Learning about the details of making great espresso is becoming a life-long learning experience, take the Capresso Coffee Maker.

Did you know that the CoffeeTEAM S model #454 technically is the same as the #453 model. So of course my question is – Why make another model then?!

Easier to clean as far as a combo espresso maker with its own conical burr grinder goes. That got my attention! I’m new at all this grinding thing, so when I found it was easy to clean and came with it’s own grinder it moved to the top of my Christmas Wishlist.

Then my local “espresso expert” said that this machine is great because it offers four fineness settings for light to dark beans. He must have seen the blank look in my eyes, so he went on to explain that because you have more fineness settings you can adjust the grinder to your preferred beans.

Okey dokey then….as I said “Christmas Wishlist”.

That’s been only a little of what I’ve been learning over the past couple weeks. At least I no longer have these little grounds showing up instead of crema on top of my coffee:)

Off I go to try my new grinder…the other one hit the tiled floor and bounced things loose.