Getting Your Priorities Right

Here at Blacknight we take our coffee very seriously.
I recently decided that we needed to get a slightly beefier coffee machine. The one we had been using for the last few months was fine, but it was time to upgrade.
Since I’m half Italian and have always had a certain fixation with good quality coffee it was only natural that I’d look at Gaggia and similar marques.
The machine I opted for in the end is a Gaggia Syncrony which takes beans or ground coffee.
Since we recently imported about 20 kg of fairtrade coffee beans our small little coffee grinder was under a lot of pressure, so a machine that did its own grinding solved two problems:
– ease of use
– dosage
One of the things that’s really nice about the new machine is that you can re-program it so that the dosage of coffee and water is exactly the way you want it.
So expect to have very hyper Blacknight people answering phones over the next few days!

About the Author: Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

9 Comments

Alan O'Rourke May 6, 2008 at 13:12

So what are you doing with your old machine? 🙂
Michele Neylon May 6, 2008 at 14:00

We’ll hold onto it for the moment. It’s a standard filter machine, so it’s handy if you need to make coffee for X people at once.
David Behan May 6, 2008 at 15:06

As a non-coffee drinker, I see nothing wrong with a kettle! 😀 Although, at first glance, I thought it was a coffee machine and printer all in one 😀
Michele Neylon May 6, 2008 at 15:26

David
Kettles are fine for some things, just not for proper coffee.
I kind of see what you mean about the “all in one” 🙂
Michele
Marcus Mac Innes May 6, 2008 at 16:40

Michele I like it!
Pixie’s coffee machine (needs a better grinder): http://pix.ie/marcus/526623
And last week, when I was at Bebo in SF I got a “shot” of theirs:
Bebo’s coffee machine: http://pix.ie/marcus/521457
Michele Neylon May 6, 2008 at 17:22

Marcus
Unless you get a fullon industrial grinder (catering grade) there aren’t any real options open to you. Our machine is a bit bigger than yours or bebo’s 🙂 We also have to have a kettle and other stuff, so we’re looking forward to the new office space
M
Andrew Reynolds May 9, 2008 at 02:24

That’s great, you got a new coffee machine. Enjoy your cup of coffee everyday. 😉
Francesco Cetraro May 13, 2008 at 16:22

Congratulations… where was the link to your job postings again? 😀
Blacknight Blog July 22, 2008 at 23:43

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