Coffee machine

[Cois]

Got me a Gater Coffee Bean Grinder from http://capecoffeebeans.co.za/

 

http://capecoffeebeans.co.za/collections/coffee-grinders/products/gater-ceramic-burr-manual-coffee-grinder?variant=566679265

 

Needed something for the Office and something that I can take with me on the motorbike with the Aeropress

[Wayne Potgieter]

I ended up settling for a Breville Oracle Machine.

 

Its not a traditional bean to cup, but it also sort of is one....

 

http://www.breville.co.nz/the-oracle.html

 

So far, i am pretty impressed.

 

It is VERY consistent and the automatic Tamp, Milk and Grind functions are pretty cool.

 

I get to experiment with milk art (if i want) but the machine is pretty autonomous.

 

Its sort of the best of both worlds. 

 

 

[Wayne Potgieter]

Oh, and i also got a vacuum sealing Delonghi beans storage container to keep those beans nice and fresh.

[V12man]

I ended up settling for a Breville Oracle Machine.

 

Its not a traditional bean to cup, but it also sort of is one....

 

http://www.breville.co.nz/the-oracle.html

 

So far, i am pretty impressed.

 

It is VERY consistent and the automatic Tamp, Milk and Grind functions are pretty cool.

 

I get to experiment with milk art (if i want) but the machine is pretty autonomous.

 

Its sort of the best of both worlds.

Nice machine - it's predecessor has a good reputation too - never seen one in Sa- not imported..

[SimpleDom]

I ended up settling for a Breville Oracle Machine.

 

Its not a traditional bean to cup, but it also sort of is one....

 

http://www.breville.co.nz/the-oracle.html

 

So far, i am pretty impressed.

 

It is VERY consistent and the automatic Tamp, Milk and Grind functions are pretty cool.

 

I get to experiment with milk art (if i want) but the machine is pretty autonomous.

 

Its sort of the best of both worlds.

I had the previous version. It made very good coffee. My only complaint was that the grinder internal gearing was plastic, and stripped. They did however replace it under warranty.

 

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[V12man]

I had the previous version. It made very good coffee. My only complaint was that the grinder internal gearing was plastic, and stripped. They did however replace it under warranty.

 

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Yours wasn't a dual boiler machine - the BES920 is the predecessor to the Oracle (sort of, because the dual boilers are the same - just no grinder and auto tamp)

[the nerd]

The breville dual boiler is a great machine! 

[Wayne Potgieter]

Loving the new machine.

 

So easy to use.

 

It has some really nice design touches.

 

• The machine comes on wheels to move around the counter easily, but under the drip tray is a little switch that causes the wheels to recede so the machine sits vas on the counter as well.
• In the drip tray is a special little tray for all the tools - cleaning brushes etc
• The water tank has a light and front view window, so you can see water level easily
• It has a built in clock, so you can set it to "wake up" every morning at a certain time to heat up and fill boilers etc. as well as an auto off function.
• The quality of the steamed milk is amazing. No involvement from your side. Simply fill the jug, drop the wand and push one button. My wife uses SOY milk and the quality of the micro foam even with soy (which is pretty hard to foam) is silky and smooth.
• When you are finished foaming and you wipe the wand off and push it back towards the machine, it automatically purges for 1 second to clean the wand.
• Water tank can be filled from front or back

 

I am very impressed and so far it is by far the best machine i have ever had.  to put that into perspective, this is what i have used over the years.

• 4 different nespresso units
• Dolce Gusto unit
• Delonghi prima donna
• Isomac 1 group with fancy grinder
• Saeco bean to cup
• Jura S9 bean to cup
• Big 2 group machine with super jolly Mazzer grinder (to be fair, that was installed in a restaurant i owned)
• Aeropress
• Kettle and Ricoffy

This machine is way better than all of them. The only one that comes close is the fully manual Isomac machine, but that machine took training and experimentation to develop consistency whereas the breville does it all for you or can be fully manual if you want.

 

Here is a video that would probably explain it better than i can.

 

[Cois]

One thing I can't and never could get right was to get the correct texture of the milk to do the artistic take on a cup of coffee...  And i have worked with stunning Coffee machines (I was the Coffee Master for 3 months at Spur in Bronkhorstspruit)

 

Just never could get the hang of it, but okay, with 5 minutes of training one could net expect much and never had much time to play.  Being a waiter (or slave) and the coffee dude was not easy to juggle. 

[cadenceblur]

You are not alone. But it's all about practicing the right technique. Not that I'm there [emoji23]

[Beesrib]

Hi guys. Looking at maybe getting a coffee machine in a couple of months.  Been using the mokka stove top pot, and aeropress.  We have a small cheap grinder and it is working for us.  But want to look at a bean to cup type of machine for daily use.  Not to bothered about all the fancy machines and techniques.  Just looking for something fairly easy to use, press a button and get a decent cup of coffee in the morning.  What would you recommend?  ta

[Oxter]

You can search that in this topic. Its been discussed a few times. But it basically says to get a jura...

 

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[RocknRolla]

Got a moka pot yesterday, test drove it this morning, and I am very impressed!

 

I bought this mainly for use when attending events that serves that instant crap.

 

 

 

 

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[the nerd]

Got a moka pot yesterday, test drove it this morning, and I am very impressed!

 

I bought this mainly for use when attending events that serves that instant crap.

 

 

 

 

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Coffee on RocknRolla this weekend!!! 

[SimpleDom]

One thing I can't and never could get right was to get the correct texture of the milk to do the artistic take on a cup of coffee... And i have worked with stunning Coffee machines (I was the Coffee Master for 3 months at Spur in Bronkhorstspruit)

 

Just never could get the hang of it, but okay, with 5 minutes of training one could net expect much and never had much time to play. Being a waiter (or slave) and the coffee dude was not easy to juggle.

You haven't lived until you've waited at Spur. Welkom, and Rondebosch for me. The coffee was never good at spur.

 

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[V12man]

You haven't lived until you've waited at Spur. Welkom, and Rondebosch for me. The coffee was never good at spur.

 

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I did a year of Sunday evenings at Spur Rondebosch (commune tradition).... fortunately you were still in primary school then.... and coffee was never on the menu - and weirdly they never got grumpy if we played backgammon till late.... which we did a lot.