The Original
It's A Grind
No fakes, copycats or business name HIJACKERS here!!

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Espresso and Coffee Equipment
Specialist

Sales and Service Since 1992
503-853-3087
 

Updated 1-23-12

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A little about my background and experience in the coffee business, and a little about "the other" It's A Grind.

I'm proud to offer the finest value in used equipment.

Coffee Brewers
Espresso machines
Coffee Grinders

Prompt, knowledgeable and experienced service and emergency service for Portland, Oregon and the greater Oregon, Washington areas.

All Major Brands of Commercial Coffee Equipment including......

La Pavoni, American Metal Ware, La San Marco, Bloomfield, Brasilia, Grindmaster, Faema, Newco, Mahlkonig, Fetco, Rossi, Wilbur Curtis, Ditting, Blickman, Astoria, TJ Topper, CMA, JH McKie, Bezzera, Cecilware, Astra, Tomlinson, Elektra, Crathco, Cimbali, Carimali, EB, Mazzer, Futurmat, Bravo, Gaggia, Nuova Simonelli, Wega, and many others!!

  I'm now taking on service and repairs for certain high end home espresso machines. Check here for my home espresso machine program.

Coffee Brewers and Grinders

Programming Instructions
Grinder Tech New!

FAQ's
Technical Information
Service secrets

Coffee Related
Norm's Stuff

    Shortly after graduating West Linn High School In 1974, I became employed at Keystone Co., a bay area, CA restaurant wholesaler, coffee roaster and coffee service company. A family owned company with a history of roasting coffee dating back to the 1860's. By the mid 1970's Keystone's territory included several daily truck routes throughout the Bay area, and 15 or 20 coffee service routes, duplicating the same territory.

    During the 7 years I was with Keystone Co I became familiar with many aspects of the coffee business including:

Reconditioning many types of beverage equipment from tiny office coffee brewers to the big twin 9 gallon coffee and tea urns, post mix carbonated drink dispensers, powder mix hot water machines, iced tea dispensers

Roasting coffee

Servicing the roasting equipment, coffee handling equipment including both packet and bulk packing machines

Maintaining a parts and equipment inventory

Merchandising coffee and related products to the restaurant and office coffee marketplace

    But most of the time I spent working on a stack of broken coffee brewers the size of my house, with 3 or 4 other guys.

    It was here I came up with "It's A Grind" as a response to the need for a coffee related retort to the too oft queried "How's it going?", and decided that would be a great name for my business when I started one.

    After returning to the Portland area in 1985, I became the Service Manager for Coffee Bean International, a Portland area specialty coffee roaster. As a distributor for La San Marco and La Pavoni espresso machines, it was my responsibility to install and maintain these and many other brands of coffee/espresso equipment that belonged to our customers.
    At this time I was also introduced to the high end bulk coffee grinders of Ditting and Mahlkonig.