Subj : Home Espresso Machines
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Mar 13 2023 08:38:26

  Re: Home Espresso Machines
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Mon Mar 13 2023 11:16 am

 AA> You could still control the temperature of the rooms you are 
 AA> not using during the day no? I live in a rather large 2-level 
 AA> home, 1200sqft per level, and simply close off the rooms that I 
 AA> do not frequent.

I do the same, but we don't have a heating system that heats the whole house. My home office has french doors leading to a deck, and the only way to get heat into there is with a space heater.

 AA> The Brera seems huge to feed a single cup! Why does it have to 
 AA> be so big?

It's got a decent sized-boiler - you can pull two expresso shots then immediately go about steaming milk or pulling boiling water for an americano. 

Two things that make it larger than some others are the system for disposing of coffee pucks and the front-mounted water reservoir. That makes it easy to maintain the unit if it's under a counter, like mine is.
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