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I appreciate that this might not produce the most scientifically perfect espresso
At least with a lever you get to play with pressure profiles, temperature control in the boiler will be your big challenge. It's a deep a branched rabbit-hole, enjoy!
The Niche is an amazing grinder by the way, love mine.
Kimura – I think Grum is your next target!
I'm sold just need him to convince my missus 🙂
I need a LaPavoni in my life at some point. I just watched Jude Law making espresso in the Talented Mr Ripley with one. I think that film is set in the 50s so technically an anachronism (the first machines came in the 60s, I think), but he looks so suave.
@superficial - Glad you didn’t try to understand the Roger Moore Pavoni method! 😬
Haha yeah, I've seen that one before. I'd drink Jude Law's coffee - Not sure about Roger's!
Can’t argue with that, I’d love a La Pav when my Classic pulls it’s last shot. I might be waiting a few years though!
I know the OP doesn’t want a B2C, but many others will read this. I bought a Delomghi during lockdown from their factory refurbed shop, and it really has been magnifica!
my magnifica died during lockdown...... having been back for repair once and a number of home repairs since.....i bit the bullet .
bought a jura E8 and then wondered what it was id been drinking all these years - certainly wasnt coffee 😀
maybe ive missed something, but for one coffee a day thats a lot of Kitchen real estate, and bike tokens. Is an Aeropress not up to it?
I've had a Lelit Mara X for the last couple of years (since I've been 100% remote working and could justify the expense!) It's been great - looks good, relatively small, and easy to produce consistent results (unlike the Rancilio Silvia I had previously).
There's detailed reviews of the Mara X and Elizabeth linked on the Bella Barista site, which are worth watching. If large volumes of milk frothing are a priority then I guess the Elizabeth might be more suited.
for one coffee a day thats a lot of Kitchen real estate, and bike tokens.
I missed that part. I do wish I had the disposable income to drop over £500 on a grinder and more on a coffee machine for only 1 coffee a day, but good luck to you OP!
bike tokens
Hold on a minute, isn't this a coffee forum o_O?
Coffee club at work have just replaced their Magnifica as the last one was 'gunged up', it was getting binned, but I may save it and clean and refurb it myself, could be a result!.
^ why not? Worth a tinker.
When covid first struck, I found myself “between projects” at work and so found the time to slowly refurb a 20 year old commercial faema espresso machine. They were pretty popular in pubs/restaurants, so there’s loads of them about for peanuts (mine was about 50 quid) and parts are cheap as chips. Ugly as sin, but built like a soviet tank.
I found the whole thing extremely enjoyable (even therapeutic) - and it made great coffee when I was done.
I do think the inner workings of a bean-to-cup are likely to be horrendously complicated - but if it just needs a bit of a clean up, flush and descale, should be no problem
I have a Melitta Barista TS Smart which is not at all cheap but has been fantastic, I imagine the insides are fairly complex but the brewing unit is removable and easy to clean, every now and then I do a more deep clean of the housing inside which does eventually build up some small deposits of ground coffee which will go manky if you never do it.
I would say coffee of all types is close enough to a coffee shop taste to be worth it. Took a while to decide which beans I prefer although I ended up with a fairly predictable choice of Lavazza Creme e Aroma...