Hi,
I have been reading the forum for quite sometime while I decided what machine to purchase and waited for sales.
Ended up purchasing an EM6910 with EM0480 grinder at a sale price of $650 which I thought was outstanding value and difficult to pass up given the extra expense of compareable machines.
I wanted to say a general thankyou to the many people who have written reviews and personal feedback about the various hardware for sale.
I attended a sunbeam course which was a useful investment of time and am now hapilly enjoying nice coffee at home.
I spent some practicing my milk frothing using a technique I saw on a youtube vid - water with 1 drop of detergent to work with in producing microfoam. So far so good though I still poor crap and cant get decent artwork haha.
For the first time at home I am making consistent enough coffee that I can really taste the different bean flavours clearly. Guests are loving the drinks I am now making and perhaps one-day I can wean my father off instant coffee...
The machine makes a mean hot chocolate too
.
I think my next investment will be a naked portafilter though I may need to make it myself from a 2nd hand item due to finances.... they seem to be rare so Ill see how that goes
.
Also considered using a small ammo press or similar to make myself a tamping machine to make it more consistent (even using a torque wrench could work if I calibrate it correctly and manufacture a lever or rack an pinion to drive my tamper). A cheap off the shelf option may be more attractive though.... are there any available?
Thanks again for all of the good info
I have been reading the forum for quite sometime while I decided what machine to purchase and waited for sales.
Ended up purchasing an EM6910 with EM0480 grinder at a sale price of $650 which I thought was outstanding value and difficult to pass up given the extra expense of compareable machines.
I wanted to say a general thankyou to the many people who have written reviews and personal feedback about the various hardware for sale.
I attended a sunbeam course which was a useful investment of time and am now hapilly enjoying nice coffee at home.
I spent some practicing my milk frothing using a technique I saw on a youtube vid - water with 1 drop of detergent to work with in producing microfoam. So far so good though I still poor crap and cant get decent artwork haha.
For the first time at home I am making consistent enough coffee that I can really taste the different bean flavours clearly. Guests are loving the drinks I am now making and perhaps one-day I can wean my father off instant coffee...
The machine makes a mean hot chocolate too
.I think my next investment will be a naked portafilter though I may need to make it myself from a 2nd hand item due to finances.... they seem to be rare so Ill see how that goes
.Also considered using a small ammo press or similar to make myself a tamping machine to make it more consistent (even using a torque wrench could work if I calibrate it correctly and manufacture a lever or rack an pinion to drive my tamper). A cheap off the shelf option may be more attractive though.... are there any available?
Thanks again for all of the good info

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