What I'm hearing is "buy this machine now before it gets more expensive" haha. I had a feeling that the original machine was a bit too good to be true in terms of price. Even James Hoffman said at the price it's at, nothing compares to it. Not that any machine does compare to it regardless of price. We finally have a reason for that. What I like about Decent is the transparency and that you sell the upgrades separately as well as include them into the new machines. Much better than other companies which bundle new parts with new machines. I was hoping to pick up the 1.3 this year, but changed my mind due to the pandemic. I hope to pick one up in the near future.
@toferprod4 жыл бұрын
amazing transparency
@taylorwhite36364 жыл бұрын
John Will DE eventually plan to make a cheaper machine, that preserves many of the features of the DE, but is made to be more accessible? This is what I've been wondering for a while. It is very obvious that you and your company focus on continuous improvement, innovation, and quality. That and your design philosophy/goals I would guess are what draw many people to the DE. As you explain here, there are constant pressures increasing price. With the trajectory we have seen, I don't expect prices a model to be more affordable anytime soon. Which makes me wonder if you might branch to create a second product aimed at being more affordable while preserving the design choices of control and transparency of information. This is definitely my end goal espresso machine! Thanks
@decentespresso4 жыл бұрын
Hi Taylor, I don't know, it's not in our current plans. As we are direct-to-consumer, and not working through stores, our approach is not a "high volume of sales, low price, low margin" but to produce a high quality machine for fewer people.
@zheng19873 жыл бұрын
Would you make steam and brew at same time?
@decentespresso3 жыл бұрын
Sorry no, and we will not ever. We heat the steam on demand, which gives us great control over it, and gives drier, higher pressure steam than anyone else.
@decentespresso3 жыл бұрын
Cafes that need to do this, typically by 2 or 3 machines from us, so they can steam during brew across machines.
@mlam9293 жыл бұрын
Intrigued to get a new machine, and decent is on my short list (along with lelit Bianca). Is 1.5 coming soon though ? You said every 6 months and it’s been longer than that. Thanks.
@decentespresso3 жыл бұрын
v1.4 was followed by v1.41 v1.42 and v1.43 is starting this month on de1xl/xxl. v1.5 is 2 years away.
@grateful4things6733 жыл бұрын
@@decentespresso First and foremost thank you for being active in the comment section! Are the smaller version changes like 1.41, 1.42, 1.43 strictly software based, hardware based or possibly both?
@KostasSiderisBarista4 жыл бұрын
I don't find a good sign not even mentioning CAFE version....
@decentespresso4 жыл бұрын
We're not going to do steam during brew in one machine. Our technology approach doesn't make that possible. But we do have a version coming next year with even more powerful steam, with dual heaters 50% more powerful, only a 230V line only. Our cafe customers who want to steam during brew, buy several machines.
@ssjcell4 жыл бұрын
@@decentespresso so to be clear the machine for next year has dual heaters for just steam, or is it going to be used to affect espresso output as well?
@decentespresso4 жыл бұрын
@@ssjcell We've always had dual heaters. The heaters go from 1500W to 2200W next year, with a new model, and both will be used to make steam. This model will require 230V.
@jimdiet85344 жыл бұрын
@@decentespresso Why not a companion machine for steaming milk only? The entire machine dedicated to steaming only.
@decentespresso4 жыл бұрын
@@jimdiet8534 Because internally it would be the same as a DE1+, what is the point? At it'd cost me US$1 million to develop. Launching new products is not easy.