At the risk of being the guy with a decent who always suggests a decent: A decent is small and capable. It fits in the OP's (lack of stated) budget

Thanks for the good advice Jim; appreciated. I have been up until now been varying grind size and brew ratio to maintain consistent flow and time, while keeping dose constant, all to provide the required taste and extraction for the coffee bean being consumed. I can absolutely also vary basket size and dose, as well. I

I found this page in the How-Tos section of HB to be pretty handy, and sorta relates to navigating the final extraction: {link}

John's idea is easier than mine and the Cafiza is likely easier to fine

If I were in your position I would buy a lelit mara x, breville dual boiler, or sivia dual boiler. Immediate steam is very nice to have for making milk drinks

Would you still choose Mara given the Elizabeth is slightly cheaper, although not available locally?

If the OP wants to find out about either machine, there's plenty to find by searching this site. Since he's not doing that and not giving us anything to go on, I'm going to put this thread on Cooldown

Do they have a price range in mind? Do you think they are after a hobby, or just a decent cappuccino or two? If the latter, maybe a Breville Bambino. Depending on where on the spectrum they think they'll fall, there are options including Cafelat Robot, Flair 58, Argos (unreleased at this time), Londinium Vectis (also unreleased) as

Thanks Jim! question was in the first post

No, sorry don't know