http://auroralux.net/blog/2006/09/27/a-pitfall-of-home-espresso-making/ occasional notes about this and that Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://auroralux.net/blog/2006/09/27/a-pitfall-of-home-espresso-making/#comment-193 schuyler Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:05:15 +0000 http://auroralux.net/blog/2006/09/27/a-pitfall-of-home-espresso-making/#comment-193 Heidi and I got an espresso machine and corresponding burr coffee grinder as wedding gifts. The first time I went to use the grinder, I forgot to put the lid on ground coffee catch basin. Fine grinds of espresso were being thrown all over the entire kitchen. Instead of pulling the plug, or hitting the off switch, I just covered the top of the catch basin with my hands and kind of hopped up and down screaming "Something's wrong!! Something's wrong!!!" Heidi was at the table laughing at me too hard to tell me to just shut the grinder off... Heidi and I got an espresso machine and corresponding burr coffee grinder as wedding gifts. The first time I went to use the grinder, I forgot to put the lid on ground coffee catch basin. Fine grinds of espresso were being thrown all over the entire kitchen. Instead of pulling the plug, or hitting the off switch, I just covered the top of the catch basin with my hands and kind of hopped up and down screaming “Something’s wrong!! Something’s wrong!!!” Heidi was at the table laughing at me too hard to tell me to just shut the grinder off…

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