Hi all, another old dog here who has been off the forums for a while. I think my last post was on another forum in summer 2020 when a well known antagonist was bashing a now-well-known grinder and I said enough, I’m out of here. But, I’ve known DC for closer to 20 years than 15 now(!), posted on various forums across those years and you’ll also find some contributions from me back in the late-noughties on DCs ancient coffeetime tapatalk archive I see he put a link to on this forum.
My own journey across nearly 20 years went from Gaggia Cubika, Pavoni, Brewtus II, Alex, Alex Duetto, another I bought from DC and forget and about 3 years ago to a Vesuvius with stainless steel internal plumbing; from an iRoast, Hottop, GeneCafe, Quest M3 to a Dalian Amazon; and from a Macap MC4, Mazzer Mini E, Ceado E37S (which I shall sell shortly) and currently a Niche and also a 1zpresso J-Max when travelling.
I’m getting old (late 50s now) and wearing out but still making the legs cycle and walk hills and mountains and the ears listen to music and I spend a lot of time on the insane hobby of car detailing these days. And whilst never say never I love the coffee set up I have as it suits both quality and workflow and I don’t yearn to try the newer kit coming out.
Life’s good and although there have been some real idiots on some of the past forums I understand the good folk and many who I will have bantered with made it over to here :-)