Happiness Is....

we got our espresso machine!! We had one before, and the hard, hard water here in San Antonio ruined it. It's been several months-- at first, to try to clean it and fix the old one, then to wait for the backordered one when the first one proved to be unfixable.

This weekend, the new machine came, shiny and all ready to go. I've had dozens of lovely lattes since then. It makes me very very happy. It's a Rancilio Sivlia, in case you wonder. It's not a commercial grade machine, but you probably could use it in a small-volume place (a cafe or something). Now, to wait till Andrew gets back so he can roast us some more espresso. MMMMM. (yes, he roasts green coffee beans... it's quite easy actually, and much tastier than the bitter stuff you get at the store.)