I currently have a thermoblock machine - a Sunbeam 4800B which doesnt make great coffee.
That could, of course, be due to my lack of skill or the beans, or my roasting, the wrong grind (I have a DeLonghi KG100), etc.
We arent big espresso drinkers. My choice is either cappucinno or a long black. My wifes choice is cappucino or a flat white. No sugar for either of us.
The espresso Im making is usually too bitter. I usually drink coffee without sugar but Im finding the espresso needs it to make it palatable.
Yet the same beans when used in a cappucinno are really lacking in coffee flavour. I dont know where to go. I think I really need to try some espresso made by someone who knows good coffee just so I can get an idea of what I should be aiming for. As I said, we arent big espresso drinkers so we dont know what is considered good espresso.
Besides, 30ml of coffee is hardly worth mucking around with.
Even if I had some recommendations for places in Sydney to try, Id have a problem. Since I changed jobs and moved out of working at Paddington, I rarely travel into Sydney owing to (a) my job in the Blue Mountains and (b) I hate travelling to Sydney - its too crowded. Parramatta is about as far towards Sydney as Ill travel these days.
I like the idea of the Saeco semi-auto machine for sale elsewhere on the forum mainly because of the degree of hassle required to produce bad to mediocre coffee with the Sunbeam. But to spend $650 on a machine that also makes mediocre coffee may be extravagant even if it does make the coffee with far less hassle.
So what am I saying with all the stuff above? A good question. Thinking aloud perhaps. Too much red wine, even.
Maybe its easier to stick with a plunger or a drip coffee machine.
Ron
That could, of course, be due to my lack of skill or the beans, or my roasting, the wrong grind (I have a DeLonghi KG100), etc.
We arent big espresso drinkers. My choice is either cappucinno or a long black. My wifes choice is cappucino or a flat white. No sugar for either of us.
The espresso Im making is usually too bitter. I usually drink coffee without sugar but Im finding the espresso needs it to make it palatable.
Yet the same beans when used in a cappucinno are really lacking in coffee flavour. I dont know where to go. I think I really need to try some espresso made by someone who knows good coffee just so I can get an idea of what I should be aiming for. As I said, we arent big espresso drinkers so we dont know what is considered good espresso.
Besides, 30ml of coffee is hardly worth mucking around with.
Even if I had some recommendations for places in Sydney to try, Id have a problem. Since I changed jobs and moved out of working at Paddington, I rarely travel into Sydney owing to (a) my job in the Blue Mountains and (b) I hate travelling to Sydney - its too crowded. Parramatta is about as far towards Sydney as Ill travel these days.
I like the idea of the Saeco semi-auto machine for sale elsewhere on the forum mainly because of the degree of hassle required to produce bad to mediocre coffee with the Sunbeam. But to spend $650 on a machine that also makes mediocre coffee may be extravagant even if it does make the coffee with far less hassle.

So what am I saying with all the stuff above? A good question. Thinking aloud perhaps. Too much red wine, even.
Maybe its easier to stick with a plunger or a drip coffee machine.
Ron
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