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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greetings Everyone!</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2009/12/30/seasons-greetings-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Thoughts on business on Slayer on the past and future year.
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This post is rather a rambler.

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So before going further, I want to thank you all for your support this year.  2009 was an epic year for us.  This was the year we completed designing, and finally introduced, and began building the Slayer.  For over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slayer: &#8220;An Irrational Exercise in Exuberance&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Bean Scene Magazine (click here to view)  in Melbourne featured Slayer as the cover story for their November issue.  The article was an over-the-top free association on Slayer and I just loved it.  I especially enjoyed the way Steve captured the essence of Slayer as &#8220;an irrational exercise in exuberance&#8221; because this joy in creating a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slayer &#8211; What it is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Coming to terms&#8211;finding the right words!

Espresso machine manufacturers like to lay claim to a tradition of hand-made espresso machine manufacturing.  Maybe you&#8217;ve noticed this too.

Such claims can be confusing because they don&#8217;t elaborate on the actual characteristics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slayer Beware: &#8220;Mind the Machine!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2009/03/24/slayer-beware-mind-the-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Dear Reader, 
When you share your thoughts on this blog, we sit up and take notice. We love hearing your musings, answering your questions, and listening to your wise words of advice.  
In fact when I think about it, there is really only one thing that makes us happier. This is your Art. . . 

When you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slayer Road Trip 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest video. If you recall &#8211; on our last road trip we were investment casting the brew actuators and group covers. Well now we complete the polishing of the stainless parts then travel to Evert Sodergren&#8217;s studio to pick up the finished actuators which he&#8217;s wrapped in Peruvian Walnut and hand shaped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evert Sodergren &#8212; A Legendary Modern Designer for Slayer Actuator</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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The Slayer espresso machine sports some remarkable design&#8211;in my admittedly biased opinion.  One reason for this has been the involvement of artisans and craftsmen from a range of disciplines from lost-wax sculptural metal casting to knife-making to rapid prototyping through SLA models.
 
In building the Slayer, we augmented our own knowledge and experience by seeking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random ravings on coffee tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/10/12/random-ravings-on-coffee-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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One of the challenges of developing a product from scratch is converting improved concepts of function into new physical forms that are robust and practical&#8211;and anticipate the brewing needs of the growing boutique coffee segment.  Traditional European manufacturers of equipment have a huge stake in equipment fashioned to perform a particular way.  Most notably the &#8220;Italian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask and Ye Shall Receive</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/10/09/ask-and-ye-shall-receive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one to keep my mouth shut, so the last year and a half have been a struggle for me &#8211; especially the last several months. 18 months of planning, arguing designing and delays. Stressed, yet excited as hell to finally give birth to the fruits of of our labor.
 
We feel that some times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Cheer &#8211; Raise a Glass to Third Wave!</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2007/12/27/seasons-cheer-pass-a-pint-to-third-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
The Season is here, and I hope everyone is enjoying this time of jolly abandon as much as we are&#8211;finding an uplifting tonic (figuratively, if not literally) to fend off the doldrums of these long, dark days of the winter solstice.  I wish this, indeed, but maybe not as much as all that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Slayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Why have this blog, you ask? The purpose of Slayer is to share information, stories, and developments from the world of professional espresso. We want to explore it all&#8211;the coffee, the Culture, the people, the equipment, technique, and philosophy, the things that define the world of espresso when it is taken to a professional level. [...]]]></description>
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