Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee (For Philippe)
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Oct 2 12:23:31 2006
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20060929113044.022b0998@pop.med.cornell.edu> <f091c6f20610011320i70d24b0btd1c554da73945f9b@mail.gmail.com> <48FE5052-AD5A-4540-8DFA-9F952D94604F@pandora.be> <6.2.5.6.2.20061001223209.03245ac0@screengang.com>

Thanks for the info, Didier.
I always assumed that Nespresso stayed fresher longer due to their  
airtight containers, because in Illy machines and the like the beans  
are exposed to open air, which makes them lose their aroma sooner.
Philippe

Op 1-okt-06, om 23:03 heeft Didier Ludwig het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe
>
> I had a Nespresso machine in my office before Amici Caff?/Illy  
> became my client. I got a X1 espresso machine and a few kg of  
> coffee beans. I have given away the Nespresso machine as well as  
> about 200 capsules of coffee, for free and without regrets.  
> Nespresso is at least three floors below Illy. It's like comparing  
> a a 1999 Rioja Conde de Valdemar (certainly a fine all day red  
> wine), to a 1979 Ch?teau Mouton-Rothschild Grand Cru Class?.
>
> The Amici (swiss illy) website I've recently created is in french,  
> too, find some interesting articles about how illy is:
>
> -handling the production of coffee*:
> http://tinyurl.com/j8fhk
>
> -tasting Coffee*:
> http://tinyurl.com/m5ckk
>
> -selectioning the raw goods:
> http://tinyurl.com/gg9hl
>
> -practising "Commerce ?quitable":
> http://tinyurl.com/f95zw
>
> (*flash player required)
>
> Cheers
> Didier
>
>
>> This one ain't bad either:
>> http://www.nespresso.com/precom/n_home_be_en.html
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit)
Message from clive.moss at gmail.com (Clive Moss) ([Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee (For Philippe))