The TLDR of this is: person that knows literally nothing about coffee gets one too many bad coffees from local cafe and is now looking at spending 1.5K+ to do it themselves.
I'd like your advice please on whether I'm aiming too high and options to make great coffee with less.
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I used to dream of the Almond Flat White I'd get from my local coffee shop, but lately the coffee they make is disappointing, like the taste of the coffee is absent minded and didn't turn up to the party. I leave with the craving for the awesome coffee I used to get.
So much so, I've spent the last 5 days researching how to make coffee so I can do it myself. (The coffee is Inglewood Sunset Boulevard with Milk Lab Almond Milk)
I'm planning to buy the Breville Dual Boiler & Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder.
The Breville Dual Boiler for the features - both in terms of simple button push for my wife once I've dialled in the recipe & for the fancy features like pre-infusion, temperature control. (I also plan to mod the OPV to 9 bar - they seem to ship set to 10.5 bar). I have no idea if I need these features, I just want that coffee I'm dreaming of.
The Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder because it's quiet (don't want to disturb the family in the morning), I can program the dose time to be close enough for family (no one is interested in single dosing but they'll stick the portafilter and tamp) and hopefully doesn't make a mess, it seems well regarded.
All up I think if I buy on Black Friday I can get the:
* Breville Dual Boiler for $900 (seems a reasonable assumption based on a search of Oz Bargain)
* Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder for $750 in black or maybe $900 for chrome.
So all up that's $1650 to $1800.
As far as usage goes:
* We'll make somewhere we'll probably do 4-5 Flat Whites a day.
* To date we've been doing Nespresso at home, and I've also been doing long blacks as filter coffee (aero press, kalita wave, kinto slow coffee) and from what I've learnt these last few days it explains why I've had so many terrible brews... my coffee was pre-ground from the supermarket!
* I might get into espresso: I went to Gesha, Surry Hills in Vic (a cafe recommended on this site) and had my first espresso. It was.a fruity/wine tasting shot, I usually go for earthy, chocolate flavours but I enjoyed it enough that I'm willing to explore.
Any advice is welcome - particularly if you think I can get a good result with something cheaper. (Perhaps I should get a grinder and run an experiment making the shot with my Aeropress + the Breville Milk Frother thing we have.)
I'd like your advice please on whether I'm aiming too high and options to make great coffee with less.
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I used to dream of the Almond Flat White I'd get from my local coffee shop, but lately the coffee they make is disappointing, like the taste of the coffee is absent minded and didn't turn up to the party. I leave with the craving for the awesome coffee I used to get.
So much so, I've spent the last 5 days researching how to make coffee so I can do it myself. (The coffee is Inglewood Sunset Boulevard with Milk Lab Almond Milk)
I'm planning to buy the Breville Dual Boiler & Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder.
The Breville Dual Boiler for the features - both in terms of simple button push for my wife once I've dialled in the recipe & for the fancy features like pre-infusion, temperature control. (I also plan to mod the OPV to 9 bar - they seem to ship set to 10.5 bar). I have no idea if I need these features, I just want that coffee I'm dreaming of.
The Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder because it's quiet (don't want to disturb the family in the morning), I can program the dose time to be close enough for family (no one is interested in single dosing but they'll stick the portafilter and tamp) and hopefully doesn't make a mess, it seems well regarded.
All up I think if I buy on Black Friday I can get the:
* Breville Dual Boiler for $900 (seems a reasonable assumption based on a search of Oz Bargain)
* Eureka Specialita 55 Grinder for $750 in black or maybe $900 for chrome.
So all up that's $1650 to $1800.
As far as usage goes:
* We'll make somewhere we'll probably do 4-5 Flat Whites a day.
* To date we've been doing Nespresso at home, and I've also been doing long blacks as filter coffee (aero press, kalita wave, kinto slow coffee) and from what I've learnt these last few days it explains why I've had so many terrible brews... my coffee was pre-ground from the supermarket!
* I might get into espresso: I went to Gesha, Surry Hills in Vic (a cafe recommended on this site) and had my first espresso. It was.a fruity/wine tasting shot, I usually go for earthy, chocolate flavours but I enjoyed it enough that I'm willing to explore.
Any advice is welcome - particularly if you think I can get a good result with something cheaper. (Perhaps I should get a grinder and run an experiment making the shot with my Aeropress + the Breville Milk Frother thing we have.)

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