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Principal Clarinet [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 12:52:46 AM  
From TFA:

"It's a very specific device for a very specific person, a person who's crazy about control and quality in coffee brewing,"  says Blossom's Jeremy Kuempel.

Yeah, nice try
 
Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-05-18 01:03:50 AM  
It's not cheap to fly to Milan and back every morning.
 
MaudlinMutantMollusk [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-05-18 01:06:16 AM  
The only people who need a $11,111 coffee maker should buy one

/in fact, they should buy several
//because people that stupid need to be separated from their money as quickly as possible
 
BarkingUnicorn
2013-05-18 01:08:02 AM  

Principal Clarinet: From TFA:

"It's a very specific device for a very specific person, a person who's crazy about control and quality in coffee brewing,"  says Blossom's Jeremy Kuempel.

Yeah, nice try


Actually, there are a lot of people like that on Fark.

/just don't have the money
 
ladyfortuna
2013-05-18 02:07:29 AM  

BarkingUnicorn: Principal Clarinet: From TFA:

"It's a very specific device for a very specific person, a person who's crazy about control and quality in coffee brewing,"  says Blossom's Jeremy Kuempel.

Yeah, nice try

Actually, there are a lot of people like that on Fark.

/just don't have the money


I'm pretty picky about my coffee, but my coffee maker was about $20. It's the bean quality that is more important in my opinion.
 
Lith
2013-05-18 08:20:39 AM  

MaudlinMutantMollusk: The only people who need a $11,111 coffee maker should buy one

/in fact, they should buy several
//because people that stupid need to be separated from their money as quickly as possible


If you find one, tell em I have an $11,111 rock collection for sale, comes prebagged for their convenience.
 
bdub77 [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 08:26:41 AM  
If you have that much cash to burn, buy one of those Baxter manufacturing robots for about 20k, then teach it how to brew coffee and do the dishes.
 
farkeruk
2013-05-18 08:31:54 AM  
Big Spender: A brewer for the next Powerball winner with OCD

I would happily spend £400 on a coffee machine, because a £400 machine makes damn good coffee. You get beyond that and you're into a world of obsession.
 
ThatGuyFromTheInternet
2013-05-18 08:57:00 AM  
Is it 1,111 louder than everything else?
 
FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 09:02:28 AM  
we're living in the new gilded age, folks!
 
BumpInTheNight
2013-05-18 09:34:39 AM  
For that kind of money you could hire a half dozen liberal arts & soft science majors instead.
 
Tom_Slick
2013-05-18 09:38:02 AM  
11,111 and it doesn't look like this:

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FAIL
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-05-18 11:51:54 AM  

Principal Clarinet: "It's a very specific device for a very specific person, a person who's crazy about control and quality in coffee brewing," says Blossom's Jeremy Kuempel.


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albert71292 [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 12:43:44 PM  
I'm happy enough with my $25 Black & Decker coffee maker.
 
Karl LaFong
2013-05-18 01:03:14 PM  
bedbathandbeyond.comView Full Size


Makes a decent cuppa joe.

Cost: $24.99
 
WhackingDay [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 02:12:20 PM  
Yeah, it's specific all right, specifically targeted at vacuuming eleven grand from a stupid rich person. If you think this is dumb, you should see all the expensive audiophile crap.
 
bdub77 [TotalFark]
2013-05-18 02:24:58 PM  

WhackingDay: Yeah, it's specific all right, specifically targeted at vacuuming eleven grand from a stupid rich person. If you think this is dumb, you should see all the expensive audiophile crap.


I'm sorry I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome my wooden volume knobs are.
 
flaminio
2013-05-18 03:03:50 PM  
I have all the coffee I need right here:

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wildcardjack
2013-05-18 03:11:04 PM  

bdub77: If you have that much cash to burn, buy one of those Baxter manufacturing robots for about 20k, then teach it how to brew coffee and do the dishes.


You've hit upon exactly what I'd do if I had that sort of cash. Actually, I'd dump the $$$ into tax free municipal bonds, but the interest would be used to build a robot empire.
 
MrEricSir
2013-05-18 03:57:39 PM  
"Everyone" as in the cafes and restaurants they're selling it to, subby.

Interesting to see this is made in SF. Most of the newer fancypants SF cafes use a Slayer machine. The Slayer starts at about $18k, but then again it's got 3 groups. The Blossom One only has a single group. Lame!
 
WordyGrrl
2013-05-18 06:45:45 PM  

Karl LaFong: [www.bedbathandbeyond.com image 230x230]

Makes a decent cuppa joe.

Cost: $24.99


Those are great! I have a small version for camping, but I'm tempted to start using in the kitchen -- just to hear the "bloop, bloop" and watch the coffee get darker and darker as it circulates in that glass bubble.
 
halB
2013-05-18 06:57:11 PM  
I would only pay 11,000 if the damned thing cleaned itself automatically.
 
fustanella
2013-05-18 07:47:21 PM  
I think we have about that much in our Keurig and pods this year. :O
 
A Shambling Mound
2013-05-18 10:03:14 PM  
That's a lot of scratch for a single-handle machine. I wonder what kind of volume it's good for?

Helpful pic of what a machine worth eleven thousand dollars might look like:
 
A Shambling Mound
2013-05-18 10:05:37 PM  
Seriously? Fark just strips the image instead of giving an error? Wtf?

More helpful pic that should actually appear:
 
A Shambling Mound
2013-05-18 10:06:28 PM  
Oh f*ck it.
 
cyberspacedout
2013-05-18 10:36:11 PM  

flaminio: I have all the coffee I need right here:


Oh hell yes. I just bought a bag of that in whole bean form yesterday. Best coffee ever.

We've got one of those Keurig machines at work, and the article is correct about the temperature: it only goes as high as 192, and not all of the models even go that high. With drip machines, the water also probably cools down a few degrees before hitting the grounds. I've also read that heating elements in coffee machines generally lose their effectiveness over time.
 
HighZoolander
2013-05-19 01:34:03 AM  

MrEricSir: "Everyone" as in the cafes and restaurants they're selling it to, subby.

Interesting to see this is made in SF. Most of the newer fancypants SF cafes use a Slayer machine. The Slayer starts at about $18k, but then again it's got 3 groups. The Blossom One only has a single group. Lame!


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/Slaayeeerr!
//oblig
 
BarkingUnicorn
2013-05-19 06:10:09 AM  
This company is being environmentally responsible. Imagine the damage done to the Earth by production of 100 $111.11 coffeemakers.
 
Lady Indica
2013-05-19 08:09:55 AM  
Of course, the Blossom One team doesn't quite see it that way, although they admit that a $11,111 coffeemaker is not for everyone. "It's a very specific device for a very specific person, a person who's crazy
 
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