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Tag Archives: Breville espresso machine
Out With The Old Coffee Machines
Friday Dear Elsie I was happy to get voice notes from you today! I am looking forward to seeing you. One thing I haven’t yet written about relates to our coffee machine we bought exactly 5 years ago. It suddenly … Continue reading
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Tagged Breville espresso machine, Covid test, Delonghi Coffee machine
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Mike Fixes The Coffee Machine
I tell you he’s a star! He spent hours stripping the machine….this is what the inside of a Breville coffee machine looks like… The grinder was the biggest problem…Mike took it out and cleaned it up… This is the controller … Continue reading
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The Coffee Machine Died
This morning, Mike went downstairs to make coffee. He was gone a very long time and I didn’t hear the usual coffee machine sounds. It was quite disturbing, but eventually, I heard the frother frothing and he soon arrived with … Continue reading
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Tagged Breville espresso machine, Building a house on a mountainside
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The Coffee Machine is 4
It was February 2015 that the family all put money together and we bought Mike a Breville coffee machine. It has faithfully ground and squeezed out about 6 cappuccino a day for the last years. That’s 2000 cappuccinos a year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Breville espresso machine, Load shedding
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Birthday Weekend!
It’s been the big birthday weekend at our house with Mike celebrating his birthday yesterday and David today. Mike chose a new putter. Then the family put money together and bought him a BIG surprise…one that we will all benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, Breville espresso machine, Mike's Birthday
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