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K Kat

Crew Review: Ascaso Uno & Duo Series Comparison

Ascaso has released new iterations of their Uno and Duo series, adding an automati...

• Dec 21, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Breville Series

While relying a bit more on form than function, Breville's series of espresso mach...

• Dec 11, 2009

K Kat

Comparing Single Boiler Espresso Machines - Part Two

The final installment of our series comparing different classes of espresso machin...

• Dec 9, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Ascaso i-Mini Conical Burr Grinder

Both fetching and petite, the i-Mini by Ascaso is a stepless burr grinder with sim...

• Dec 8, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Saeco Nina Bar

What started out as pretty darn good in theory didn't end up very nice in practice...

• Dec 1, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Breville Burr Grinder

While we dig how much metal Breville incorporates into their designs, we don't kno...

• Nov 29, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Mazzer Burr Grinders

If you're looking to seriously upgrade your espresso setup, you might want to inve...

• Nov 25, 2009

K Kat

New Espresso Machine Reviews on Brown Bean

We've added a few more listings and reviews of several espresso machines to the Br...

• Nov 23, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Andreja Premium

More than just another pretty face, the Andreja Premium is a semi-automatic heat e...

• Nov 20, 2009

K Kat

Frothing with the La Pavoni

We really love the shots produced by La Pavoni's manual lever machine the Europicc...

• Nov 17, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: Francis Francis! X7

What's so great about the new X7 by Francis Francis!? Obviously, its extra terrest...

• Nov 16, 2009

K Kat

Crew Review: DeLonghi Perfecta Superautomatic

Some people live and die by convenience. In fact, we're pretty sure a few wars hav...

• Nov 14, 2009