Yesterday a neighbor asked me for advice about espresso machines that I'm not really qualified to give. So I'm looking for help from members here who are familiar with appliance style espresso machines.
Here's the situation:- Busy couple, both working, with school age kids. They need an easy to use machine with short warm up time. They are on a fairly tight budget. Two milk coffees most mornings, a few more on weekends, and occasional small dinner parties.They do not want to be bothered with temp surfing, cooling flushes, etc.etc..
They have window shopped on line and at appliance stores and liked the Sunbeam and Breville combo's and the Sunbeam EM6910 which they can get new for under $600 . I have convinced them that built-in grinders are not a good idea, and offered to lend them a grinder.
They could probably stretch to the EM7000, but there are mixed reviews about it so I'm reluctant to suggest that one.
So, Q1 - How does the 7000 compare to the 6910 ??
There is quite a lot of love for the 6910's here on CS, but I seem to recall someone saying that the current model is not as good as the previous one. Not sure why.
Q2 -Advice please ??.
Researching this has got me curious, and I just might buy a cheap S/H 6910 to play with, because I have never had a dual boiler/thermo-block. I'm handy enough to do repairs, and while Sunbeams spare parts policy seems to be very poor, there are a couple of online suppliers who seem to have some of the major components in stock, and units sold cheap for parts.
Q3 - what should I be aware of here ??.
Finally - How the brew temp is set/controlled on the 6910 ??
Thanks for any advice, deegee.
Here's the situation:- Busy couple, both working, with school age kids. They need an easy to use machine with short warm up time. They are on a fairly tight budget. Two milk coffees most mornings, a few more on weekends, and occasional small dinner parties.They do not want to be bothered with temp surfing, cooling flushes, etc.etc..
They have window shopped on line and at appliance stores and liked the Sunbeam and Breville combo's and the Sunbeam EM6910 which they can get new for under $600 . I have convinced them that built-in grinders are not a good idea, and offered to lend them a grinder.
They could probably stretch to the EM7000, but there are mixed reviews about it so I'm reluctant to suggest that one.
So, Q1 - How does the 7000 compare to the 6910 ??
There is quite a lot of love for the 6910's here on CS, but I seem to recall someone saying that the current model is not as good as the previous one. Not sure why.
Q2 -Advice please ??.
Researching this has got me curious, and I just might buy a cheap S/H 6910 to play with, because I have never had a dual boiler/thermo-block. I'm handy enough to do repairs, and while Sunbeams spare parts policy seems to be very poor, there are a couple of online suppliers who seem to have some of the major components in stock, and units sold cheap for parts.
Q3 - what should I be aware of here ??.
Finally - How the brew temp is set/controlled on the 6910 ??
Thanks for any advice, deegee.

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