open source espresso machine

[Bob Waldron]

for all you 'coffee hackers' out there...  (ZPM Espresso asked for $20,000 on Kickstarter and they're over $300,000 so far; but hurry if you want to invest via Kickstarter because they've only got 56 hrs to go before the project stops taking investments. $200 investment gets you an espresso machine when they start producing them -- maybe 10 DHMN members should each kick in $20 to get one for the DHMN Facility 02...which reminds me, I think I might owe Tim B some money for DHMN sponsoring an event...)

L-Dron

ZPM Espresso is making an open source home espresso machine  http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/16/zpm-espresso-is-making-an-open-source-home-espresso-machine/  “Making good home espresso is possible, but the machines tend to cost a small fortune. ZPM Espresso, a startup in Atlanta, is hoping to change that with its open-source espresso machine…The founders like drinking espresso and they took apart a bunch of old machines to see how it’s done. They figured out how to make a machine for less money, but including important features such as PID controls, custom temperature, pressure profiles, and open source hardware and software using Arduino, a kind of microcontroller. The microcontroller governs the behavior of the thermoblock and the pump, rather than relying upon mechanical controls…Typical machines that can do that can cost more than $700, but ZPM is aiming at a target price of $300 to $400. One of the secrets is a custom-designed thermoblock that ZPM is creating itself…The company is raising a round of money on Kickstarter, the crowdsourced funding site. Based on the progress so far, it looks like the company will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. The hope is that a community of users will share their temperature and pressure profiles online so that more people can figure out how to make a good cup of espresso. The open-source machine will be user serviceable…”  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpmespresso/pid-controlled-espresso-machine

[Lynne Whitehorn]

On 1/17/2012 4:39 PM, Bob Waldron wrote:
> for all you 'coffee hackers' out there... (ZPM Espresso asked for
> $20,000 on Kickstarter and they're over $300,000 so far; but hurry if
> you want to invest via Kickstarter because they've only got 56 hrs to
> go before the project stops taking investments. $200 investment gets
> you an espresso machine when they start producing them -- maybe 10
> DHMN members should each kick in $20 to get one for the DHMN Facility
> 02...which reminds me, I think I might owe Tim B some money for DHMN
> sponsoring an event...)
>
> L-Dron

Sadly, the $200 level has been sold out for weeks and weeks. Cheapest
remaining level is $300 *and* you'll get it (much?) later, with an
estimated delivery of December 2012. I'd have thought that "pay more =
get more" would make more sense, but I'm not trying to fund something on
K. Dunno. Still looks awesome.

-Lynne W

[Bob Waldron]

ooops...my bad...didn't read closely...I'd still do $30 if 9 other DHMN members want to kick in

L-Dron

[Mark Nickel]

Very cool concept, but unfortunately i do not drink coffee at all...

[Michael Moran]

$30 for what would be a 1/10 espresso machine timeshare?  You can get a decent one on sale for around 50 or so....

[Bob Waldron]

Yeah!  Mike's supplying the espresso machine for the DHMN Facility 02...

[Michael Moran]

I'm not sure you read the same email I sent..... 

For 300 bucks dhmn could get a product in a much quicker timeframe...

-Mike