Coffee Appreciation

bombcup, what about this: http://twitgoo.com/1shxde :)

Rancilio S26 is doing well.. plumbed the fucker in on Xmas morning and it has been helping to heat my flat since..

S26 first coffee: http://twitgoo.com/1sfajk and http://twitgoo.com/1sfaiv
Its first espresso http://twitgoo.com/1shxdg

Thoughts:
It pours wonderfully. Even with old coffee, it looks like a Guinness being poured into espresso glasses...

Looking real fancy Hippy. Milk looks real nice and compact, just needs a little less stretching and a little more spinning to keep the foam and milk together. You'd be surprised how little stretching you need on a full bore commercial, maybe around 5 seconds.

I don't think there's much between leaving the machine on the whole time and starting it up from cold once or twice a day, and leaving it on is better for the machine. There's just the thought of a seal failing while you're out to get over.