Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole...
by LesZedCB on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:16PM
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> No one is arguing -- or at least I haven't seen it argued -- that a $200 basket, or a $100 distribution tool, or a super-expensive knock box make better coffee that the basic models
most often it's followed up with 'diminishing returns'
you are otherwise correct about the aesthetic reasons. i have a very expensive Kafatek grinder but it's designed and manufactured locally to me (bellevue, WA). it's more like a utilitarian art piece, including Denis' logic to go above and beyond on manufacturing precision, which is artistic in a sense to me.
they do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzmGNwyN0MI
most often it's followed up with 'diminishing returns'
you are otherwise correct about the aesthetic reasons. i have a very expensive Kafatek grinder but it's designed and manufactured locally to me (bellevue, WA). it's more like a utilitarian art piece, including Denis' logic to go above and beyond on manufacturing precision, which is artistic in a sense to me.