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Recently several members have reported too good to be true prices on espresso equipment. The sites I've seen looked like a generic e-commerce package and they sold a range of equipment from consumer espresso machines for a few hundred dollars to multiple-group espresso machines...
Which espresso machine should I buy? What's the best coffee grinder? I have a budget of $500, what is the best espresso machine? This post summarizes my advice in question/answer format.
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Q. There are so many choices of espresso equipment. What general advice to you...
The upgrade bug got me. I'm a long time lurker and happy owner of a Spaziale Vivaldi Mini and Compak K10 WBC for the last 10-ish years (both will be coming up for sale in New England soon).
Looking at my dream setup, I zeroed in on the GS3 MP and a Lagom P64. I looked at the...
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I am looking for advice. I am currently, for the last year, on my fourth espresso machine. I started over thirty years ago with a moka pot on the stove top. It was great but I decided to upgrade to a real espresso machine and got a Faema Bella over 25 years ago. After ten...
I've had my La Spaziale S1 Vivaldi II since summer 2009 when I purchased it used from a member on a different forum.
It works great. Stable temp, dual boilers, great steam, 2 volumetric dosing buttons. I feed it with 5 gallon bottled water from Lowes with a Flojet.
Last month...
Hi all, hoping to find some advice for my next espresso machine purchase. There are 4 options I'm considering within reasonable driving distance, all used. The subject pretty much sums it up: 2011 Expobar Brewtus III ($1100), 2015 La Spaziale Mini Vivaldi II ($1400), Breville...
I'm planning to buy up to 1500 eur espresso machine. And i decided i need to start with grinder first and buy a very good one so i won't have problems down the line.
I want a quality product that doesn't need modification to work properly, zero or very little retention. I plan...
I've done espresso-related coffee for many years and am quite happy with my current espresso set up (Londinium + MAX).
Lately I've started to go down the brew coffee rathole and at the moment brew with V60, Clever and Aeropress (as well as Moccamaster for larger quantities)....
First post here and really been researching and spending massive amount of hours exploring for the best HX espresso machine out there currently. Here are the three I have sorted down to. Could you please help choose? My want is to be making a couple of milk based...
