Killer, killer deal on the Barista Touch espresso machine from Breville up on Amazon right now. Pretty much all you have to do is tamp the coffee; the machine does the rest, including steaming. the milk to temperature and froth levels you set on the screen. $799 right now, $200 off normal price. Link: ⬇️

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#NCP Another super boring #F1 season ahead. What a boring, boring, boring race. Max wins by 22 seconds... over his team mate. Yawn. At the very least, McLaren should have pitted Piasteri with 7-8 laps to go (he had enough time over Alonso) to go for fastest lap. But they didn't. Because... boring.

Fujifilm (finally) announces the next X100 camera - the #X100Vi. Here's the launch event for the anticipated camera #fujifilm #x100 https://www.youtube.com/live/3D1VapyDLnM?si=yvZJrRPYQ-s_OGKF&t=1181

Looking for some folks who love coffee and know a bit about the Web to help out. I'm ready to share with some of you our test domain for the new CoffeeGeek 2024 build. Would love to get feedback from you on how the site looks, works, loads, and displays in different platforms (Mac, PC, Firefox, Chrome, Tablet, Android, Smartphones, etc). If you'd like to take the brand new CoffeeGeek website for a test spin, please direct message me for the URL and some instructions! :)

Let's put something in perspective: Even at $30/lb, coffee is still cheaper, brewed cup for poured cup, than a can of coke. Definitely so in Canada. Yes, the cost of entry into good coffee is there (like $200 for a good grinder, $100 or so for your pour over setup), but amortize that cost over a 1 or 2 year period, and its pennies per cup.

#NCP Once again, news media in Canada suffered a massive blow because of corporate greed. Greed from Bell Media, who should have never been allowed to buy these stations. Greed from Facebook / Meta / Google for gobbling up the vast majority of ad revenue in Canada and not returning a dime. Massive layoffs today, and shuttering of various news outlets. If you spend any advertising money with Meta/Goog, please reconsider. It has long reaching negative effects beyond just getting you a few useless eyeballs. David Eby, the Premier (like a US Governor) of British Columbia ripped into Bell Media today. (he should have also gone after Meta/Goog) #CanPoli #news #media #meta

I do love it when a plan comes together. Here's the final sketch I did about 10 days ago for the layout of the front page of our new 2024 build of CoffeeGeek.com. And here's the screen cap of how that build looks this evening. Next up is completing the new template for our blog section (3rd sketch :)). Almost there.

There is one machine I am CHOMPING AT THE BIT to include on our Best Budget Espresso Machines for 2024 list. Problem is, it's not available yet in N. America (though that will change soon). Its the new 2024 version of the venerable Gaggia Espresso! Gaggia completely overhauled this machine - it's now a PID controlled thermoblock design - and it should be $250 or less in the USA when it arrives. cc @npub1jcn4...gw7e #espressomachines #espresso Check out Coffee Kev's take: