I have a Micra on order. My current machine is a Synchronika with flow control. I'm wondering if any of you who have a Micra and previously used one with flow control miss having this ability? Just curious

There's convenience and there's performance. In my experience convenience makes it easy at the cost of performance. Performance is hands on parameter control for consistently exceptional extractions. Some machines marry the two but those machines are costly. Best cost effective performance machine, IMHO, is a commercial group lever. Better shots off my lever than my prosumer e61

Where are you getting pricing?

The information I have is contrary to what I'm seeing here. These machines are basically +/- 100€ apart. This makes sense as there are basically all the same build components and likely more labor in the smaller machine as producing anything for the first time is rife with inefficiencies. It basically comes down to a larger

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Seems legit to me. If I were designing my dream kitchen, around the coffee setup of course, I could see wanting the bigger machine, but in every other case I'd save the cash and do all that stuff you mentioned, haha

I'm guessing it's a very sensitive PID circuit in the grinder that's somehow being effected by small fluctuations in the electricity. I would measure the voltage with the kettle cold and it's power both on and off. If it only changes a very small amount then it might be a problem in the grinders electronics

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Thanks for the detailed tips and feedback! I'll definitely keep those options under consideration. As for the steam heating, this is something I have not had before so appreciate your feedback on not liking it. I've always relied on leaving the number and type of cups intended for morning consumption on the machine the

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