THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE METAL-NAMED ESPRESSO MACHINE
I recently received word on a new coffee shop that just opened up here in New York called RBC NYC. They are home to a very special piece of equipment known as the Slayer Espresso machine. Yes, you read that correctly. Someone created a most epic ($18,000) percolator, and appropriately named it the SLAYER.
It’s easy to figure out what my first thoughts were: Was this named after you-know-who? I did some detective work around their website to see if any articles touched on the subject, but I found nothing. So, I decided to contact the manufacturer and find out for sure. A few hours later, I received the following response:
Hi Elise,
Thanks for your email.
The Slayer espresso machine was not named after the band. It was named after the idea of “slaying orthodox thinking around espresso making in specialty coffee”.
However, one of our technicians is way into the band Slayer.
And I’m from southern California.
Hope all is well.
Eric
Well, ok…but whatever. I can’t help but still feel that it was done on purpose. I mean, come on… “slaying orthodox thinking around espresso making in specialty coffee.” That has Slayer written all over it. And as my friend Mike says, it’s: “like calling your cinnamon liqueur ‘High on Fire.’” Pretty much.
Even so, would you wear a SLAYER ESPRESSO t-shirt?
I’m not going to lie, I kind of want one.
-Elise
P.S. Do you folks like COFFEE?? </obligatory>
