espresso

ROK and The Zen of Espresso Machine Maintenance

August 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

ROK is a group of product designers who, in 2002, took on the engineering/innovation challenges of making espresso manually at home. Their approach harnessed the mechanical [...]

Manual Espresso Machines: FirstLook

April 2, 2012 // 0 Comments

There are three basic components to an espresso maker: the coffee holder, the water heater, and the high-pressure pump. After the coffee is ground to an appropriate [...]

Handpresso Outdoor Set FirstLook

February 4, 2011 // 0 Comments

Once in a while an item gets put aside and, for one reason or another, never makes it back on to the review schedule. Last March, we posted a preview of the Handpresso [...]

Jura Z7: FirstLook

October 22, 2010 // 0 Comments

Jura makes some of the most advanced home espresso and cappuccino machines around. We reviewed Jura’s Impressa Z5 unit back in 2006. In general, the Z5 has been a [...]