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by Decent Espresso

Who uses, recommends or left Decent DE1, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Coffee consultant and author of books on espresso, roasting and brewing; writes at scottrao.com.
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In the early days, the DE1 was considered "unforgiving" by many. I didn't mind, as the DE1's ability to control shot parameters more than made up for its early challenges.

Nine-year retrospective on the Decent DE1 espresso machine; Rao opens by disclosing he helped plan and design it.

2024-05-23·scottrao.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

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