[Bill Douglas]

Cam, your pm mailbox is full. Probably about 20 abusive emails.

Anyway, how are you getting on with the Vibiemme? When I say you, I really mean the parents in law, but we really know who's machine it is don't we. I've go one too. I looked at the VBM and the Rocket and thought, well it's like buying a car - you buy the one with the big engine. I almost exclusively make lattes with it and my micro bubbles frothed milk is a force to be reconed with. I do feel the crema is hard to get right as it has so much presure. I use a fine (number 3) grind and a faily hard tamp, to get a reasonable lenght of time for the expresso shot to be pulled. But I still feel it's not quite as thick and rich as my old machine did. How are you getting on here?

I describe it as being a bit like a Ferrari, good looking but very fickle, and the results are either very good or very bad, but nothing in between. Ha actually 99% of the time I'm getting great results in defence of the machine.

How is that swish CHCH built engine going, and is the 2002 going, or is you other new toy (wife) taking up all your time?