Black As Midnight Blog - All Coffee, All the Time » Coffee Carafes http://blackasmidnight.com/blog The site for coffee lovers. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Braun 4 Cup Espresso Carafes http://blackasmidnight.com/blog/2006/11/26/braun-4-cup-espresso-carafes/ http://blackasmidnight.com/blog/2006/11/26/braun-4-cup-espresso-carafes/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:28:26 +0000 Jennifer http://blackasmidnight.com/blog/2006/11/26/braun-4-cup-espresso-carafes/ Braun 4 cup espresso carafes pour one mean cup of java. Experts rave about all of the added perks that the Braun 4 cup espresso carafes have compared to your standard coffee pot drip and espresso machines. Most of these compliments talk about coffee that blows their mind, or how they closed their eyes and could imagine themselves on a gondola in Venice. That’s coming from experts. Imagine what the espresso from the Braun carafe will do to your friends.

First off, they get your espresso to the perfect temperature. Believe it or not, but most coffee makers, even espresso makers, fail to get the proper water and coffee temperature. This leaves your coffee lifeless, since proper liquid temperatures are essential for the optimal extraction of coffee bean oils. Expert tests on these Brauns, though, show that they get liquid temperatures more than 10 degree Fahrenheit higher than other machines. For those curious about exactly what level of heat we’re talking, the carafes should have upwards of 200 degrees by the end of brewing. Other lesser machines keep the temperatures down around 180 to 185 degrees.

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