We just finished hosting our training sessions with ESI. Ryan Haney did the honors of being our lead instructor. We first did training on the Franke Evolution. It was pretty cool breaking the machine down. In the picture you see Chris Edwards rebuilding the brew group.


The next day we got our hands on the La Marzocco GB/5 and Swift Grinder. This was the first time I actually dialed in the grind on this style of grinder. We did a video pulling some shots. I needed to tweak the grind a bit more, but our Cafe Vera still performed like a champ. The Creama looks yummy! In fact it was!
Video Of Cafe Vera in Action!

We had a great time manipulating the settings on the GB/5. There are so many areas to play with. Temperature, Preinfusion, Preinfusuion time, and shot timing. I know there are a couple more functions, but I can't remember them all. Talk about Coffee Geek to the MAX. You could constantly tweak and still not ever be satisfied.

Now I just have to pass the budget with Mary to replace my Linea in the Training Lab.