Thank you, invite you the 4-7 February 2010 in Prague.

Thank you for the invite!

hey shalom shalom : ) welcome u 2 man :)

Hallo NIk. Can you help me - what is the point of ripple tamper?

Thanks Nik, the same to you here in Brazil...

Yes my friend, it was sad not having you there. Hope you and the Mrs are doing well....

thank you very much!!

Hey Nik,

I am not planning on coming to Europe anytime soon, but with these low flight prices, who knows. Maybe a trip to Croatia in the fall? I have plans to go to China, Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas, NYC and Scottsdale this year ... :)

When are you coming to Portland?!

No news or travel lately. Though the new La Marzocco profiler is absolutely amazing. I must get one but damn them for making us wait another year!!! Painful.

Heading to Chicago for the restaurant show and then might be opening a second cafe later this year. Isn't there a coffee show in Italy later this year?

I just saw that picture....thanks for including it in the whole "story" (although one of my boxes was already in another picture, but was not so evident....), and thanks for remembering that my birthday is on 25 April. Someone has made Your black carton box Eliscaffè disappear... next time You come to Italy I would like to have one, please
I hope Croatia will soon come in the EU, so I can sometimes send You some costless "presents"..... kiss the kids.

Thank you! I must say, I`ve had a lot of people training and helping me, so there is many baristas here in Norway that aslo should get alot of credit for a getting me where I am today :)
It has been such an inspiration competing this year, and maybe some year I`ll compete and win another championship in Norway, so that I get the chance compete in the WBC again!

We speak about Valentino Sergi, from Italy?

Thank you my freind! I hope we meet again somewher, maybe in Köln or London.
And I have some small amount of this beloya coffee for you!
You know Valantino?

in Sicily! always busy with mafia.... hahaha !
Complimenti for the new place You are going to open; it willsurely be a place with an outstanding, personal style.
I will pass by some day ... for a good cup of espresso

ciao

Hi, Nik thanks for adding me as friend on BX, although we were already friends in common life. .... I see that You are always in very good company with the best coffee blends made by WBChampions....Eliscaffè looks great on the photo gallery, and I see that You have bought a La Marzocco . What about Your E61 Legend?
I feel some nostalgia for beautiful Zagreb some times.
If You ever come closer to Napoli pls. don't pass by without calling
ciao

Thank you Nik! :) We will need your help for our championship.By the way
I have some photos with you from Beograd.Would you want to send you?

hey nik,
Thanks for the good words. I used the aero press to extract the flavors from Malt, Barley and Hops to make a beer inspired signature drink. I got into the finals at my regional competition and that made me happy, I'll do better next year.

As far as being hard on people with stupid questions. I think that the specialty coffee industry should concentrate on educating the public (especially in the US) and part of that is to be a welcoming and considerate as possible. So no I don't think we should be hard on people, just be honest and helpful and we will all be better for it. Keep up the good work and in your words VIVABARISATA!

Ciao from Prague, good coffee at all:-)

I am a service tech, Love to compare espresso machines, I am the one who see the units from the inside and rate details from where it matters,detail such as construction of panels, Boilers, Valves , Pipe size, accessibility when working on espresso machines because remember the longer It takes me to repair the unit the more customer will pay, I rather change a part in a few minutes versus 2 hours were I can do other jobs, also replacement parts cost , to the grease used on fittings if any. Why dose all this matter , The more durable the unit is made the longer it will last, The easy way to have access to any defective parts in the machine means less down time. I can go on and on but I have many overhauls to do so for now if anyone looking for advice I can only provide after works hours which means about 9:30 to 10 Pm western time. Yes I do work almost 12 to 15 hours a day and I LOVE EVERY MINUTE.