Just when we thought that coffee gadgets couldn't get any more outrageous, darkroastedblend.com digs up over-the-top coffee and espresso contraptions that might inspire you to cash out your 401K, or shake your head in disbelief. (images courtesy of darkroastedblend.com)
- Elektra Company's vintage espresso machine is R2D2's brassy cousin. Loving the extra room for cup storage, but it doesn't appear to be user friendly for the average coffee-drinker. The user manual must be difficult to get through.
- esPRESSivo's Portable Espresso Coffee Maker allows you to "press the beans, light up a small flame at the base of the unite to brew your cuppa, and stores the surplus." This is designed for outdoor use, but I can see how it's perfect for the lazy espresso fanatic who wants to do the grinding and extraction--while camped out in front of the television.
- Heart Bean Coffee Grinder is a purchasable experiment designed by Adi Navwany, Michal Shamsian, Itamar Paloge, and Danielle Ram that grinds beans to the rhythm of one's heart beat. It was created as a way to connect--and we mean really connect, like in the umbilical cord-way--the coffee drinker to his coffee.
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