I'm stuck with the modern dilemma of too many options.
I love the history, style and cache of an Atomic , but am thinking for a real espresso it should at least be a europiccola. The europiccola has cache and style, and is beautiful like the atomic - but it can make a real espresso. What is sensible of course if you are thinking espresso (and I am) is the Rancilio Silvia and Rocky combination. This box gains some style and function with the PID pressure dial upgrade (IMO) and it can make multiple coffees - thats the sensible path to consistent, delicious coffee that I can share with a small group if required. hmmm. So why then am I still thinking europiccola when I know I'd get more function out of the Silvia. The main function of the unit would be a morning coffee, and then on weekends a second. probably an enjoyable thing to do with a europiccola - I guess the rub is that the europiccola won't deliver the loaves and fishes for the multitudes that occasionally descend on my house. If you have a coffee machine and grinder in your house people will want coffee. They'll see the machine and know the score, or they'll just want one to know what all the fuss is about, and why I have invested in this drug paraphernalia.... I'd be in a sense obliged to explain, or simple serve up something delicious to answer those questions... and with the europicola, that could take an embarrassingly long time. I would feel like the deck hand on a steam boat, while others sit down and relax - taking in the company of my little family while waiting patiently for steam boat bob to finish making their beverage.
Has anyone else been through this?
I love the history, style and cache of an Atomic , but am thinking for a real espresso it should at least be a europiccola. The europiccola has cache and style, and is beautiful like the atomic - but it can make a real espresso. What is sensible of course if you are thinking espresso (and I am) is the Rancilio Silvia and Rocky combination. This box gains some style and function with the PID pressure dial upgrade (IMO) and it can make multiple coffees - thats the sensible path to consistent, delicious coffee that I can share with a small group if required. hmmm. So why then am I still thinking europiccola when I know I'd get more function out of the Silvia. The main function of the unit would be a morning coffee, and then on weekends a second. probably an enjoyable thing to do with a europiccola - I guess the rub is that the europiccola won't deliver the loaves and fishes for the multitudes that occasionally descend on my house. If you have a coffee machine and grinder in your house people will want coffee. They'll see the machine and know the score, or they'll just want one to know what all the fuss is about, and why I have invested in this drug paraphernalia.... I'd be in a sense obliged to explain, or simple serve up something delicious to answer those questions... and with the europicola, that could take an embarrassingly long time. I would feel like the deck hand on a steam boat, while others sit down and relax - taking in the company of my little family while waiting patiently for steam boat bob to finish making their beverage.
Has anyone else been through this?

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