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Completely agree, Italian espresso was considered great decades ago, but standards have risen faster elsewhere since then. Italy still makes the best espresso _
by gwynplaine 10y ago
Completely agree, Italian espresso was considered great decades ago, but standards have risen faster elsewhere since then. Italy still makes the best espresso _machines_ such as Simonelli. My experience of coffee there is coffee roasted so dark as to be considered burnt.
See the World Barista Championship winners, not a single Italian yet, unfortunately.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Barista_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Barista_Championship
- lytfyre 10y ago> Italy still makes the best espresso _machines_ such as Simonelli Even that I think they're losing ground on - Slayer or Synesso out of Seattle, or Mod Bar out of Indiana are pretty great, certainly right up there with any Simonelli or La Marzoco. For consumer level espresso machines, I think Breville (Australian) has been blowing away just about everything under 2k$. It's been interesting to watch them bring more modern control tech into the cheap market.
- arcticfox 10y agoAlso, I know some of the top Italian manufacturers have started sourcing at least some of their most technical electrical components out of Seattle already