Hi all.
My daily machine is the Rocket Giotto Evoluzione R.
But a few months ago I bought the Delonghi Dedica, to take on holidays.
Two problems with the machine:
1) The steam wand is only good for making ugly thick froth, probably aimed at people who think froth from a home machine is just wonderful and the more the better..
I got over that problem by sawing off the wand to reveal a rubber tip which does an okay job of producing microfoam that can produce some basic latte art.
Link here to my last post: https://coffeesnobs.com.au/forum/equ...te-art-attempt
2) The 'double' basket only holds about 10g of coffee and in pressurised, with 1 central hole, that produces fake crema but also doesn't allow fine grinds to be used as it will choke the machine.
So I bought the non-pressurised basket. It holds about 13g without tamping, but could probably hold 15g if you pack in some more coffee after tamping.

Original basket on the left, the non-pressurised basket on the right.

When you flip the basket, the original has 1 central hole while the new basket has holes throughout.

Some viscous espresso being extracted!

Almost there..

.. and voila!
My daily machine is the Rocket Giotto Evoluzione R.
But a few months ago I bought the Delonghi Dedica, to take on holidays.
Two problems with the machine:
1) The steam wand is only good for making ugly thick froth, probably aimed at people who think froth from a home machine is just wonderful and the more the better..
I got over that problem by sawing off the wand to reveal a rubber tip which does an okay job of producing microfoam that can produce some basic latte art.
Link here to my last post: https://coffeesnobs.com.au/forum/equ...te-art-attempt
2) The 'double' basket only holds about 10g of coffee and in pressurised, with 1 central hole, that produces fake crema but also doesn't allow fine grinds to be used as it will choke the machine.
So I bought the non-pressurised basket. It holds about 13g without tamping, but could probably hold 15g if you pack in some more coffee after tamping.

Original basket on the left, the non-pressurised basket on the right.

When you flip the basket, the original has 1 central hole while the new basket has holes throughout.

Some viscous espresso being extracted!

Almost there..

.. and voila!


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