Hi there...
I have been making espresso and had experience with a few espresso machines in the past few years. I also read and watched information about how to pull a great espresso shot. From what I heard so far, the most important contributing factor for pulling a great shot is brew temperature, water flow rate and brew pressure and I didn't hear many things else. However, all those things aren't exactly difficult to achieve via a low 1k espresso machine with some simple mod. However, there are many much more expensive machines exist in the market. I definitely don't dismiss their value of existence and they can cost more for all kind of reasons. However, all I am interested in today is about "shot quality".
Therefore my question is, if I have a $500 and $5000 espresso machines side by side and both can provide the same steady set brew temperature, water flow rate and pressure, what are the other big "machine related" factors which will potentially allows the more expensive machines consistently makes superior shot?
Just want to emphasise that I am not asking about anything none machine related, such as grind quality, puck prepare, pre-infusion or different brewing technique. In my question, all those non-machine related "variables" will assume to be equalled for both machines.
Really interested in you guys' thought and thanks in advance! Have a great day!
I have been making espresso and had experience with a few espresso machines in the past few years. I also read and watched information about how to pull a great espresso shot. From what I heard so far, the most important contributing factor for pulling a great shot is brew temperature, water flow rate and brew pressure and I didn't hear many things else. However, all those things aren't exactly difficult to achieve via a low 1k espresso machine with some simple mod. However, there are many much more expensive machines exist in the market. I definitely don't dismiss their value of existence and they can cost more for all kind of reasons. However, all I am interested in today is about "shot quality".
Therefore my question is, if I have a $500 and $5000 espresso machines side by side and both can provide the same steady set brew temperature, water flow rate and pressure, what are the other big "machine related" factors which will potentially allows the more expensive machines consistently makes superior shot?
Just want to emphasise that I am not asking about anything none machine related, such as grind quality, puck prepare, pre-infusion or different brewing technique. In my question, all those non-machine related "variables" will assume to be equalled for both machines.
Really interested in you guys' thought and thanks in advance! Have a great day!

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