Hey guys/gals,
Decided that with moving to a new place I need a new coffee machine. Currently using a Gaggia something or another bought at Harvey Norman about 8 years ago (Not a classic) and a Sunbeam (I think) cafe series grinder. Sometimes I get decent coffee, most times it runs too fast and too weak. Sometimes without changing anything at all it simply wont pull a shot through the puck despite having fitted a new pump etc. (I'm open to the possibility I might just be useless lol)
Washing my hands of that and going to buy a Silvia V3 but can't decide which grinder to go along with. Have heard decent things about the Rocky (no doser) but I looked a bit further into it and it seems it has a fair few niggles which can be negated by spending a few more dollars.
Things like the Mazzer Mini and Macap M4 came up as good options however, both seem to be doser only grinders. Which is a waste of beans as I'll only ever need to grind a double shot worth at a time.
I'm currently leaning towards cheaping out and going with the Rocky and working around any issues which come up.
Does anyone else have suggestions? Could a hand grinder (burr) be useful or are they not accurate enough?
I'll be doing 50/50 milk based to non milk based coffees and and the occasional use with an Aeropress.
Cheers!
Edit: Current plan is to buy from JetBlack and the Silvia V3, *grinder of some form*, naked porta filter thing and probably their accessory kit. Open to suggestions to improve as long as it doesn't open up tooooo much of a rabbit hole and derail the thread too much. We are in the grinder subforum, afterall
Decided that with moving to a new place I need a new coffee machine. Currently using a Gaggia something or another bought at Harvey Norman about 8 years ago (Not a classic) and a Sunbeam (I think) cafe series grinder. Sometimes I get decent coffee, most times it runs too fast and too weak. Sometimes without changing anything at all it simply wont pull a shot through the puck despite having fitted a new pump etc. (I'm open to the possibility I might just be useless lol)
Washing my hands of that and going to buy a Silvia V3 but can't decide which grinder to go along with. Have heard decent things about the Rocky (no doser) but I looked a bit further into it and it seems it has a fair few niggles which can be negated by spending a few more dollars.
Things like the Mazzer Mini and Macap M4 came up as good options however, both seem to be doser only grinders. Which is a waste of beans as I'll only ever need to grind a double shot worth at a time.
I'm currently leaning towards cheaping out and going with the Rocky and working around any issues which come up.
Does anyone else have suggestions? Could a hand grinder (burr) be useful or are they not accurate enough?
I'll be doing 50/50 milk based to non milk based coffees and and the occasional use with an Aeropress.
Cheers!
Edit: Current plan is to buy from JetBlack and the Silvia V3, *grinder of some form*, naked porta filter thing and probably their accessory kit. Open to suggestions to improve as long as it doesn't open up tooooo much of a rabbit hole and derail the thread too much. We are in the grinder subforum, afterall


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