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Portable espresso and ZPM winners & win a zero bypass brewer

Added 2022-06-06 14:26:53 +0000 UTC

Hey folks! Here's an update on the latest winners from Gleam and there's also a new link at the bottom of this post for the zero bypass brewers from my latest video.

The Handpresso went to Adriana in Germany
The Wacaco Picopresso went to Edel in the USA
The Nomad went to Chris G in the UK
The Flair PRO 2 went to Jaraslau in Sweden
The ZPM Nocturn is heading to Joe D from Ohio, USA

For the portable espresso makers, we asked 'Where would you most like to make espresso with one of these machines?' and the answers we liked most were:

On a fjord in Norway
On the train! Could definitely enjoy some good coffee in a long train ride
On a camping trip. Something about espresso in the woods sounds so good
On a kayak in the middle of Lake Windermere

Inspired by the ZPM story, we asked 'What feature would you most like to see in a smart espresso machine?' and we liked Joe's response which was:

Smart recommendations to improve shot quality. If the shot doesn't meet expected parameters, such as pressure and time, provide recommendations on how to get to proper parameters. This might look like a possible channeling alert and suggestion to improve puck prep or if extraction time ran over a recommendation to grind coarser depending on metrics.

If you'd like to try a zero bypass brewer, we have a Gleam contest you can enter for three of them here:

https://gleam.io/OkwR0/win-a-zero-bypass-brewer