We like to use coffee-making equipment before making it available. We have been using the XBloom Studio for a good 12 months before putting it on our website! I feel the need to point out how fast technology has moved in coffee-making.
15 years ago, it was practically unthinkable that we would have a filter machine available for home that had built-in scales, an adjustable grinder and programmable brewing with multiple bloom settings. Can you imagine setting this up on your Nokia, iPhone 3G or Blackberry Storm in 2010? I will give a bit more context to the time frame at another point, to try and show how fast things have changed and for the better.
In the rumour mill of the coffee world, the XBloom burrs are allegedly very similar to Commandante, and the software has come from an Apple(TM) developer for starters. I think we all love a good story, but it is quite possibly Chinese whispers. Other whispers are available. It doesn’t matter. The XBloom is a little like Sage/ Breville, in some ways. Here is a fantastic brewer with a wealth of functions that comes in at less than the cost of buying the individual parts in well-built equipment.
I am heavily biased in favour of filter coffee. At best, it is coffee’s equivalent of high-quality acoustic music. In terms of value, how many times have you bought a bag of coffee and spent half of your bag dialling in with an espresso machine? The XBloom can brew a really nice individual brew with 15g of coffee, with no wastage. The clever part is that the app gives you some brews to start with, and I haven’t had a bad one yet! We are talking 16 brews to a 250g bag that is enjoyable as if someone else were making it well for you. This is where words like “brewed by a professional” come into the marketing. Can you imagine how you might feel if you had spent thousands on an automated V60 brewer like the SP9? For context, this was new in 2009/10.
I think the XBloom is my favourite filter brewer for absolutely ages, and it does beg the question, what, if anything better, can come in the future?
Collectively, we like the fact that you can use it with your phone, but once it is set up, you don’t have to. I like some technology, but I don’t want to be more dependent on it. You can make (craft if you are from the US apparently) new recipes and put them on a card. This is such a neat way of sharing a recipe. Hold the card over an XBloom machine, and like paying with contactless, the recipe goes straight to the machine. The deviant in me can see fun at trade shows in the future.
We are happy if you choose to buy this from us. We will be happy to share a recipe or two and maybe even include a credit towards a subscription.
We like to use coffee-making equipment before making it available. We have been using the XBloom Studio for a good 10 months before putting it on our website! I feel the need to point out how fast technology has moved in coffee-making.
15 years ago, it was practically unthinkable that we would have a filter machine available for home that had built-in scales, an adjustable grinder and programmable brewing with multiple bloom settings. Can you imagine setting this up on your Nokia, iPhone 3G or Blackberry Storm in 2010? I will give a bit more context to the time frame at another point, to try and show how fast things have changed and for the better.
In the rumour mill of the coffee world, the XBloom burrs are allegedly very similar to Commandante, and the software has come from an Apple(TM) developer for starters. I think we all love a good story, but it is quite possibly Chinese whispers. Other whispers are available. It doesn’t matter. The XBloom is a little like Sage/ Breville, in some ways. Here is a fantastic brewer with a wealth of functions that comes in at less than the cost of buying the individual parts in well-built equipment.
I am heavily biased in favour of filter coffee. At best, it is coffee’s equivalent of high-quality acoustic music. In terms of value, how many times have you bought a bag of coffee and spent half of your bag dialling in with an espresso machine? The XBloom can brew a really nice individual brew with 15g of coffee, with no wastage. The clever part is that the app gives you some brews to start with, and I haven’t had a bad one yet! We are talking 16 brews to a 250g bag that is enjoyable as if someone else were making it well for you. This is where words like “brewed by a professional” come into the marketing. Can you imagine how you might feel if you had spent thousands on an automated V60 brewer like the SP9? For context, this was new in 2009/10.
I think the XBloom is my favourite filter brewer for absolutely ages, and it does beg the question, what, if anything better, can come in the future?
Collectively, we like the fact that you can use it with your phone, but once it is set up, you don’t have to. I like some technology, but I don’t want to be more dependent on it. You can make (craft if you are from the US apparently) new recipes and put them on a card. This is such a neat way of sharing a recipe. Hold the card over an XBloom machine, and like paying with contactless, the recipe goes straight to the machine. The deviant in me can see fun at trade shows in the future.
We are happy if you choose to buy this from us. We will be happy to share a recipe or two and maybe even include a credit towards a subscription.
