Yes I would consider others but I've ruled out a slayer and am unsure about the Leva X... I'll be keeping the cremina as a side hustle machine

The cremina is excellent. We are renovating and ive Been given permission to upgrade! I would love to get an end game machine that can last 5years+

I own a very sharp set of scissors and can cut through 20 Aeropress filters at a time. It takes me literally 3minutes to cut 200 Aeropress filters. I just use a 49mm blind filter rubber disk to cut them around but you could also use a shower screen of filterbasket

Originally in TS's equipment list there stood Mazzer Mini

I believe you are referencing mazzer mini while the other poster is referencing lagom mini?

I swear I must be one of the very last (backer #3316). I feel like a zen monk of patience now

I have missed this thread. The Mercurio is gorgeous

I have one on the way. hope to compare it to the K-max I have too. also, to the OP... I talked to 1zpresso. It looks like the X-pro was an attempt to hybridize the Q2 and the JX-pro. The size is half way between a q2 and JX, but it uses 40 mm burrs

I've had ok coffee from a Mini (I owned one for 1.5 years) but had much better coffee from better grinders. It's a pretty decent grinder but far from great, especially the original 58mm burr doser Mini. And that version clogs, is slow, inconsistent and so on. The 64mm electronic version is a bit better but that design is oldschool

I was invited to a dinner tonight put on by the UC Davis coffee department and went as Kent's (Marzocco) plus one. I met the Probat, Cropster (who insisted I'll be using the software by the end of the week lol), Baratza guys and the faculty department head at UC Davis who invited me to the opening ceremony tomorrow. I'll