There was a dangerous point in my bartending career…
I worked at a fancy restaurant, and they bought a super fancy (like $35k) automatic espresso machine, that ground the beans to order and everything, with a touch screen.
I accidentally discovered that, if I got a little grease on my finger before telling it to make me a double shot, after it poured one, it would think my finger was still on the button, and immediately start pouring another.
So I would make a pint of espresso each evening for espresso martini, and then a quart for myself.
As I understood it would make not just 2 double shots but several before you wipe off the grease, possibly making OP go “hmmmm, yes, 16 double shots, I’ll drink it now” and then developing a liking for this activity
Yeah, and it was 24. (16 for me, 8 for par for the bar for cocktails which was my excuse for running so many)
So at ~2 mins a pour, were talking just under an hour of otherwise having to stand there and press a button every 2 minutes.
This way I could set the machine up, walk away and go do my prep to set up the bar come back every 20 mins or so to decent some from the quart container.
There was a dangerous point in my bartending career…
I worked at a fancy restaurant, and they bought a super fancy (like $35k) automatic espresso machine, that ground the beans to order and everything, with a touch screen.
I accidentally discovered that, if I got a little grease on my finger before telling it to make me a double shot, after it poured one, it would think my finger was still on the button, and immediately start pouring another.
So I would make a pint of espresso each evening for espresso martini, and then a quart for myself.
Wait, how’s that different from just making yourself 2 double shots?
A quart would be 16 2oz double shots.
Oh, shit, yeah, that’s different. But I meant, how does the machine thinking you were still pressing it make a difference?
Peobably due to the grease and the capacitive touchscreen.
No, I get that. I’m asking why was it needed for the machine to serve two espressos “by mistake”. Why not just grab yourself/themselves another one?
As I understood it would make not just 2 double shots but several before you wipe off the grease, possibly making OP go “hmmmm, yes, 16 double shots, I’ll drink it now” and then developing a liking for this activity
Ah, that makes sense! Thanks.
Yeah, and it was 24. (16 for me, 8 for par for the bar for cocktails which was my excuse for running so many)
So at ~2 mins a pour, were talking just under an hour of otherwise having to stand there and press a button every 2 minutes.
This way I could set the machine up, walk away and go do my prep to set up the bar come back every 20 mins or so to decent some from the quart container.