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In article <3FEA661C.4060808@Vatican.net> Pope.Joan@Vatican.net writes:

> It is a Mr Coffee Espresso Maker and it makes one cup at a time, using 
> steam exactly the way
> the $1,000 machine does.

There are basically two types of espresso machines, and both are made
by the "popular" manufacturers. Espresso requires that the water is
forced through the coffee under pressure rather than dripping through
with only the help of gravity. There are two ways to get that
pressure. The low cost espresso makers (usually called capuccino
makers because they don't really make a proper espresso) boild the
water, make steam, and use the steam pressure to force the water
through the coffee. The "real" espresso makers have a pump to force
the hot water through the coffee.

They all involve steam with a separate path fron the brewing water.
The steam is used for heating and frothing milk to serve with the
coffee.

In the modern home espresso makers (and most commercial machines
today) the pump is electric. The beautiful brass works of art that
beatnik coffee shops of the '50's used to have (and that European
coffee shops still have) use a piston pump with a handle that moves
the piston - less automatic, more of a craft brew.

I don't know what type your Mr. Coffee model is. If it buzzes, hums,
or clanks while the water is moving through the coffee, it has an
electric pump. If it just hisses, it's steam-driven. I'm obviously
looking for a pump model, which my present one is.

Gawd, I feel like such a coffee snob. I'm not, really. I just want to
make an intellligent choice when I know it's out there.

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