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Permalink Reply by Mike Sabol on July 16, 2010 at 2:57pm

Kees makes a great machine. We've got a Mirage Bastone at our cafe. I can't speak to the lever action but ours makes great coffee and the fit and finish on the machine itself is out of this world. No one comes close. The machines are easy to work on, too. I think 49th Parallel is a distributor up there. If you don't want to buy from a competitor Visions Espresso Service in Seattle can get them too.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Sabol on July 17, 2010 at 9:13am

One thing I'll say about the price is that you can pay more for a La Marzocco or a top of the line Faema. So if you are looking at that level of machine anyway then the Mirage is a great way to go. I really don't think the price is as crazy as what you might think looking at it from the outside. You'll be able to keep your kidney and some of your farm. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Mike McGinness on July 17, 2010 at 10:46am

Drool, and pay a LOT!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Schein on July 17, 2010 at 12:20pm

I'm playing with one at work atm and it's a great machine, really. Here are two pictures taken on a quiet workday. Espressofabriek in Amsterdam.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Bedwell on July 18, 2010 at 3:41pm

I should receive my new Speedster this week. I shopped two authorized distributors for my Speedster but both were much higher that I actually paid from the newest distributor. I would suggest if anyone is interested in a Mirage or a Speedster that they contact www.coffeeshopsolutions.com. The owner is Nasi Kajani and he is extremely helpful, kind and willing to work out a fair and reasonable Kees Van Der Westen package.

If I had another foot of space in my kitchen I would have purchased a Mirage. The new Kees "Snirit" machine received rave reviews at Cafe Culture in London last month.

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Permalink Reply by Vasilli Fotiadis on July 29, 2010 at 11:41pm

Daniel Schein said:

I'm playing with one at work atm and it's a great machine, really. Here are two pictures taken on a quiet workday. Espressofabriek in Amsterdam.

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Permalink Reply by Vasilli Fotiadis on July 29, 2010 at 11:42pm

Daniel Schein said:

I'm playing with one at work atm and it's a great machine, really. Here are two pictures taken on a quiet workday. Espressofabriek in Amsterdam.

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