Mart63
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That's what I have at home. No posh stuff for me either.My preferred brand......
Cant stand all this posh pot stuff...
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I've been over to Bella Barista this morning to pick up some freshly roasted beans. https://bellabarista.co.uk/ lovely bunch of people and plenty of coffee samples.
You said it! Two nights ago I disappeared down the coffee connoisseur/**nker rabbit hole ... see you in a few years when I've started to plumb the depths.
First hr of watching I couldn't stand JH, the hair (yup little bit of jealousy creeping in) & the up is own whatssit lexicon...... & the confusion, oh the confusion; these so much about it - mind blowing
Since then I've watched a few with him & a guest or as a guest & I'm sold.
Trying to decide which kidney to sell
My Neff built in machine died yesterday morning, grinder failed again it seems. Been replaced twice already since I have owned it. Booked engineer for Friday but all I have is some Douwe Egberts instant and it's simply not good enough. Fortunately I am at work tomorrow and the DeLonghi machine will be there waiting for me. I might have to bring it home in case the guy can't fix the Neff immediately!
It really is a rabbit hole!
Hoffman and plenty of other you tubers go into great depth.
I do think it matters more if you drink eapresso /machiato or flat white. Anything else, i think you can get away with a less fancy set up (just my opinion!)
Home set ups do fine until you compare to some of the high end coffee shops and then you taste whats possible!
The temp control on the gaggia classic is pretty poor, at least 10 degrees temp variability, pid control gives much better consistency, addition of this to my machine is still in progress
Hoffman and plenty of other you tubers go into great depth.
I do think it matters more if you drink eapresso /machiato or flat white. Anything else, i think you can get away with a less fancy set up (just my opinion!)
Home set ups do fine until you compare to some of the high end coffee shops and then you taste whats possible!
The temp control on the gaggia classic is pretty poor, at least 10 degrees temp variability, pid control gives much better consistency, addition of this to my machine is still in progress
Machine fixed by the nice engineer yesterday. £310.
Checked the stats on the machine - it has made 10627 coffees/lattes so despite the repair bill and the £2k purchase price it is wworth having. Got my Son working out how much that many coffees cost in costa coffee!
Checked the stats on the machine - it has made 10627 coffees/lattes so despite the repair bill and the £2k purchase price it is wworth having. Got my Son working out how much that many coffees cost in costa coffee!
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Went shopping this morning, amongst other things ground coffee, normally €2.20, except today it's €3.80, that in less than a fortnight.
Shocked and disgusted.
Shocked and disgusted.
That's a shocker! We've had a few remarkable periods when prices have shot up in the last ten years, Liz Truss & COVID the most recent & then a constant squeeze as the prices continue upwards in smaller increments. Every now& then there's a shocking one like the coffee that really rocks you, what a bummer
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I think that's a 73% increase.
Well I went Gaggia classic too, picked up a v old one spares or repairs. Fingers crossed it's just lots of cleaning & new seals.It really is a rabbit hole!
Hoffman and plenty of other you tubers go into great depth.
I do think it matters more if you drink eapresso /machiato or flat white. Anything else, i think you can get away with a less fancy set up (just my opinion!)
Home set ups do fine until you compare to some of the high end coffee shops and then you taste whats possible!
The temp control on the gaggia classic is pretty poor, at least 10 degrees temp variability, pid control gives much better consistency, addition of this to my machine is still in progress
Where did you source the PID kit? & What's the best cleaner for aluminium? The boiler came apart& it's nasty, I've tried citric acid but daren't leave it too long.
I picked up my spares from https://theespressoshop.com/collections/gaggia
Citric acid is what I've used for years for cleaning.
For years I have resisted the urge to buy a coffee machine, saying to my wife that it would be too hard to justify the price, my Daughter even left us hers when she went overseas for a while, we tried and pretty much hated it. It was a cheapish Breville machine about the $600-700 price range , you had to grind the beans, tamp the grinds down, then use a milk frother to get a nice milk foam, then wash it all down. Having said all that, every time we went to get the car serviced we had a coffee out of the showroom floor machine, and it was great, press a button or two and out comes a great cup of coffee. We couldn't afford one of those but we had a look at some cheaper machines at an electrical appliance shop. and the DeLongi Elleta Explore (about $1700) caught our attention.
Since then we have been spoilt, once you set up how you want the coffee it comes out exactly the same each time. It does it all, 40 types of coffee, and you can modify them and save those in a favorites menu, it stores 4 peoples multiple favourites, it grinds the coffee, tamps it and after it makes a cups it empties the grinds in a holding container and tells you when its full, and after you finish, it tells you to clean the machine which you do by pressing a button , same for the mill frother just flick a lever and afterward put the milk jug/container back in the fridge.
We drink 3 - 4 cups of coffees a day each and so far have made over 3000 cups so we are spoilt with it. We just came back from a holiday and had to use instant coffee in all the places we stayed and we both couldn't wait to have a decent cup at home. We got good coffee from the various coffee and cake shops but for home use we really like it and drinking multiple coffees outside nowadays is a very expensive excercise. My almost six year old grandaughter even knows how to use it as it is that simple once it is set up.
Since then we have been spoilt, once you set up how you want the coffee it comes out exactly the same each time. It does it all, 40 types of coffee, and you can modify them and save those in a favorites menu, it stores 4 peoples multiple favourites, it grinds the coffee, tamps it and after it makes a cups it empties the grinds in a holding container and tells you when its full, and after you finish, it tells you to clean the machine which you do by pressing a button , same for the mill frother just flick a lever and afterward put the milk jug/container back in the fridge.
We drink 3 - 4 cups of coffees a day each and so far have made over 3000 cups so we are spoilt with it. We just came back from a holiday and had to use instant coffee in all the places we stayed and we both couldn't wait to have a decent cup at home. We got good coffee from the various coffee and cake shops but for home use we really like it and drinking multiple coffees outside nowadays is a very expensive excercise. My almost six year old grandaughter even knows how to use it as it is that simple once it is set up.
I used a vinegar solution (50% i think) to descale but it was fairly light. Think you can soak in vinegar no problem.
Pid controllers are available off the shelf. I was planning to use and arduino/atmega microcontroller, a relay and a thermocouple all of which i have lying around. The code for pid in arduino is easily available on the web
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Ok only just seen this thread, other half calls me a Coffee snob.
Yes this set up cost more than my last car, but has lasted just under 10 years (October 2015) and pulled about 8000+ shots according to the counter on the grinder.
Espresso machine is a Quickmill Verona, Grinder is Eureka Zenith, but the older model.
Buy my coffee from 3 different coffee roasters.
And its a brave/foolish person that gets between me and my morning coffee
Yes this set up cost more than my last car, but has lasted just under 10 years (October 2015) and pulled about 8000+ shots according to the counter on the grinder.
Espresso machine is a Quickmill Verona, Grinder is Eureka Zenith, but the older model.
Buy my coffee from 3 different coffee roasters.
And its a brave/foolish person that gets between me and my morning coffee
That's per week! Think your right
Looks like a nice set up, I'm thinking we should start a thread of coffee roasters & recommendations. Which are the ones you use?Ok only just seen this thread, other half calls me a Coffee snob.
Yes this set up cost more than my last car, but has lasted just under 10 years (October 2015) and pulled about 8000+ shots according to the counter on the grinder.
Espresso machine is a Quickmill Verona, Grinder is Eureka Zenith, but the older model.
Buy my coffee from 3 different coffee roasters.
And its a brave/foolish person that gets between me and my morning coffee
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