First post.
Both of us enjoy decent coffee.
Currently have a fully auto 'bean to cup' machine (Jura C9) and we buy decent beans from either good cafes where they roast or we like the take-away coffee.
We drink only non-milk coffee, perfect volume is 85ml black espresso.
The Jura is fine(ish) for me, but she has a good palate and thinks it is junk most of the time and now just goes out and buys a long black.
I also notice that a good coffee (when it is not made too large i.e. over 100ml) is way nicer than the auto machine.
Time to upgrade.
Looking about spending $1500 (maybe $2000 if I can flog the Jura).
Currently thinking about Gaggia Pro and Eureka Mignon or similar combo, or similar second-hand or new.
Once the machines are 'dialled-in' (that's what watching too much James Hoffmann has done for me) probably won't be doing a lot of tinkering, but who knows.
Looking for some advice around good combos, new/second-hand, price range (too low/high).
Buying stuff like scales might be fun, but the problem I am trying to solve here is just improving the WAF (wife acceptance factor) of the default coffee in the house.
Thanks in advance.
Both of us enjoy decent coffee.
Currently have a fully auto 'bean to cup' machine (Jura C9) and we buy decent beans from either good cafes where they roast or we like the take-away coffee.
We drink only non-milk coffee, perfect volume is 85ml black espresso.
The Jura is fine(ish) for me, but she has a good palate and thinks it is junk most of the time and now just goes out and buys a long black.
I also notice that a good coffee (when it is not made too large i.e. over 100ml) is way nicer than the auto machine.
Time to upgrade.
Looking about spending $1500 (maybe $2000 if I can flog the Jura).
Currently thinking about Gaggia Pro and Eureka Mignon or similar combo, or similar second-hand or new.
Once the machines are 'dialled-in' (that's what watching too much James Hoffmann has done for me) probably won't be doing a lot of tinkering, but who knows.
Looking for some advice around good combos, new/second-hand, price range (too low/high).
Buying stuff like scales might be fun, but the problem I am trying to solve here is just improving the WAF (wife acceptance factor) of the default coffee in the house.
Thanks in advance.

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