![]() Due to it's simple design there's low to no maintenace - no breaking or wearing parts -it LASTS!. ![]() Another thing it does that the NASA-engineered, 5 minute service interval $4.6m elec machines can't do is brew you and your mates up fresh cappuchino in the bush atop a gas stove. It also tastes as good as most of the stuff proferred by 'specialist' coffee shops I have visited. ![]() I inherited my parents Atomic coffee maker which they bought new in the 70's and compared to the instant crap I was drinking prior it makes a DAMN FINE cup of coffee. Che? Regardz, FC.Ī different perspective. This is where I am the last one to buy something, at the highest possible proce, immediately after which interest in that item wanes, the price falls through the floor, and I cant off load! I think this about sums up the Atomic phenomenon, and I think what I mean, is that I dont understand the Atomic phenomenon at all, and that I think its a non issue, but to others it certainly does seem to be an issue. 6) There are some out there that think the Atomic is a good coffee maker (?) 7) The prices are totally out of control (whether in terms of it being a coffee maker, OR a collectable piece of modern art) and if there is one thing I fear as an individual, with anything I buy, it is that I fear the possibility of being the LAST OWNER. 4) As with all stove top espresso machines the Atomic burns the coffee very nicely.but it does look great while its doing it! 5) The Atomic is stunningly beautiful classic design (kind of like a 1970 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle) and if one happened upon my door step at a "fair" price I would buy it for my mantle shelf.but certainly not as a coffee maker. 3) If I was looking for a truly quality coffee maker and not a piece of art, I could get one for not all that much more than the prices being charged for new or clapped out Atomics, which are not good coffee makers. G'day Colin from Canada, welcome to Australia! Facts: 1) The Atomic coffee maker is no more than a stove top espresso machine with a stunningly beautiful shape 2) I can buy a similar sized traditional shape stove top coffee maker (admittedly without steam function) for about $25.00 Australian, to the $385.00 Australian they were recently selling NEW Atomics for. 57 Baristas Wanted or Coffee related Jobs.158 Classified - Members WTB, For Sale or Free to a Good Home.99 Roasters - Different Roasting Equipment.62 Home roasting - All about the culture.10 Getting to know some Members - Interviews.
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