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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 am new to this forum and in desperate need of advice for buying a new electrical grinder, mainly to be used for the Aeropress, and occasionally a Bialetti.
I currently have a GSI Outdoors Javamill hand grinder (it was a gift) but it's absolutely useless. It's...
I'm currently looking at dual boilers under 2k and the options that I've come up with so far are: Caffeum Perfectus Minima, Profitec 300, Lelit Elizabeth, and Luca a53.
I'll be making at least two 8oz lattes a day and would like to get more into espressos. My goal is to find a...
I'm a newbie, and loving all the coffee talk. Thanks.
My dad is 80 this year and suddenly wants 'an espresso machine'. He and my mom drink drip, good drip, but not espresso. They won't be interested in a higher end grinder. But they might go for a grinder/machine combo....
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Somebody is offering me 3 month old Casadio Deici 1 Group machine for 1k in like new conditions. I know that it is a commercial machine, but if used at home, can i pull same quality espresso as say, ECM or Bezzera? What is the difference between commercial and prosumer...
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I am looking to upgrade my Rancilio Silvia to a new machine and have been reading a lot about flow control machines. At first I was looking at a Rocket but now machines like the Lelit and ECM models with flow control are looking good.
