Hello all! I was out of town on a business trip last week so didn’t get quite as much done as I would have liked. We did sponsor a local latte art competition at Mango Tree Coffee last week which was fun to help support the local barista community.

Small progress on the shop with more shelves being built up.

Spouted portafilters are in transit with delivery set for 2 weeks from now.

Still working through packaging woes. The mis-delivered package was sent back overseas so that will need to be re-shipped which isn’t a huge deal, just an inconvenience

Product photos of the final powder-coated configurations have been uploaded to the site here. Anyone with a current stainless Argos order who wishes to change to the colored option may do so by making a new purchase with the color add-on as well as any addition items that you may want. Please try to use the same name and email address so that we can group orders during assembly. If you would like to change from one color to another please email us using the Contact link at the bottom of the website.

Note: The above only applies to people with existing orders. Those of you who are placing a new order can view the photos and select a color from the Argos item configurations.

User manual is still in works with new graphics recently sent over to the designer.

Unfortunately no timeline updates yet but hopefully soon. I’ve been swamped to just trying to stay on top of everything.

More details have just been added to the launch checklist which we’re still chipping away at. You can check out the updated list here.

Hardware

We’re still getting quotes and placing orders for the remaining parts. There’s a lot of small hardware bits to keep track of and get on order.

We’re working on processes for keeping track of inventory, build, and QA.

Software

No updates here.

Sincerely,

Ross Ainsworth