is in new condition when looking at it in normal light New it goes for $280, Amazon has it for $213 and I paid $150.. Click Here (www.amazon.com)
When I was leaving the seller, I saw the espresso grinder and asked about it, a deal was struck and it went home with me.
She also had a NS 3 gp espresso machine but her present price is 2K, more than I had as pocket money and I don't need a 7th espresso machine anyway!
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In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,643 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Mon Nov 14, 2011, 8:48am Subject: Re: Weekend Craigs list score $375 total
Next thing for the espresso setup, yet another grinder to play with. A Azkoyen Capriccio M-02 The little sticker, just above the grind adjustment knob says "do not touch for any reason" with scull and crossbones on either side of the statement! Well the operators of the grinder must have listened as the adjustment mech was so stuck with coffee tar that it was unmoveable. I had to disassemble the grinder and spray cooking oil on the threads and use a pry bar to get the upper carrier to break loose and move. Once it started moving I was able to take it apart and clean things up.
This grinder is able to grind then wait for the call for dosing or get the call and grind for the shot. I had to download the manuals and fiddle with the programing but it is now grinding per shot, 18g. The total cycles on the non resetable counter is in the ball park of 23,000 cycles or I am guessing about 800# of coffee using ~16g per cycle. It is quieter than the SJ but that comes at the price of being larger too! The next shot is side by side with my older SJ.
Both the SJ and the M-02 use 64 mm burrs and Espresso Parts lists new burrs for under $50, so that will be an upgrade to soon come.
The taste of the two grinders as you would expect, is very close with the taste from the M-02 being slightly burnt due to dull burrs but otherwise, it is going to take up a spot on my counter, next to my new SJ while the older SJ will go to "storage"
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In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,643 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Mon Nov 14, 2011, 8:50am Subject: Re: Weekend Craigs list score $375 total
The next few pics belong with drip stuff but as this thread is about everything I got, well it is here. This is a Curtis plumb in air pot brewer with hot water tap and a Bunn G9 dual bin drip grinder. Two airpots came with the "lot" as well.
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In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,643 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Mon Nov 14, 2011, 8:56am Subject: Re: Weekend Craigs list score $375 total
As is normal for buying used commercial equipment, it is very dirty but that cleans up easily enough.
I have yet to check out the burrs on the Bunn, as they are somewhere about $250 to replace, they will get a through check out!
The fate of the Curtis brewer is also up in the air. I didn't need it but it came along for the ride as it was a bundle from the seller. It may be on it's way to my church if they can use it. I have two other air pot brewers and don't really need a third!
In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
Wayne, BUNN OEM burrs are $202.00 at BUNN dealers, but I can hook you up with a place (in the USA of course) for a MUCH better price than your estimated $250 & even the dealer price! {;-)
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,643 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Mon Nov 14, 2011, 10:32am Subject: Re: Weekend Craigs list score $375 total
Craig, THANKS! I was going by what I had remembered and I guess it was wrong! OH, well, there goes my one mistake for the month!
I need to open it up and take a look, they likely will need to be replaced and if you can help with the price, so much the better!
All the equipment is in fair to very nice condition. Dirty yes but so far, everything, .... well the espresso grinder and sign work, I have not even plugged in the Bunn or Curtis. There isn't much to go wrong with the air pots LOL!
In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
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