Thursday, February 18, 2010

My Valentine's Day Gift

For Valentine's Day I got an espresso machine! Yep. That is one of the competition machines from this last weekend. I am so excited!


The grinder was a present to myself. I am really still learning to use it, but I love it as well!


This will still be the machine for competition next year. So I will be able to practice on the proper machine and take next year's competition by storm!! I am also contemplating going to Anaheim and competing in the Nationals in April. We will see.

By the way, I did not get in to the final round. I went overtime by 47 seconds, which is a point off per second. I wouldn't have made finals even if I had been on time, but I would have scored a personal best. I am happy and I came away with great advice and feedback. Watch out Mountain Region, Susan will be back!!

3 comments:

  1. Congratulations on the new machine. It should probably be noted that that behemoth does not reside in your tiny kitchen. ;)

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  2. True! This machine cannot be found in the tiny kitchen, but rather at my roasting facility. The tiny kitchen has a tiny French press and a vacuum pot.

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  3. Congrats on the machine...it looks purty! I bet it brews a mean coffee too.
    Let me know if you need a mouse in your pocket for Anaheim...I'm good at organizing and making people get to where they are going.....

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