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	Hot Rod of Espresso Machines

ronhuxley

9-15-2009 4:47 PM

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coffee, coffee machines, espresso, kees van der westen

ronhuxley says:

You probably shouldn't read this article after having a few cups of Joe. It may be too much stimulation. Read if you dare...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8c1b6d66-c641-40b6-8a0b-b98922fbafc7/A3454FE3-2952-429A-B062-B9DDF9683A1D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso" href="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coffeegeek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso"><DIV>Back in 2001, a machine was designed by a skilled metal artist and espresso professional - <A target="_blank" href="http://www.keesvanderwesten.com">Kees van der Westen</A> - and was immediately considered one of the most desirable espresso machines in the world. That machine was called the Speedster, and only six were built. It wasn't necessarily a technological marvel, but it did feature one of the best one-two technology punches of the time: a GS/2 paddle group and a dual boiler brewing / steaming system. It was small. It was strikingly beautiful. And it was rare. For almost a decade, it was considered "the best espresso machine in the world" - and today some still think that original model still is.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.coffeegeek.com/img/92056AD5-CF40-47F8-91DA-E120BCB7687C" alt="Speedster Espresso" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso/details" href="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso/details" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coffeegeek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coffeegeek.com/proreviews/firstlook/speedsterespresso/details"><DIV>"Through the years we acquired some of the old type paddle-groups from the GS machines. As we could not bring ourselves to dump these we eventually decided to use these in a fun-project: building a small series of one-group machines, especially designed to use these groups for their proper purpose. 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