Hi All,
I've previously had a Nespresso machine and for me honestly it was not too bad but my wife wants volcanic temperature which is above the ability of a Nespresso machine.
We both love our coffee, and generally on a day to day basis I can see on our workdays there will usually only be a 2 morning latte's and 2 evening lattes. When we are home probably at least 3 times.
When we have friends over up to 10 or 15, most are coffee drinkers and will be a mix of Americanos and lattes.
I would like a machine that is:
1. Nice to look at
2. Able to mostly handle our morning and evening latte's easily
3. Not leave me making coffee's for ages - I'm also a bit of a home bartender so that could mean the whole evening all I'm doing is drink making! So while I don't want to overspend on something that will go all day with back to back coffee's I would not like to make a couple then need to wait for long time in between.
I've been wondering how important it is to have an E61 group head, and a PID to control the temperature. Happy for ideas and suggestions.
I've had a look online at machines like the Profitec Pro 600 and I had a look at the Orchastrale Nota and a taste of a shot of expresso from it (I don't generally drink expresso so can't honestly know if it was good/great/indifferent). I also tried a few years ago a latte from a Rocket machine.
I know that grinders are just as important as the expresso machine itself and I guess I would like to buy something decent there too. I've seen the Eureka Mignon Specialita 55E was used when I went to try the Orchastrale Nota (I've seen some online reviews that it is fairly accurate with grinding the same weight each time)
What else should I look for as far as accessories go.
While I have started out with budgets in mind, I would prefer to spend once and not be disappointed rather than buy and feel I should have purchased something better.
I live in Melbourne, and would like to buy from a local reputable expresso machine supplier.
I've previously had a Nespresso machine and for me honestly it was not too bad but my wife wants volcanic temperature which is above the ability of a Nespresso machine.
We both love our coffee, and generally on a day to day basis I can see on our workdays there will usually only be a 2 morning latte's and 2 evening lattes. When we are home probably at least 3 times.
When we have friends over up to 10 or 15, most are coffee drinkers and will be a mix of Americanos and lattes.
I would like a machine that is:
1. Nice to look at
2. Able to mostly handle our morning and evening latte's easily
3. Not leave me making coffee's for ages - I'm also a bit of a home bartender so that could mean the whole evening all I'm doing is drink making! So while I don't want to overspend on something that will go all day with back to back coffee's I would not like to make a couple then need to wait for long time in between.
I've been wondering how important it is to have an E61 group head, and a PID to control the temperature. Happy for ideas and suggestions.
I've had a look online at machines like the Profitec Pro 600 and I had a look at the Orchastrale Nota and a taste of a shot of expresso from it (I don't generally drink expresso so can't honestly know if it was good/great/indifferent). I also tried a few years ago a latte from a Rocket machine.
I know that grinders are just as important as the expresso machine itself and I guess I would like to buy something decent there too. I've seen the Eureka Mignon Specialita 55E was used when I went to try the Orchastrale Nota (I've seen some online reviews that it is fairly accurate with grinding the same weight each time)
What else should I look for as far as accessories go.
While I have started out with budgets in mind, I would prefer to spend once and not be disappointed rather than buy and feel I should have purchased something better.
I live in Melbourne, and would like to buy from a local reputable expresso machine supplier.

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