Closed: 2 units, LIDO-2,Traveling Road Show

[BoldJava]

Another one bites the dust... .

I think I have all the scratches entered.  The reviews at H-B are very favorable and are contributing to shortened lists.

[milowebailey]

Another one bites the dust... I was going to buy a new car stereo in February as a late Christmas present to myself, but just pre-ordered a Lido 2 instead.

Good to see your priorities are in the right place!!

[MSH]

Congrats to the winners! Looks like I didn't slip Dave enough $  It sure is tempting to offload my 1 for the 2. Can't wait to give it a go!

[BoldJava]

Accumulated mail today included the LIDO2.  After I have had a couple of weeks with it, it will make the rounds throughout Minnesota -- among the Gopher Gulpers.  I will ask that they provide feedback if they wish to borrow it.
 
I am going to be doing "1st impressions." I am not much of a geek and more the "how do I like it, is it something I would buy and use, would I recommend to friends and for what usage."I have a 2nd beta test on another piece of coffee hardware, as well as distributions coming up. I will be picking away at the "1st Look," but will get it done. Just need some time.

I will be using it for:
* Espresso with the Cremina,
* Pourover with the KONE3/Chemex,
* Espro pots,
* French press,
* Vacpots, and
* Turkish

Look for feedback over the next two weeks on how the LIDO handled those tasks.

Again, thanks Barb and Doug,
B|Java

[BoldJava]

Put the LIDO next to a beer bottle for relative size comparison.

The scale was tared after the beer and the LIDO weighs 3.5 lbs.  It comes with a rubber base for setting it in and using as a platform for 45 degree angled cranking.

[Ray T]

What? I gotta ship a beer to 

[peter]

You call THAT beer

Those of you who know Dave, know he doesn't drink.  He just keeps beer like that on hand for the guests he doesn't want to stay long.

[Intrepid510]

You call THAT beer

Those of you who know Dave, know he doesn't drink.  He just keeps beer like that on hand for the guests he doesn't want to stay long.

But it says premium on the bottle so it must be good...

[BoldJava]

You call THAT beer

"...Schell’s Brewery was named one of the top 10 breweries in the nation at this year’s U.S. Open Beer Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, 2010.  Schell brands competed with over 700 different beers... Grain Belt Premium took home the silver medal in the American Lager category.

The 2010 U.S. Open Beer Championships is the only brewing competition to include (award winning) home brewers competing with professional breweries.  More than 700 beers in fifty different categories were submitted to this year’s championship.  Entries spanned the globe with breweries from Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, Canada, Brazil...:

http://www.grainbelt.com/newsevents_info.php?id=41


Curly quaffs it at our place and the boy is a beer judge.  When you visit, you may turn your left coast noses  up at it <grins>.  It will be consumed.

[BoldJava]

We only like steam beer out here, don'tcha know, even though my ancestors brewed the beer that made Milwaukee jealous... in Michigan.   

Rot gut.

[headchange4u]

The best beer is free beer.

[sonnyhad]

That's funny!

[BoldJava]

I will get after the beta testing this week, but in the meantime, it is sitting on the kitchen counter.  I am finishing up the bagging of 465 lbs of Colombia Esperanza, Huila competitive runner-up (not the Gesha Aaron is offering).  My wife walked into the kitchen and said without prompting, "That's a good looking grinder you have setting out.  I like its looks..."

For those of you who have someone with whom you share space and expenses...

[pShoe]

Another one bites the dust  . I have my pre-order in. The beta testing is all positive and I need a work grinder replacement ASAP (my skerton is on its last legs). I'll still post my experience with it here, but you can take me off the list. 

[BoldJava]

PShoe, noted and scratched from the list.  The grinders will move along quickly.

B|Java