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We in March 2020 are living in crazy times… There’s a virus going ’round and it’s making some people a little sick, some people a lot sick and it can threaten the very existence of those with vulnerable immune systems. Seemingly, the cure is to purchase a year’s supply of toilet rolls to build a […]

The grey import trap. Over the last couple of weeks we have been dealing with a bloke who received a wonderful present from his partner: A new espresso machine. Story goes that they purchased it over a year ago and used it once or twice after which it went into storage until recently. It fired

This update is provided from Aillio via and with thanks to Espresso Company Australia: Appointed and exclusive Australian Importer. Aillio Bullet R1v2 CB Certification Update As many of you know, we’ve been working hard on obtaining CB and CE certification. We brought on a new engineer, Maurizio, with extensive experience in the Italian automobile industry,

This update (01 May 2019) comes to us via Espresso Company Australia (appointed Australian Importer). It\’s republished with permission here: Hello everyone!   We have just returned from a very exciting trip to Aillio HQ to get the latest news and updates for Australia. During the visit we were able to meet Maurizio who has

We love the Izzo Vivi PID. In fact it’s one of our favourite heat exchanger (HX) machines. There’s not much not to like: Simultaneous shots and steam like all good machines PID temperature control Superb external finish and internal build Stainless chassis It’s a terrific, compact espresso machine but like all e-61 HX machines, it

There are many hundreds of proud owners of Izzo espresso machines Australia and we have loved importing and supplying their fine equipment to them for nearly ten years. Today we are thrilled to announce the beginning of the next chapter of the Izzo story. Whilst the baton has been passed on, we strongly believe in

Updated/edited September 2022 When it comes to packaging, the coffee industry really does suck. There has to be a better solution… We’re a humble little micro-roaster and we use many, many thousands of coffee bags each year to package our coffee into. The biggies? They must use millions of them. In Australia, the overwhelming majority

Last week’s battle was a cracker with some full distance fights and a couple of surprise results. In our final bouts for the year we have some polished performers willing to bring their “A game”… Fight 1: Welterweight division: Rocket Espresso Mozzafiato Tipo V v Izzo Vivi So you saw the Lightweight fight last week.

Saturday night is fight night and have we got a card for you!  It’s a great draw tonight and there are gonna be some real close fights. Lettttt’s get ready to ruuuuumblllllle! Fight 1: Lightweight division: Rocket Espresso Appartamento v Izzo Vivi So you saw the weigh in and there was lots of lip from

Talk Coffee celebrated our 10th anniversary in our beloved “man cave” (women are always most welcome too!) a month ago and my, how time flies! We’ve been around since 2000 in cafes and consulting and the present version of us hatched some five years later…This concept was never about bling and hundreds of square metres