Comments on: Reg Barber custom espresso tamper http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133128 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133128 I thought they only drank Tim Horton's coffee in Canada I thought they only drank Tim Horton’s coffee in Canada

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133896 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133896 nominally deniably,nominally deniably, gotta write that down.... nominally deniably,nominally deniably, gotta write that down….

]]> By: Todd Sieling http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133132 Todd Sieling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133132 Tim Horton's doesn't serve coffee, they serve a horrible flavoured beverage that they call coffee. Welcome to the world of quality home espresso, Cory. +1 for the RB tamper - it has a very solid feel and shows those grinds you mean business. Personally, I aim for a 30lb-tap-30lb tamp followed by a few finishing spins, but it's really up to you to experiment and find your way with beans, grind, tamping and so on. Enjoy! Tim Horton’s doesn’t serve coffee, they serve a horrible flavoured beverage that they call coffee.

Welcome to the world of quality home espresso, Cory. +1 for the RB tamper – it has a very solid feel and shows those grinds you mean business. Personally, I aim for a 30lb-tap-30lb tamp followed by a few finishing spins, but it’s really up to you to experiment and find your way with beans, grind, tamping and so on.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133143 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133143 GREGGREGGREG. With your double post and with your screen name being what it is, my diagnosis is that you should lay off the caffeine for a while. :D GREGGREGGREG. With your double post and with your screen name being what it is, my diagnosis is that you should lay off the caffeine for a while.

:D

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133148 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133148 BOUNCY BOUNCY, marketing is an insidious thing, isn't it? Does anybody think that Kitchen would have hesitated to put a "tamp" like this in their $750 espresso machine if it made any difference? The "wine weenie" sect has now been duplicated in beer and coffee. What's next, Kool-Aid? Milk?* *There's actually no contest on Milk. We ALL know that Tuscan Whole Milk is the greatest!!! http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_cr_pr_redirect BOUNCY BOUNCY, marketing is an insidious thing, isn’t it? Does anybody think that Kitchen would have hesitated to put a “tamp” like this in their $750 espresso machine if it made any difference?

The “wine weenie” sect has now been duplicated in beer and coffee. What’s next, Kool-Aid? Milk?*

*There’s actually no contest on Milk. We ALL know that Tuscan Whole Milk is the greatest!!!

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_cr_pr_redirect

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133154 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133154 I love baiting caffeine junkies on an important note, cool unicorn t-shirts http://www.pbfcomics.com/things.php?link=shirts no,I don't work for them, I just like the shirt I love baiting caffeine junkies

on an important note, cool unicorn t-shirts
http://www.pbfcomics.com/things.php?link=shirts

no,I don’t work for them, I just like the shirt

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133155 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133155 That should be "Kitchen Aid" up there! That should be “Kitchen Aid” up there!

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133157 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133157 Moon! You should have alerted readers to the fact that there's a brilliant review at that link based on Coleridge's Kublai Khan. And numerous other hysterically snarky reviews. That's a great link. Moon!

You should have alerted readers to the fact that there’s a brilliant review at that link based on Coleridge’s Kublai Khan. And numerous other hysterically snarky reviews. That’s a great link.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133160 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133160 it has its own cartoon! http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF103-Nice_Shirt.gif it has its own cartoon!
http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF103-Nice_Shirt.gif

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133166 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133166 Impaling bullies is hilaaaarious. Impaling bullies is hilaaaarious.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133172 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133172 I am so getting that shirt! I am so getting that shirt!

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133174 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133174 It's probably the best reviewed product on Amazon. At least, the MOST reviewed. It’s probably the best reviewed product on Amazon. At least, the MOST reviewed.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133177 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133177 I realized after I commented that there are 99 pages of reviews, each a gem. I realized after I commented that there are 99 pages of reviews, each a gem.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133179 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133179 yer right, lots of good reading there yer right, lots of good reading there

]]> By: onesix18 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133180 onesix18 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133180 Reg Barber makes great tampers--I have one myself. My shots were much more consistent after purchasing the Reg. Not to rain on your parade, but you should have checked out CoffeeGeek.com before making your purchase: http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/consumer/kitchenaidproespresso For just a bit more, you could have bought something like this: http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/consumer/quickmillanita Reg Barber makes great tampers–I have one myself. My shots were much more consistent after purchasing the Reg.

Not to rain on your parade, but you should have checked out CoffeeGeek.com before making your purchase:

http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/consumer/kitchenaidproespresso

For just a bit more, you could have bought something like this:

http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/consumer/quickmillanita

]]> By: Songe http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133465 Songe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133465 #24 Why would you want to compress espresso grounds inside your rectum? Or my rectum? PM me, thx. #24 Why would you want to compress espresso grounds inside your rectum? Or my rectum? PM me, thx.

]]> By: NC http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133212 NC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133212 These shiny hand-crafted fetishistic tampers put me distressingly in mind, both in artistic style and in shape, of Julian Snelling's shiny hand-crafted erotic jewelry for the bum. http://www.juliansnelling.fr/ These shiny hand-crafted fetishistic tampers put me distressingly in mind, both in artistic style and in shape, of Julian Snelling’s shiny hand-crafted erotic jewelry for the bum.

http://www.juliansnelling.fr/

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133471 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133471 it must be quite the caffeine rush it must be quite the caffeine rush

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133480 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133480 I was responding to #22. However, since you brought it up, there is some kind of hippie, macrobiotic thing where you give a coffee enema. We had a patient who didn't let it cool first. Cooked rectum. Really. I was responding to #22. However, since you brought it up, there is some kind of hippie, macrobiotic thing where you give a coffee enema. We had a patient who didn’t let it cool first. Cooked rectum. Really.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133225 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133225 Moon, no, I don't believe KitchenAid would include a brass tamper if they thought it would make a difference. I believe they include the bare minimum to make the machine usable. They didn't include a coffee grinder or beans, did they? It's like the tires that come on a new car from the factory: they're usually expensive, short lived, and a poor compromise of various tire characteristics. Get a quality set and you'll see massive improvement. All manufactured items are made to a price point. Even expensive ones. Moon, no, I don’t believe KitchenAid would include a brass tamper if they thought it would make a difference. I believe they include the bare minimum to make the machine usable. They didn’t include a coffee grinder or beans, did they?

It’s like the tires that come on a new car from the factory: they’re usually expensive, short lived, and a poor compromise of various tire characteristics. Get a quality set and you’ll see massive improvement.

All manufactured items are made to a price point. Even expensive ones.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133229 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133229 <i>...erotic jewelry for the bum</i> And I thought, "I don't want that head sticking out of my ass." Then I realized that it came with a pony tail and the head doesn't stick <i>out</i>. Those brass facial features must be pretty stimulating. …erotic jewelry for the bum

And I thought, “I don’t want that head sticking out of my ass.” Then I realized that it came with a pony tail and the head doesn’t stick out. Those brass facial features must be pretty stimulating.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133234 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133234 wimps I hand built a ten ton hydraulic tamper (welded out of quarter inch plate and solid rod stock). Gets er down to where ya don't have'ta run water thru it wimps

I hand built a ten ton hydraulic tamper (welded out of quarter inch plate and solid rod stock). Gets er down to where ya don’t have’ta run water thru it

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133762 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133762 Moon, the difference between a $12,000 power cable (made of standard wire) for a $50,000 turntable and an $80 coffee tamper (made of milled stainless an anodized aluminum) seem pretty clear to me. Even if you consider the functionality of the piece bunk, I bet it's really nice to use. By that I mean more comfortable in your hand, more solid feel, and easier to press on. Heck, looking at the money involved, even if you can't accept that somehow, possibly, there's a way to make coffee taste better, that swilling Sanka is the pinnacle of perfection, and anybody that spends more money than that is a nut, we're still talking degrees of nuttiness. I'm okay with being a little nutty. Beats being boring! I can guaran-damn-tee you've got something you're nutty about. Let's hear about it! Moon, the difference between a $12,000 power cable (made of standard wire) for a $50,000 turntable and an $80 coffee tamper (made of milled stainless an anodized aluminum) seem pretty clear to me. Even if you consider the functionality of the piece bunk, I bet it’s really nice to use. By that I mean more comfortable in your hand, more solid feel, and easier to press on.

Heck, looking at the money involved, even if you can’t accept that somehow, possibly, there’s a way to make coffee taste better, that swilling Sanka is the pinnacle of perfection, and anybody that spends more money than that is a nut, we’re still talking degrees of nuttiness. I’m okay with being a little nutty. Beats being boring!

I can guaran-damn-tee you’ve got something you’re nutty about. Let’s hear about it!

]]> By: isaac http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-132998 isaac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-132998 but RB tampers are so pretty! make sure you get your double tamp of 20-30 lbs first, then light tap on the side, and then 40-50 lbs out of curiosity, what grinder are you using? good luck with the 'spro! (ugh, i hate that word. well, hate to love it, really.) but RB tampers are so pretty!

make sure you get your double tamp of 20-30 lbs first, then light tap on the side, and then 40-50 lbs

out of curiosity, what grinder are you using?

good luck with the ‘spro! (ugh, i hate that word. well, hate to love it, really.)

]]> By: isaac http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133000 isaac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133000 and by "but"... i mean... uh... i didn't mean to write "but"... and by “but”… i mean… uh… i didn’t mean to write “but”…

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133256 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133256 Cory, you haven't heard of these by now? And you think you're an espresso gee? For shame! Cory, you haven’t heard of these by now? And you think you’re an espresso gee? For shame!

]]> By: greggreggreg http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133020 greggreggreg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133020 RB tamps are great. i love my skull-handled tamper: http://static.zoovy.com/img/espressoparts2/-/30skull_tamp. the only thing cooler might be a thor tamper: http://www.thortamper.com/ RB tamps are great.

i love my skull-handled tamper: http://static.zoovy.com/img/espressoparts2/-/30skull_tamp. the only thing cooler might be a thor tamper: http://www.thortamper.com/

]]> By: greggreggreg http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133022 greggreggreg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133022 RB tamps are great. i love my skull-handled tamper: http://static.zoovy.com/img/espressoparts2/-/30skull_tamp. the only thing cooler might be a thor tamper: http://www.thortamper.com/ RB tamps are great.

i love my skull-handled tamper: http://static.zoovy.com/img/espressoparts2/-/30skull_tamp. the only thing cooler might be a thor tamper: http://www.thortamper.com/

]]> By: Songe http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133550 Songe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133550 #31 are you a doctor or Alton Brown? I thought putting coffee up your bumsicle was dangerous, just because of all the caffiene. The way my doffy tottle works it would just shoot back out again! Talk about a parthian shot of espresso! Coffee gives me the runs. lmaosaurus rex. #31 are you a doctor or Alton Brown?

I thought putting coffee up your bumsicle was dangerous, just because of all the caffiene. The way my doffy tottle works it would just shoot back out again!

Talk about a parthian shot of espresso! Coffee gives me the runs. lmaosaurus rex.

]]> By: erindipity http://boingboing.net/2008/02/26/reg-barber-custom-es.html#comment-133563 erindipity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-133563 Mad Hatter? Crema de la crème! Mad Hatter?
Crema de la crème!

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