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Re: Shops That Sell Real Espresso Makers

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From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:30
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In article <znr1072268952k@trad>, Mike Rivers <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote:
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>My Tuesday Morning $30 closeout special Farberware espresso maker,
>surely no connoisseur's machine, which has been doing OK for three
>years is now starting to leak and suffer from sticky valves. I've
>nursed it long enough and I'd like to take a step up when I replace
>it. I tend to keep things forever, but when I called to see if I could
>get parts to repair it, I was told that it's been out of production
>for so long that there are no longer any parts in stock.

Mike, what you need is a Napolitano.  It goes on top of your stove,
it's only got three parts, and there's no moving stuff to break.  It
can take a bit more skill than the fancy electric machines, but it will
outlast all of us.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Subject: Re: Shops That Sell Real Espresso Makers
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