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    Gary Wheeler
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    We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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      We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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      Derek Eddinton
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      He must really love his coffee.

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        We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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        Wjousts
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        It always annoys me when our European colleagues visit and bitch about the coffee. Yeah, we get it, your coffee's better. Now STFU.

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          It always annoys me when our European colleagues visit and bitch about the coffee. Yeah, we get it, your coffee's better. Now STFU.

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          Gary Wheeler
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          The coffee in our cafeteria actually isn't bad, other than the fact it isn't nearly strong enough for my taste.

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            It always annoys me when our European colleagues visit and bitch about the coffee. Yeah, we get it, your coffee's better. Now STFU.

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            simonor
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            Wow, I hadn't heard that the coffee was so bad.

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              We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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              Dario Solera
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              Where is he from? Europe, you know, is big and there are many States.

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                We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                Member 96
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                Beg a cup and make a friend. I bet he'd be delighted to make one for you and at the very least it will give you a new experience and something to compare to your cafeteria coffee. When I used to drink espresso we used to take an espresso maker camping with us.


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                  We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                  Joan M
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                  Not everyone in Europe is in this mood: The spaniards, italians and portuguese love strong coffee. The french and germans have it a little bit more softer. The northern countries drink coffee all day... of course it is really soft... We have bought an horrible coffee machine in order to be able to offer the kind of coffee the Denmark people likes when they come to our company... And the last time I came to the USA... well the coffee was as I had been warned... ;P It is curious how in different countries something as basic as the coffee (the drink that helps all the programmers in the world) changes... PS: Beg a cup... this is the best option... PS2: Be sure that when he leaves he believes that the espresso machine is broken so you could keep it...

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                    We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                    Dave Parker
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                    I can't stand coffee - coke ftw :)

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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                      Single Step Debugger
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                      Our parent company is mostly Italian property so in our cafeteria we have a huge industrial espresso machine. The American guys get used with the espresso and now the machine for the caffeine syrup which Americans called coffee is covered with a thick layer of dust.

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                        We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                        Maximilien
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                        cool... go buy _good_ coffee and ask him if you can make your own with your own coffee.

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                          We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                          Russell Jones
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                          Earlier this year I was half way up a Welsh mountainside taking shelter from the driving rain under the hideous looking overhang that was to be the next pitch of our climb and my climbing partner pulled one of these out of his bag. I'd never even believed that such a thing existed. http://www.handpresso.com/[^] Legend :thumbsup:

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                            Earlier this year I was half way up a Welsh mountainside taking shelter from the driving rain under the hideous looking overhang that was to be the next pitch of our climb and my climbing partner pulled one of these out of his bag. I'd never even believed that such a thing existed. http://www.handpresso.com/[^] Legend :thumbsup:

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                            Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                            That is pretty cool and I can't believe such a thing exists.

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                              Earlier this year I was half way up a Welsh mountainside taking shelter from the driving rain under the hideous looking overhang that was to be the next pitch of our climb and my climbing partner pulled one of these out of his bag. I'd never even believed that such a thing existed. http://www.handpresso.com/[^] Legend :thumbsup:

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                              Maximilien
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                              Wired tested a couple of hand espresso gadget and that one turned out to be the worse of the bunch... Review: http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_handpresso_wild_domepod[^] have a look at : http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_aerobie_aeropress[^]

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                                Wired tested a couple of hand espresso gadget and that one turned out to be the worse of the bunch... Review: http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_handpresso_wild_domepod[^] have a look at : http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_aerobie_aeropress[^]

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                                Russell Jones
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                                I don't know if the quality of the final brew is different but he had the version that takes little packs of coffee rather than ground coffee. The stuff tasted awesome at the time, but that may have been because I was shaking due to a combination of adrenalin and cold and any cup of coffee that was above average strength and decently hot would have tasted good

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                                  It always annoys me when our European colleagues visit and bitch about the coffee. Yeah, we get it, your coffee's better. Now STFU.

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                                  1. Espresso is not coffee, its Espresso. 2) Kona coffee from Hawaii, Dominican Coffee, and Kenyan coffee are all better than typical European coffee.

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                                    We have a European engineer visiting us. I just walked through the lab, and he brought an espresso machine with him. I don't know whether to be insulted or to beg a cup.

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                                    Take the cup, you have the chance to enjoy a real coffee! While visiting the US, I always bring with me the wood-burning oven... :-D

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                                      Take the cup, you have the chance to enjoy a real coffee! While visiting the US, I always bring with me the wood-burning oven... :-D

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                                        1. Espresso is not coffee, its Espresso. 2) Kona coffee from Hawaii, Dominican Coffee, and Kenyan coffee are all better than typical European coffee.

                                        Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

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                                        Trollslayer wrote:

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                                        Wjousts
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                                        Yeah, as I said before, we get it, your coffee's better.

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                                          Yeah, as I said before, we get it, your coffee's better.

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                                          Shelby Robertson
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                                          <blockquote class="FQ"><div class="FQA">Wjousts wrote:</div>It always annoys me when our European colleagues visit and bitch about the coffee. Yeah, we get it, your coffee's better. Now STFU.</blockquote> But, I'm not European...

                                          Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

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