So - my wife and I have had a Lelit PL60TV2 and Mazzer Mini for the last 6 months and loved the setup (despite being a bit noisy).
Those are both going to friends as payment and a gift for some landscaping work.
We drink piccolos, love drier-tasting lighter roasts, and as two 9-5ers are only doing 2+ coffees at home on weekends (and weekdays just morning coffees before work). I don't mind putting a larger machine in the car for weekends away (which I did with the Lelit), but portability is a factor.
We're now looking to upgrade and having lusted after commercial machines with full gamut of digital features (e.g. pressure profiling), am now finding myself stuck between two very different options.
It's really old world vs new. Manual vs auto. Touch and feel vs data.
With 6k max to spend, and having spent an hour at Talk Coffee with Chris, I am absolutely torn between the Rocket R60V and Olympia Cremina. The Alex Leva looked great too but on reflection not sure I want to plumb it in. Also am really interested to see how the Decent Espresso DE1+ turns out...but at the moment it's untested tech and too risky to invest in until reviews are out IMO.
So my questions are:
- If anyone owns a lever/Cremina, what's the learning curve?
- Do people think all the tech in the R60V is likely to deliver a better result?
- If it was you... what option would you go with?
Thanks! And thanks to Chris for showing us around.. (and for the Macap M4D, which will be the partner for the new machine)
Those are both going to friends as payment and a gift for some landscaping work.
We drink piccolos, love drier-tasting lighter roasts, and as two 9-5ers are only doing 2+ coffees at home on weekends (and weekdays just morning coffees before work). I don't mind putting a larger machine in the car for weekends away (which I did with the Lelit), but portability is a factor.
We're now looking to upgrade and having lusted after commercial machines with full gamut of digital features (e.g. pressure profiling), am now finding myself stuck between two very different options.
It's really old world vs new. Manual vs auto. Touch and feel vs data.
With 6k max to spend, and having spent an hour at Talk Coffee with Chris, I am absolutely torn between the Rocket R60V and Olympia Cremina. The Alex Leva looked great too but on reflection not sure I want to plumb it in. Also am really interested to see how the Decent Espresso DE1+ turns out...but at the moment it's untested tech and too risky to invest in until reviews are out IMO.
So my questions are:
- If anyone owns a lever/Cremina, what's the learning curve?
- Do people think all the tech in the R60V is likely to deliver a better result?
- If it was you... what option would you go with?
Thanks! And thanks to Chris for showing us around.. (and for the Macap M4D, which will be the partner for the new machine)

). I haven't yet touched any of these 2 machines though. 
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