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For the home user I think that is the best compromise ito price and features. I can recommend it, great supplier to deal with. It still fits under cupboards and you don't have to plumb it. You can still live with a SBDU if you don't do milk, but for the extra cash I'd rather have the option of doing milk and a more stable machine as in the Oscar. If you have people over, chances are they will want milk drinks, no use having a machine that can't produce the goods It will take you forever to make cappuccinos for 4 people; pull shot, wait, steam, wait, pull shot etc. There's a good video on this on SCG channel

Will you be making much coffee other than this? Just asking because with the equipment outlay required it may be much cheaper for you to just buy your daily cappuccino if there is a good cafe nearby. Unless you really want to learn and have a passion for it. Don't want to put you off, just being realistic as you'll need to spend 10k plus at the least.

Go look at the videos on Seattle Coffee Gear's channel on youtube. There you will see what we meant with SBDU not being ideal; by the time the machine is warm enough to produce steam after making the shot, the shot is cold and the crema has disipated so you cappuccino won't be cafe quality. On the other hand with cafe machines (dual boiler mostly) or HX machines like the oscar you can do both at the same time or one after the other. Without the heating/cooling cycle the temp stays stable so more consistant shots

Already bought the Nuova Simonelli Oscar, which I can whole heartedly recommend! If you want to steam milk then this would be the entry level to look at, around 10K. Then a good grinder around 4- 7k to go with it. You can get away with other machines called single boilers but you have to wait before you can steam after making coffee so not ideal. Not stable temperature wise so coffee from it isn't as good. Still much better than Nespresso or the machine I'm selling granted you take the time to master it. Ranchillio Silvia is such a machine around 7k. If you are serious about coffee please don't buy the entry level domestic machines from Krups, Breville etc. They make appliances not espresso machines... You will be upgrading quickly if you want cafe quality coffee. The milk steaming function makes froth, so cappuccinos are out. You can get a decent shot but not time after time, very inconsistent. See pics below of my Krupps versus Oscar

Ag jou gat man!

I love coffee

Lekker! Don't think the frames are actually made here though?

Some more art

Yeah this was my criteria too, bought the Oscar as it's a heat exchanger. Waiting for a single boiler. Ain't no one got time fo that!

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Yes the Oscar model. Love it!

From my research the Oscar is one of the best entry level proper home machines. I love mine and would definitely recommend it. I would advise saving up money and rather buy once. But depends on your needs - what do you want/need Stephan?

You better be quick for this one : Urban Espress Coffee Co. We have another second hand Nuova Simonelli Oscar for sale in store. Get it quick, it surely won't be available for long at this price. http://nuovasimonelliusa.com/oscar.html Unlike · · Share · 12 minutes ago ·

I hear you! In principle it is actually very simple but putting all the steps together correctly ain't so easy... Do watch the Verve Coffee Roasters milk steaming and latte art videos, they have really helped me. Also Scott Rao's tutorial on steaming and pouring. I have found the correct placement of the jug and amount of milk in the pitcher for my machine, so foam is OK. A tip from me is use a smaller cup, and put the jug with its spout on the edge of the cup and tilt to pour. Easier to control the speed of the pour and with the small cup you can basically tilt it down and pour fast so the heart starts forming immediately, once it starts showing up on the crema move forward slightly, keep the flow and then when its full lift and pour through to split the heart. With a bigger cup you have to first fill and then drop down to do the art which is another step to bugger up. With the small cup you just pour full gass from the start. Maybe not the correct way but give it a try. Works for me. As for the wiggle to do a rosetta - I'll worry about that when I can do a nice heart consistently

Still working on the art, but getting closer!

Nope haven't heard of them yet.

Anyone have info on the hiking trails? Last I heard the huts were closed and routes in a terrible state.

Interesting, never saw him as an XCO rider.

Then you need to work more at educating the market no?

I just find it pretty hilarious seeing images of people throwing (medicine?) balls against a wall next to each other. Sure it's a good work out but looks pretty daft. Seems to be the new in thing though. Just looking at some of the weights some of the ladies deadlift I'm wondering if there aren't a lot of people getting injured with Crossfit? I'm lazy to go to the gym, even though we have one where I stay. I can recommend the book by "Fast" Eddie Lambert called "Be your own personal trainer". Contains different levels of exercises for everything from swiss balls to therabands. With pre-planned workouts as well. Perfect for core/strength/plyometric sessions for endurance sports.

Would like one of these jerseys

Great to hear Koos is better! It's positive that the driver did not just drive away.

Same thing crossing an intersection with cars wanting to turn right; they totally underestimate the speed that you are going at and mostly decide to go at the last minute. Road bike disk brakes seem like a good idea to me. Glad you got off OK cois

We've had an F50 for around 7 years and we are very happy with it in terms of a Superautomatic machine. If you want convenience with more choice in terms of freshers beans than the Nespresso machines it rocks. With the frother upgrade I found it easier to produce froth for a sort of cappuccino looking drink. However there's little to play with so if you want cafe quality coffee with manual control this is not your type of machine.