Hey all!
First, a small introduction of sorts (feel free to skip ahead to the bolded part). My name is hugz and i am new to coffeesnobs but a long time coffee drinker, and a medium-term coffee maker. I am age 21 and I live Brisbane. I started drinking coffee at some young age and have since lived on it as my main source of nutrients.
Abuot 5 years ago (on a random estimation) my parents bought a gaggia classic and some little gaggia grinder, of an unknown model number. It is on this machine that i learnt to make coffee, and im glad of it. To me it seems like learning to drive on a car without power steering - sure it can be annoying at the time, but it teaches you to actually DRIVE the car and respond to the changes in the road. The gaggia was. at times, such a frustrating machine to use that I ended up sending a great deal of coffee down the sink - but it made obvious to me when I was making a mistake
and now, ive moved out of home and gotten myself my own coffee machine. Ive upgraded to a Honda Accord, of sorts, I suppose
Im currently using a rancilio silvia and a rancilio rocky
and now to the actual question...
Im a restless modder. Ive had my silvia for about 4 months now (although to be honest, my rocky was faulty for the whole time, so ve been surviving on a $15 coles grinder *cough*), and im getting keen to upgrade it.
SO, for my first upgrade would you recommend, either:
a) A PID. to the point. temperature control. nice and simple
b) an assortment of various smaller upgrades, including
- milk thermometer
- professional or naked portafilter (likely naked)
- LM style double basket
So the question essentially boils down to: "on my limited budget, should i do a sole upgrade and get a PID, or should I upgrade everything else?"
also, given your recommendations, where would a brisbanite want to source his parts from?
First, a small introduction of sorts (feel free to skip ahead to the bolded part). My name is hugz and i am new to coffeesnobs but a long time coffee drinker, and a medium-term coffee maker. I am age 21 and I live Brisbane. I started drinking coffee at some young age and have since lived on it as my main source of nutrients.
Abuot 5 years ago (on a random estimation) my parents bought a gaggia classic and some little gaggia grinder, of an unknown model number. It is on this machine that i learnt to make coffee, and im glad of it. To me it seems like learning to drive on a car without power steering - sure it can be annoying at the time, but it teaches you to actually DRIVE the car and respond to the changes in the road. The gaggia was. at times, such a frustrating machine to use that I ended up sending a great deal of coffee down the sink - but it made obvious to me when I was making a mistake
and now, ive moved out of home and gotten myself my own coffee machine. Ive upgraded to a Honda Accord, of sorts, I suppose
Im currently using a rancilio silvia and a rancilio rockyand now to the actual question...
Im a restless modder. Ive had my silvia for about 4 months now (although to be honest, my rocky was faulty for the whole time, so ve been surviving on a $15 coles grinder *cough*), and im getting keen to upgrade it.
SO, for my first upgrade would you recommend, either:
a) A PID. to the point. temperature control. nice and simple
b) an assortment of various smaller upgrades, including
- milk thermometer
- professional or naked portafilter (likely naked)
- LM style double basket
So the question essentially boils down to: "on my limited budget, should i do a sole upgrade and get a PID, or should I upgrade everything else?"
also, given your recommendations, where would a brisbanite want to source his parts from?

I am one of those people who has to tinker with everything though... :P
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