Jeremiah has wanted for so long to make specialty coffees at home. He loves his Starbucks white chocolate mocha, and has tried various ways to recreate it, without the help of an espresso machine. Needless to say it couldn't be done. And so, after the failure of our $9.00 Wal-Mart espresso machine, and much research, Jeremiah made the splurge and got us the Rancilio Silvia and Rocky grinder a.k.a. "Miss Silvia". We had it sent to Portland on our trip so Jeremiah had fun learning how to create the perfect shot for us all....it took 20-30 tries, as there are many factors to creating the perfect espresso, such as tamping, the grind, the roast, the temperature etc.
The thing with buying it in the States, was that with them being so heavy we had to buy extra luggage to ensure all our bags were under 50lbs. Also we made sure to figure out a way to not pay taxes at the border. We made it through ok...no tax paying and no lies even! yay.
And now we have it set up nicely in our cute kitchen! I even found a way to tie in my vintage HALL teapot and tea box. I love it. I look forward to many great coffees and earl grey lattes from my love. And if you come by, I am sure he'll make you one too.
3 comments:
It looks great you guys! The teapot looks great there!
So exciting about the new espresso machine! Did you ever score some white chocolate mocha syrup? And I really love what you've done with the teapot.
I am so coming over...
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