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Napoli
Some of the many lever machines in and around Napoli
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11-08-2010
Sorrento
Was in Sorrento, south of Napoli, 2 weeks ago. Lots of lever machines there. This little old lady made us a proper “caffe” on her Rancilio!
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06-07-2010
London Caffè Culture
Impression of our stand at the London Caffè Culture/S.C.A.E./W.B.C. 2010 show
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11-06-2010
Spirit machine has just been completed.
The first proto-type of the new Spirit machine has just been completed, narrowly in time for the London WBC-SCAE show June 23-25 in London.
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07-06-2010
First assembling the frame and bodywork of our fully new model: SPIRIT
Body is now at polisher, frame at paintshop.
This machine boosts multiple boilers, PID on each boiler, pre-heated water towards front coffee boilers, every boiler can be switched on or off separately, progressive pre-infusion cylinders, lever activated steam valves, individual pressure gauges on each boiler.
We`ll show this proto-type at the upcoming WBC-SCAE-Caffe Culture show June 23-25 in London.
Production to start early 2011.
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Speedster espresso machine
Mark Prince`s opinion on his Speedster on Coffeegeek
www.coffeegeek.com
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New version of the Speedster
A new version of the Speedster we are considering: body fully in black. The black is the same powder coating, same semi-gloss as used on the frame. Other changes are a polished front plate around the progressive pre-infusion cylinder, polished 3mm horizontal strips between the black body parts at the rear, brushed strips running along the aluminum panels. In short, every part is either black or high gloss metal.
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Infuso di caffe Idrocompresso
The original owners of the one-off “Infuso di caffe
Idrocompresso” (built in 1988) have decided to sell this
machine. It is a huge piece, containing 2 separate
single-group levermachines, built with Astoria parts. It
is still fully complete, the original Quickmill grinder
is included (not on picture). A knock box is built-in,
there are 21 legs, each adjustable in height, lighted
from inside. For any further information please contact
the owners directly. They now live in Spain, but the
machines resides in Zwolle, Netherlands:
K.K. Roos
Andalucia Beach Apt. 2
Ctr. de Cadiz km 162 (CN 340)
29680 Estepona Spain: (0034) 952 805042
Mobil: Int + 31 + 653 441990 / Int + 34 617 023563
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Speedster
Production of the new SPEEDSTER is now in full swing.
The price is € 5.250,=.
This is ex-works from workshop in Waalre, excl. VAT (for European residents), incl. wooden crating and all necessities to install and use:......
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Using colors
The success of the fully black semi-gloss powder coated Bad Ass machine we did a while back made us reconsider using colors.We are now offering the option having the stainless body parts powder coated in any color.The degree of gloss, from matted to high gloss, is optional as well. Colors shown on the Duette Idrocompresso and Triplette Standard are for inspiration. To finish the machine, it is of course crucial to fit the correct side panels to the color chosen.
Standard options are the Veloce, high gloss aluminium panels, or the Classic glass panels.The glass panels can be done with your own name/logo, either sandblasted or with colorful prints.
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Mirages in Australia
Toby, Anthony and barista celebrating the successful installation of Dutch espressomachines at all their shops with a proper Dutch drink.Both Toby`s Estate and Dean Morgans Handcrafted Coffee are actively selling our Mirages in and around Sydney. Toby has three espresso bars (Woolloomooloo, Potts Point and Chippendale), a new foothold in Melbourne with roasting facility and will soon open up in Brisbane.
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Coffee test
Dutch national newspaper “Algemeen Dagblad” once a year conducts a coffee test. A reporter together with renowned
coffee taster Barend Boot visit lots of cafes and coffee bars. The list of addresses to visit is compiled from suggestions
sent in by readers. At each address they test 2 plain coffees,
2 cappuccino`s and 2 espresso`s. This year we congratulate Doppio Espresso up north in Groningen with their victory. We are happy to report Doppio Espresso uses a Mirage Triplette equipped with progressive pre-infusion.
Number 2 to 5 also use our machines, either Mirages or Mistrals. To see Doppio Espresso in action:
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Bad Ass Machine
For Rick`s soon to open second "Espressofabriek" in Amsterdam, he asked to have his Triplette Idrompresso done fully in black. The black is the same semi-gloss powdercoating as we use standard on the frame. This turned out to be quite a convincing bad ass machine. So much so in fact, we are now thinking of doing some more bodies in several different colors. We installed some different side panels to see which looks best.
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Price of Speedster
The price of the Speedster has been determined on Euro 5.250,=excl. BTW/VAT taxes.
The aluminium side panels colour (standard red/yellow or black only) has no effect on the price.
This price is ex-works from our news in Waalre, the Netherlands.
It comes packed in fully wooden crating, containing all necessities to install and use, including a water-softener.
We can assist in arranging the shipping.
We have now started to compile a list of orders.
We expect to start shipping out the first machines from this September.
For all additional information please contact info@keesvanderwesten.com
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The Speedster wearing its regular colours.
Please note these photo`s all depict a first series of 5 presentable proto-types.
Some details are still to be changed. For example the PID will be in matt black,
the plate in which it houses is to become the data plate with black imprint, the draintray will be changed slightly.
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 Some first snapshots of the new Speedster in black.
As not verybody seems to favor the red-yellow panels, we will offer the choice to either have them in the original colour, or in black. This simple colour change makes for a fairly different look, from wild to sophisticated.
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Introduction NEW Speedster
We will be participating as exhibitor at the S.C.A.E. show in Copenhagen from June 19 till 22. Our stand number is 121.
Next to showing some interesting Mirages we will introduce the completely new Speedster. In 2001 we built 6 Speedster machines, simply as a fun project.
Through the years many mails and phone calls asking for this machine have eventually persuaded us to re-develop it into a true production machine.
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Andronicas World of Coffee
London - Andronicas coffee company’s new espresso bar at the original Harrods Store in Knightsbridge, London will delight coffee enthusiasts everywhere. Andronicas World of Coffee has selected some of the finest and rarest coffee beans on the planet and will custom roast and grind the beans to the customer’s specification.
The coffee selection includes highly sought after coffees from traditional areas, such as Brazil and Java, as well as more exotic destinations like the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii. Harrods customers will be among a select group of people with the opportunity to appreciate and purchase some of the winners of the prestigious Cup of Excellence award, an accolade granted to only a small number of coffees globally. While waiting for their freshly roasted beans, customers will be able to sit and savour a coffee in the store, with a full range of coffee styles, and a choice between Cup of Excellence blend or the Fair Trade Espresso blend. Andronicas World of Coffee opens on 12 December 2007 and will be open from 11am to 7pm Mon-Sat and 12-6pm Sunday. And a Mirage Veloce will be used to prepare those magnificent. |
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Coffeetest
A large Dutch national newspaper conducts a coffeetest every year. I`m happy to report 8 out of the top ten are using machines provided by us. Most strikingly, two are working with Mirages Idrocompresso`s, the levergroup machines. One finished at the number 1 position, the Bagels & Beans shop of Sietse van den Berg and Laurens Dekkers in `S-Hertogenbosch. Congratulations!
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LA MACCHINA SCOPERTA
"When we moved the complete contents of the old to the new news, our trusty Mirage Duette Idrocompresso went too. We certainly do, after all, need our espresso to start the day, and of course again and again to keep us going throughout the day. This prompted me to dug out another old favorite, the Macchina Scoperta!
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MIRAGES at the opposite of our globe
Hope you`ll enjoy some photo`s of Mirages at duty in New Zealand. These were kindly sent by Georges Downes working at our NZ distributor Atlas Power Coffee.
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Moved
The actual moving of the entire news to the new location was done in just 2 days. The remaining 3 days of last week were spent to put everything where it belongs, installing drill, benches, vices, etc. etc.
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Moving
This week, April 2-7, we are finally moving our news.
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Presenting the Mirage Bastone
Several months ago Jeroen Veldkamp, well-known Dutch barista, asked for a semi-automatic version of the Mirage. As he had seen and tried the small bumper-sprung levers we did on some of the old Mistrals, he insisted on a similar system.
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Since September 2006 we install this mixing manifold in every Mirage.
The cold water enters from the right. The incoming cold water is directed towards four destinations: the heat-exchanger manifold, the boiler fill solenoid, the pump pressure gauge and the centre of this manifold, passing through the solenoid at the right.
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Owner Rick Woertman runs his Espressofabriek a little over one year now and just sent these photos to show all is under control and going very wel.
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Introduction of the Mirage on the November 2006 Taipei tradeshow by
Mr. Frank Yang of the Vetti Company.
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