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It's time for another Video Roundup!

We've got three fresh videos for you this week, we hope you'll join us!

First, we've got a Crew Tasting with Jake and Pat for our Roast of the Month!

Next up, Ariel gave us some insight into the SCA coffee flavor wheel:

And last but not least, John's got a Crew Review of the Eureka Helios 65:

That's all for now, join us next week for more videos!

Happy New Year!

It's our first Video Roundup for 2021 and we have some very special content to share for it.

First up, check out our Budget Grinder Shootout with me, Pat.

You may have noticed our beautiful new studio space! We're so excited to bring you more videos in this new studio. Next up we have a Rancilio Silvia Pro vs. Breville Dual Boiler Crew Comparison with Allie:

And finally, Ariel brewed up a delicious and exciting Flaming Spanish Coffee!

And that's all for this week! We'll have more fresh new videos for you next week!

We’re so grateful that we’ve been able to deliver a bit of holiday cheer to so many of our wonderful customers. From all of us here at Seattle Coffee Gear, we hope you and your family and friends have a safe, happy holidays!

Hey coffee fans! We’ve all had quite the year here at Seattle Coffee Gear and we’re sure you have too. With the difficulties from COVID-19 we’ve almost all shifted to working from home, while instituting strict social distancing and cleaning guidelines for staff that has to be on site. We’re really proud of how the whole team pulled together here (figuratively speaking of course!), especially as we’ve dealt with the holiday rush!

Holiday Content

Our video team worked hard to create awesome video content all holiday long. As you may have guessed, we tried to film as much of it in single sessions as possible. We also made sure multiple hosts were never in the studio at the same time to make social distancing a little easier. 

We’re so glad we were able to focus on delivering content that helped with buying decisions, because it was very hard to look at machines in person this year. We’re glad everyone enjoyed the tops 3s, shopping guides, gifting tips, and host favs. We also were excited to share Ariel and John’s tips and recipes, and hope they made you holiday just a bit brighter.

Holiday Shopping Rush!

Our shipping teams have been doing an outstanding job of responding to the huge holiday rush this year. They’re some of the real heroes of the company, and have been working with our shippers to get everything sent out. 

Our Customer Service and Sales teams have been working hard to help everyone with their holiday shopping and getting their new machines set up. We’ve seen some of the highest volume of contacts ever this holiday, and we’re working our butts off to get back to everyone!

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee

We’ve really enjoyed the set of holiday roasts we’ve seen from across our roasting partners. Delicious, easy to work with coffee for a range of brew methods has helped to keep us going as we push through the holiday rush!

We’re all eager to get back to the office and see each other, as well as provide more dynamic, exciting coffee content. We have big plans in the works across our teams for 2021, and we really hope you join us. 

Most importantly, we’re thankful for you this year. Our customers are some of the best in the world, and we love bringing you our unique blend of content and retailing. We hope you have a wonderful, safe holiday this year, whether it’s already partway concluded, or hasn’t really started yet!

Hey coffee fans!

It’s time for our biggest video roundup of the season! Since we have so much to cover we’ll be linking to the videos for usability.

First up we have our big ol’ list of 2020 top threes:

• Top 3 Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines
• Top 3 Superautomatic Espresso Machines
• Top 3 Espresso Grinders
• Top 3 Drip Brewers
• Top 3 Brew Grinders
• Top 3 High End Semiautos
• Top 3 High End Superautos
• Top 3 Accessories
• Top 3 Stocking Stuffers
• SCG Hosts’ Top 3 Picks of 2020

Next we have a trio of holiday drink recipes with Ariel:

• Halloween Drinks
• Thanksgiving Drinks
• Holiday Drinks

And finally, a couple of tips and tricks videos for the season with John:

• Tips and Tricks for Small Gatherings
• High Volume Workflow Tips

We hope you enjoy the video content and have a wonderful holidays!

It’s Cyber Monday 2020! That means we’ve got a whole load of great savings across the site. We wanted to highlight a few of the great deals you can get right now! Please note that these deals are available at the time of this posting, they may not be at the time that you’re reading. Be sure to check out our holiday deals page for up to date information on 2020 holiday savings!

Semi-Automatic Espresso

In the semi-auto department we have exclusive deals like the Solis Perfetta for just $429. You can also bundle a Eureka Mignon Notte and save more! The Crossland CC1 is also available at $150 off for just $549 for all of the hobbyist espresso drinkers out there. If all you need is a grinder, the Notte mentioned above is available standalone for $50 off as well!

We’re also excited to bring you the Breville Dynamic Duo, a powerful pairing of a Breville Dual Boiler espresso machine and Smart Grinder Pro espresso grinder for $100 off! This already excellent deal is even sweeter this holiday season.

If you’re a fan of La Marzocco, we also have the classic Linea Mini available for $300 off.

Superautomatic Espresso

In the superauto category we’ve got an exciting $100 off offer on the Philips Carina. This puts this machine at the low price of $399! It’s an incredible way to get started in the world of espresso for a fantastic price. 

If you’re looking for a higher end superauto, Miele machines are a full $200 off right now. These extraordinary machines only get better with a holiday price point!

Drip and Slow Brewing

We’ve also got the entry-level Solis Scala grinder available for just $79, making it one of the best values for new brew coffee enthusiasts.

Then there’s coffee! Right now you can grab a gift coffee subscription for a friend or family member, which will get them delicious hand picked roasts selected by our coffee experts!

Plus, you can save sitewide with our holiday tiered discounts! Just used the following codes at checkout:

• HOLIDAY10: Take $10 off orders $100 - $249
• HOLIDAY25: Take $25 off orders $250 - $449
• HOLIDAY50: Take $50 off orders $500+

We’ve got more savings coming over the course of this week, so be sure to sign up for the Seattle Coffee Gear newsletter and watch our holiday deals page for more savings!

It's been an exciting year here at Seattle Coffee Gear. We've enjoyed bringing you a range of our Top 3s and shopping guides for this holiday season. Today we're recapping everything that's been happening on the blog this past month!

Top 3s

• Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines
• Superautomatic Espresso Machines
• Espresso Grinders
• Drip Brewers
• Brew Grinders
• High-End Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines
• High-End Superautomatic Espresso Machines

Shopping Guides

• Alternative Brewing
• Drip Brewers
• Pour Over
• Semi-Automatic Espresso
• Superautomatic Espresso
• Odds and Ends

We hope we've made your holiday shopping just a little bit easier! Be sure to keep an eye on Seattlecoffeegear.com for all of our great deals!

Just in time for the holidays, we’ve got a brand new round of staff picks! If you’re not familiar with our staff picks, we periodically send a survey to every person at Seattle Coffee Gear asking them what their favorite items are in each category. We put those results together and mark each product that gets enough votes a staff pick badge on the site! Let’s run through some of these results.

Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines

In the semi-automatic category we saw big wins for Rocket Espresso, and a whopping eleven winners overall. Rocket Espresso’s Giottos, Appartamento, Appartamento Nera, both Mozzafiatos, and the R58 Cinquantotto all made our list. Also joining the staff picks is for the first time is the Solis Perfetta, which we’re thrilled to see as one of our newest machines. 

Both Rancilio Silvias (PID and standard) made the list, and finally, the Bambino Pro, and Barista Pro from Breville made it on as well. 

This list of semi-automatic espresso machines represents a wide spread of options and price points, which we’re really happy to see! 

Superautomatic Espresso Machines

On the superuato front we saw an excellent spread of options from Breville (Oracle Touch), Miele (CM 6350), Saeco (Xelsis), Jura (A1), and Philips. Philips saw two machines on the list with the Carina and 3200 LatteGo. We’ve seen most of these machines on the list before, and it makes sense again that they fall into a number of price points. With a little less differentiation in the superauto space, price is definitely a prevailing factor. Of note here is the Jura A1, which is the only machine on the list dedicated purely to espresso, with no milk steaming option. It’s a testament to the quality of the espresso that comes out of this machine that it made it on alongside the others!

Espresso Grinder

For espresso grinders we saw a big win for Eureka, with the Mignon Notte, Mignon Specilita, and the Atom 75 all making the list. Rocket Espresso’s Faustino also made the list, along with the Baratza Sette 270Wi. Here the Sette and Notte fit in as great starter options, with the midrange Faustino and Specilitas sitting between them and the higher end Atom 75.

Coffee Grinders

On the brew grinder front we’ve got both the Baratza Encore and Forte BG, two solid Baratza workhorses that we all know and love here. The Eureka Mignon Filtro and Crono also made the list with their stepless brew grinding, and for the first time we see the Fellow Ode and Solis Scala make the list. Finally, fitting into that “espresso or brew” gap, the Rancilio Rocky made its way to the list as usual!

Drip Brewers

For drip brewers, we saw winners with Technivorm, Ratio, Breville, and Bonavita. Both models of Technivorm’s KB741 made the list along with the Ratio Six, Bonavita Connoisseur, and Breville Precision Brewer Tribute Edition. Here again we see staff opinions coming in in favor of a range of pricing options, with the Bonavita as the most affordable all the way up to the high customizability of the Precision Brewer.

Here’s a few more categories of winners for your perusal!

Presses

• AeroPress
• AeroPress Go
• Espro P7
• Bodum Brazil

Stovetop and Cold Brew

• Ilsa Turbo Express Stove Top Coffee Maker
• OXO Cold Brew Coffee Maker
• Toddy Cold Brew System
• Bruer Slow-Drip Cold Brewer

Pour Over

• Chemex Classic
• Hario Coffee Dripper V60 - Clear
• Hario Coffee Dripper V60 - White Ceramic
• Kalita Wave Stainless Steel Dripper

Scales

• Acaia Lunar Smart Espresso Scale
• Acaia Pearl Coffee Scale
• OXO Precision Scale and Timer
• Hario V60 Scale

Kettles

• Bonavita 1L Electric Gooseneck Variable Temperature Kettle
• Fellow Stagg EKG
• Fellow Stagg EKG+
• Hario Buono Electric Gooseneck Kettle
• OXO On Adjustable Temperature Gooseneck Kettle

It's Friday once again!

You know what that means, another video roundup!

Today we've got a crew review and some tips and how-tos. Let's get started!

First, it's a look at some Eureka grinder cleaning with Jake!

Next up, we've got a Crew Review of the lovely little Toddy Artisan with Ariel:

And finally, some Breville Bambino Tips and Tricks:

That's all for this week, make some coffee you love this weekend, especially if you're in for some chilly weather!

Hey coffee fans!

We've got two crew reviews and some tips and tricks for you today, so let's dig in!

First up We've got some Breville Oracle Touch tips and tricks with Jake!

Next up, we've got a Crew Review with the Eureka Brew Pro's stylish smoked accessories.

Last but not least, we've for a fresh Crew Review of the Rancilio Silvia for 2020!

That's all for this week, stay tuned for more great videos!