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Branded chains and the flat white

By James Hoffmann | Published: December 4, 2009
Rumours are currently circulating about some of the UK branded chains starting to serve flats whites. The baristas at Flat White in Soho fielded calls from broadsheet journalists asking for comment about an apparent decision by Starbucks UK to start selling the drink. Twitter1, on the other hand, suggested that it was Costa Coffee who [...]
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FB80 and GB5 bug

By James Hoffmann | Published: January 20, 2009
IMPORTANT: We don’t yet know if this is a one off glitch or common to all machines. This is probably of interest to anyone who has competed or watched competitions since 2005. In some competitions the La Marzoccos used were GB5 and FB80 AV machines – meaning they have a line of buttons linked to [...]
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