[BlindTlk] looking for accessible espresso machines

[David Andrews]

That sounds right.  I think mine is still in the basement somewhere 
-- may even have two.  I had a cappuccino party once in Baltimore, so 
bought a second.  It was fun -- but too much work.

Dave

At 08:32 AM 6/24/2019, you wrote:
>Dave, I think that machine was manufactured by Krups. I had mine for
>several years and really liked it.
>
>On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:23 AM David Andrews via BlindTlk <
>blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > It has been many years since I bought one, but it was completely
> > manual, and completely accessible.  Don't remember the brand, but a
> > major small appliance maker I think.  You put the grounds in a little
> > basket that went into a holder that screwed in to the underside top
> > of machine, kind of like a regular basket on a drip machine, but it
> > is threaded so it screws in, to withstand the pressure.  You poured
> > water in, and put a screw lid on that area, pressure again, then
> > plugged in, and away it went.  You put a cup under the basket thing,
> > and there was a  tube on side that blew out steam, for frothing
> > milk.  It had a turn valve on it to turn on and off.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 03:28 AM 6/24/2019, you wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >Does anyone know of any accessible espresso machines for the home?
> > >I've bought several over the years that turned out to be unusable. I
> > >thought I'd check to see if anyone here has one or knows of one. Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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