Years ago, after I bought my first 'expensive' coffee grinder (at the time I thought it would be the most expensive piece of coffee equipment I would have to purchase but boy was I wrong) I got the simplest and best looking small espresso maker I found, the Mypressi Twist.
One of the people to convince me this was the right thing to do is Sara Dooley in this short video clip:
One of the people to convince me this was the right thing to do is Sara Dooley in this short video clip:
I enjoyed some fine espresso's with the device. When the dose and grind were good and I got the routine of pre-heating the dome right, a rich maybe somewhat underextracted but lavish espresso wuld be the result with ample crema, maybe caused in part by the gass concentration that builds up the extraction pressure.
These are some of the shots I pulled with the Mypressi:
Later, the company seemed to be out of business, back online again, a new version of the Mypressi came out that had some improvements and then existing Mypressi's could be sent in to be refurbished even though new products could not be ordered for lack of parts. Cat at Seattle Coffee Gear thought the company was out of business because they never heard back from enquiries and they gave up. At the same time I did get back emails from the company, although Sarah Dooley had by then moved on to other places, like La Marzocco where she talks about the "warm, cozy and fuzzy" atmosphere on the creaking wooden floor, the pure nostalgia of Starbucks across from the Seattle Pike Place Market:
These are some of the shots I pulled with the Mypressi:
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| Mypressi espresso |
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| Mypressi espresso |
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| Mypressi espresso |
Meanwhile, I collected a number of La Pavoni's, more grinders, a Rocket E61 machine and a LONDINIUM I lever machine so the Mypressi was mostly just lying around and looking pretty while doing nothing at all anymore.
This week, in passing, I noticed that the Mypressi had shed half of its body armor:
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| Mypressi gone half naked |
This may be the Mypressi joining in the recent 'naked' fashion, and I love the high-tech looks of the device now but I am not sure it's really safe to use it and fire up the pressure of 9 bar on that thing in my hands. Because 9 bar is the equivalent of the pressure of 90 metres of water on top of you. If that thing comes apart at 9 bar, fascinating propulsion could be turned loose on my fingers and I could be searching for my knuckles that got jettisoned into funny places around the kitchen.
So I presume this is a goodbye to my first little espresso maker. You were great while it lasted! Thank you Mypressi for this very affordable and good looking introduction into the world of fine espresso.