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Morning Maintenance: Breville Oracle Care - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Morning Maintenance: Breville Oracle Care

So you just received your new Breville Oracle in the mail! Congratulations! You pr...
  • Jun 3, 2015
Ask Gail: Does Water Quality For Espresso Matter? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Does Water Quality For Espresso Matter?

We are always stressing the importance of the coffee beans when it comes to espres...
  • Jun 2, 2015
Ask Gail: Coffee Bean Comparison - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Coffee Bean Comparison

We all know that we shouldn't use a oily coffee bean on a superautomatic espresso ...
  • May 29, 2015
Ask Gail: Can I Use Grindz In A Superautomatic? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Can I Use Grindz In A Superautomatic?

We are always say, the cleaner you keep you espresso machine the longer it will la...
  • May 25, 2015
Cold Brew Temperature Test - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Cold Brew Temperature Test

As you know, we get tons of questions and requests. And we try to answer as many a...
  • May 20, 2015
Ask Gail: Accidentally Put Oily Beans In A SuperAuto? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Accidentally Put Oily Beans In A SuperAuto?

First off, don't panic! Everything is going to be ok. In fact it could be worse, y...
  • May 19, 2015
Ask Andrew From Rocket: Tight Water Tank? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Andrew From Rocket: Tight Water Tank?

We had Andrew from Rocket Espresso take over our Ask Gail segment! Since we had a ...
  • May 12, 2015
Ask Gail: Technivorm Internals - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Technivorm Internals

This week Gail answers a question from the comment section! One of our loyal watch...
  • May 5, 2015
Breville Oracle Advanced Menu - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Breville Oracle Advanced Menu

If you are anything like us, and let's face it you most likely are, you probably l...
  • Apr 21, 2015
Ask Gail: How Many Grams Fit In a Portafilter? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: How Many Grams Fit In a Portafilter?

When you get your first espresso machine the first thing you want to do is pull a ...
  • Apr 17, 2015
Ask Gail: Can The Crossland CC1 Auto Shut Off? - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Can The Crossland CC1 Auto Shut Off?

We live in the age of automation. Between our smart phones and our super automatic...
  • Apr 13, 2015
Ask Gail: Adjusting Grinder Burrs - Seattle Coffee Gear
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Ask Gail: Adjusting Grinder Burrs

So the question comes from YouTube user dan110024: In regards to adjusting to a fi...
  • Apr 10, 2015
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