Hey guys
I was looking for some opinions on a new coffee machine (and grinder) for home. I have had an EM6900 for about 4 years, and overall ive been happy with the performance. Its never let me down and still runs as well as the day it was bought. However, I am a total coffee snob (I think im in the right place) and the coffee it makes, whilest very drinkable is just not top shelf. Im not a trained barista and im sure some of the lack in performance is user error, but it seems like there is alot of variability in the taste of the shot, even when im using same (fresh, quality) beans, same grind settings, weighed dosing and getting a shot time of 25-30 seconds repeatably. Probably whats more upsetting is the lack of steam pressure in the milk, it always feels underpowered and you really need to tilt the milk jug to get the milk to spin at all (400ml jug). I use the sunbeam cafe grinder and maybe some of the symptoms come from that, id love to hear some opinions there.
Basically, im thinking id like to make an upgrade, with a budget of somewhere between 1200 and 1500. Im looking seriously at the new breville (hopefully with the smart grinder for about that price), but i guess im worried about that being more of a lateral move than an upgrade. Im definitely keeping an eye out in the classifieds for perhaps a well loved more expensive machine, but other than that, what machines should I be paying attention to?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Jamie
I was looking for some opinions on a new coffee machine (and grinder) for home. I have had an EM6900 for about 4 years, and overall ive been happy with the performance. Its never let me down and still runs as well as the day it was bought. However, I am a total coffee snob (I think im in the right place) and the coffee it makes, whilest very drinkable is just not top shelf. Im not a trained barista and im sure some of the lack in performance is user error, but it seems like there is alot of variability in the taste of the shot, even when im using same (fresh, quality) beans, same grind settings, weighed dosing and getting a shot time of 25-30 seconds repeatably. Probably whats more upsetting is the lack of steam pressure in the milk, it always feels underpowered and you really need to tilt the milk jug to get the milk to spin at all (400ml jug). I use the sunbeam cafe grinder and maybe some of the symptoms come from that, id love to hear some opinions there.
Basically, im thinking id like to make an upgrade, with a budget of somewhere between 1200 and 1500. Im looking seriously at the new breville (hopefully with the smart grinder for about that price), but i guess im worried about that being more of a lateral move than an upgrade. Im definitely keeping an eye out in the classifieds for perhaps a well loved more expensive machine, but other than that, what machines should I be paying attention to?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Jamie

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