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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...
I currently have a DF64 with v1 brew burrs. I'm drinking at least 1-2 pour overs in the morning, and then make the switch over to espresso in the afternoon, usually pulling 1-2 shots as well.
The workflow on the DF64 is pretty frustrating with changing it back and...
I'm new to the forum, but I've been reading a lot of threads for some time and I'm looking for a new espresso machine. I've been drinking coffee for years and since the beginning of the year, I've been delving deeper into the coffee rabbit hole, especially since I got a...
I was thinking of purchasing one of the above. I actually like the way it looks and more importantly I find that it has a great feature set. However. as I research the machine, almost everything I read is negative: bad design, too heavy for what it is, unreliable, poor customer...
I noticed an email from Piggyship claiming I had a package on my porch and I should hurry and get it. I did and there was a box, in it, very well packed was the package. Packaging at the level of Acaia and opening it up reveals a scale that at...
I am very new to this hobby so I have not been around enough to know if this is a good deal from them or not. I have been looking at the Micra. I don't want that grinder for I prefer flat burrs but I assume I can always resell it. Thanks guys.
I am looking at two specific machines a francino Cherub and a Alex izzo mark 2 hx but I am struggling to decide which one to get. The Izzo is a non-pid version so spec-wise both the cherub and the izzo are more or less the same however I prefer the look of the izzo I like the...
