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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...
Hi All, I am upgrading my machine to either the LM Micra or Mini eventually. I currently have 2 Mazzer Super Jolly's, one for espresso and one for french press. They are very good grinder I think and in excellent shape. But I see alot of these new styles out there now for single...
So, while my Mazzer Mini Manual/Doser grinder has been reliable for more than 14 years now, it is apparently hopelessly obsolete, what with the supposedly excessive retention, lack of single dose and inconsistencies in grind and delivery. Oh and those 58mm burrs! So (!) last...
I am looking for an espresso grinder that I can pair with an Ode grinder -- unless of course I would be best advised to ditch the Ode and get something that can do both.
I know that the Niche is one possibility, but my sense from people is that it just isn't as great at...
Well, this was a topic that needed to be started some day, so it might as well be by me.
I have a La Spaziale S1 Dream and want to upgrade. Part of it is the impossibility to get it serviced and self servicing a plumbed in machine is not easy. Another part is that I'm having...
We gave my Vivaldi II to our son when we moved to AZ in 2019 and now it's 17 years old and we think has died a complete death. I don't have all the details other than it didn't pump out water this morning, and the steam boiler had failed a bit ago. Thinking it's time to move on...
