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  • #16
    Re: Budget Coffee Machine

    A retailer gave me some sound advice: dont buy a grinder that is more expensive than your coffee machine!!  


    Chris is right.. get the best grinder, even if it means you have to play catch-up with your machines quality later on; at least you will get the best coffee from your lower-priced machine!!

    Kes, i challenge you to use a plunger and put a bag of beans through both your blade and any burr grinder from the Sunbeams up... and tell the forum how the resulting coffees taste!  

    i am travelling with a vintage Trespade simply because i could not recognise the beans i was using when they went through the blade grinders my friends have on hand; now at least my coffee tastes like coffee.
    and the difference in aroma... blades = burnt, burr = beautiful! :

    L

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    • #17
      Re: Budget Coffee Machine

      Does that mean that the Mazzer is no good for my machine

      No - switching from the Sunbeam em0480 to the Mazzer even on my very low end machine, using the same beans and procedures revealed a world of difference in the taste.

      The coffe had more flavour and appeared sweeter to the palette. The same coffee on the Sunbeam gri9nder was on the throw away list because it tasted burnt. So yes the quality of the grinder does appear to make a difference. :P

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      • #18
        Re: Budget Coffee Machine

        I second the Sunbeam Cafe Crema (EM4800C) recommendation. Ive had mine for a month or so and its a great little machine.

        Even with the standard baskets and preground coffee I was very happy, but since buying a Breville BCG450 grinder yesterday, I am loving the espresso it pours using nice fresh beans.

        I dont know how much improvement moving to unpressurised baskets would bring, but I dont think my grinder would be up to that, so Ill stick very happily to what I have now. To my palate it already beats all the local coffee places quite handily!

        Anyway, this combo gets a thumbs up from me (and my guests).

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        • #19
          Re: Budget Coffee Machine

          I must say, the difference on my breville 800es (non-pressurised) between when it was paired with the sunbeam480 and the (current) compak k10 is amazing!! Ive always agreed with the idium of spending the $$ on the grinder before the machine, but i was truly amazed to notice the difference on a meager 800series.

          If i was short on cash and wanting decent coffee, id spend as much as possible on an amazing grinder, and pair it with an aeropress till i could get the cash together for a decent espresso machine. And then match that with amazing and fresh roasted coffee.

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          • #20
            Re: Budget Coffee Machine

            Originally posted by porschemad911 link=1208660501/15#17 date=1209205192
            I second the Sunbeam Cafe Crema (EM4800C) recommendation. Ive had mine for a month or so and its a great little machine.

            Even with the standard baskets and preground coffee I was very happy, but since buying a Breville BCG450 grinder yesterday, I am loving the espresso it pours using nice fresh beans.

            I dont know how much improvement moving to unpressurised baskets would bring, but I dont think my grinder would be up to that, so Ill stick very happily to what I have now. To my palate it already beats all the local coffee places quite handily!

            Anyway, this combo gets a thumbs up from me (and my guests).
            Welcome to Coffee Snobs.

            When youre ready to move to unpressurised baskets you can find a modification online for your grinder that will allow it to grind a little finer.
            That should do the trick until you can afford a better grinder.

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