Hi all,
Im a newbie at the whole home coffee making thing and have come into the possession of a (brand new) Breville Ikon BES400 for the sum of $170NZ (~$150AUD), which sounded pretty good having read some of the recommendations on this forum. Ive run a few shots through it using the standard baskets and coffee I got ground at a local coffee shop (C4 coffee in Christchurch), and am happy so far, but intend to go to the next level by getting a grinder and better baskets, hence my questions:
- Does anyone know where to get suitable unpressurised baskets for the Ikon in NZ? Ive found the numbers for service centers for Breville and Krups in NZ, was planning to call them on Monday, is this the way to go?
- Im looking at the Sunbeam EM0480 or EM0450 (probably 0480), any recommendations on where to get this, or should I just go to a big chain store place?
As for a tamper, even being inexperienced I realised that the breville one is horrible, and am planning to use the machine shop at uni to make one up on the lathe. Am I OK just making one with a flat base, or does it have to be curved? Flat is a LOT easier if Im making one myself.
Lastly thanks to everyone on this forum for being informative and helpful - we appear to have similar brand availability as you guys over the ditch so the buying advice was pretty useful. Also go ABs - am about to go watch the HK game on TV, hopefully theyll make the Wallabies fans sad :P
Im a newbie at the whole home coffee making thing and have come into the possession of a (brand new) Breville Ikon BES400 for the sum of $170NZ (~$150AUD), which sounded pretty good having read some of the recommendations on this forum. Ive run a few shots through it using the standard baskets and coffee I got ground at a local coffee shop (C4 coffee in Christchurch), and am happy so far, but intend to go to the next level by getting a grinder and better baskets, hence my questions:
- Does anyone know where to get suitable unpressurised baskets for the Ikon in NZ? Ive found the numbers for service centers for Breville and Krups in NZ, was planning to call them on Monday, is this the way to go?
- Im looking at the Sunbeam EM0480 or EM0450 (probably 0480), any recommendations on where to get this, or should I just go to a big chain store place?
As for a tamper, even being inexperienced I realised that the breville one is horrible, and am planning to use the machine shop at uni to make one up on the lathe. Am I OK just making one with a flat base, or does it have to be curved? Flat is a LOT easier if Im making one myself.
Lastly thanks to everyone on this forum for being informative and helpful - we appear to have similar brand availability as you guys over the ditch so the buying advice was pretty useful. Also go ABs - am about to go watch the HK game on TV, hopefully theyll make the Wallabies fans sad :P



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