I'm coming from an Expobar Brewtus IV which I had back in Australia which I had for several years and was very happy with.
I've been on the road for a few years, mostly in the US. I have been getting by with just buying a Breville BES870 in each new city I end up in. My job takes me in 6-10 month stints to a new city. Last 5 years it's been New Orleans, London, Atlanta, Chicago, Vancouver and Los Angeles. I usually just leave the machine behind with someone. I often find a lot of my co-workers end up buying the BES as well, I reckong I've sold about a dozen of those for Breville !
I haven't wanted to buy a better machine because of the travelling and not to mention the voltage issues in different countries, but I'm just tired of the limitations of the Breville single boiler.
So I've decided to buy a machine that will allow me to make the coffee I want. I'm going to put it in a road case and ship it with me. (and grinder).
It's only maybe 3 or 4 coffees a day, I'm doing mostly piccolos. Sometimes I'll have a day where I'm doing a burst of doing coffee for others as well (say 4 in a row)
Yeah I know about the Rocket Porta Via, and thought about it for a second, but it's a bit too "portable" for me. I need something that I set up for a few months and then move it, so I plan to get a road case for the machine and grinder and do it that way.
I really liked the PID function on the Brewtus and thought that was great. It seems like for some reason it's really hard to get Brewtus in the US at the moment, I'm not sure why.
So I'm kind of leaning towards the Profitec 700. I like the dual boilers and PID. I like the shot timer too.
The R58 seems to be another option. I guess I wasn't so sure about the external PID control ? And no shot timer.
Has anyone else got a better suggestion ? I know that at this price point they're all going to be "good" machines. I just am not able to LEAVE the house at the moment and I have to buy sight unseen.
I'm going to ask about grinders over in the grinder forum but I'd be looking at something to match this as well.
Thanks all for your thoughts.
JB
I've been on the road for a few years, mostly in the US. I have been getting by with just buying a Breville BES870 in each new city I end up in. My job takes me in 6-10 month stints to a new city. Last 5 years it's been New Orleans, London, Atlanta, Chicago, Vancouver and Los Angeles. I usually just leave the machine behind with someone. I often find a lot of my co-workers end up buying the BES as well, I reckong I've sold about a dozen of those for Breville !
I haven't wanted to buy a better machine because of the travelling and not to mention the voltage issues in different countries, but I'm just tired of the limitations of the Breville single boiler.
So I've decided to buy a machine that will allow me to make the coffee I want. I'm going to put it in a road case and ship it with me. (and grinder).
It's only maybe 3 or 4 coffees a day, I'm doing mostly piccolos. Sometimes I'll have a day where I'm doing a burst of doing coffee for others as well (say 4 in a row)
Yeah I know about the Rocket Porta Via, and thought about it for a second, but it's a bit too "portable" for me. I need something that I set up for a few months and then move it, so I plan to get a road case for the machine and grinder and do it that way.
I really liked the PID function on the Brewtus and thought that was great. It seems like for some reason it's really hard to get Brewtus in the US at the moment, I'm not sure why.
So I'm kind of leaning towards the Profitec 700. I like the dual boilers and PID. I like the shot timer too.
The R58 seems to be another option. I guess I wasn't so sure about the external PID control ? And no shot timer.
Has anyone else got a better suggestion ? I know that at this price point they're all going to be "good" machines. I just am not able to LEAVE the house at the moment and I have to buy sight unseen.
I'm going to ask about grinders over in the grinder forum but I'd be looking at something to match this as well.
Thanks all for your thoughts.
JB


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