Hi All,
Looking for a little advice regarding purchase of a machine for a christmas present. Hubby is a total coffee nut, drives across Sydney to get a good cup and generally drinks ristrettos, double shot espressos or double shot machiattos.
I thought choosing a machine would be a simple matter but now I realise this is a complicated issue.
A friend has suggested a Solis Crema SL90 but I am feeling pretty clueless at the moment. We can afford a more expensive machine but Im wondering if he should start with something like the Solis or similar and upgrade if gets the bug of making his own. We would also need to get a grinder from what Ive been able to glean from reading the forums.
The machine will have to live on our kitchen benchtop so I kind of imagined something that was more shiny and dramatic than the photos I have seen of the solis. I would like to get something that will make my coffee addict hubby happy so he can spend more time at home drinking his coffee on the weekend and less time driving all over the city looking for a good fix.
Any thoughts or advice to one very confused green tea drinker.
Looking for a little advice regarding purchase of a machine for a christmas present. Hubby is a total coffee nut, drives across Sydney to get a good cup and generally drinks ristrettos, double shot espressos or double shot machiattos.
I thought choosing a machine would be a simple matter but now I realise this is a complicated issue.

A friend has suggested a Solis Crema SL90 but I am feeling pretty clueless at the moment. We can afford a more expensive machine but Im wondering if he should start with something like the Solis or similar and upgrade if gets the bug of making his own. We would also need to get a grinder from what Ive been able to glean from reading the forums.
The machine will have to live on our kitchen benchtop so I kind of imagined something that was more shiny and dramatic than the photos I have seen of the solis. I would like to get something that will make my coffee addict hubby happy so he can spend more time at home drinking his coffee on the weekend and less time driving all over the city looking for a good fix.
Any thoughts or advice to one very confused green tea drinker.


its up to me to show the more tangible version (see below - no, really - have a look!). I havent regretted my purchase.
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