avatar Posted November 26, 2019 Share Where do you get that deal? A 2 year old Rancilio Silvia 'hardly used' is making me think about stretching my budget.Would this be a good purchase? This is a very different game compared to an auto bean to cup machine.Also, I don't have a grinder though, so will have to make do with shop ground coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted November 26, 2019 Share A 2 year old Rancilio Silvia 'hardly used' is making me think about stretching my budget.Would this be a good purchase? This is a very different game compared to an auto bean to cup machine.Also, I don't have a grinder though, so will have to make do with shop ground coffeeSilvia's and the like do not make good office coffee machines - they just cannot produce the volumes for more than 2 people at a time - and it's even worse when people want milk drinks - incredibly slow. A decent bean to cup machine is a much better and more practical office machine - especially if you get to pair it with a good small espresso machine and grinder at some point. My office has a 2 group commercial machine - and even that causes a backlog for meetings - although some of that relates to the operators not being super efficient. splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 26, 2019 Share Silvia's and the like do not make good office coffee machines - they just cannot produce the volumes for more than 2 people at a time - and it's even worse when people want milk drinks - incredibly slow. A decent bean to cup machine is a much better and more practical office machine - especially if you get to pair it with a good small espresso machine and grinder at some point. My office has a 2 group commercial machine - and even that causes a backlog for meetings - although some of that relates to the operators not being super efficient. I work from home - the office consists of just me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted November 26, 2019 Share I work from home - the office consists of just me .No visitors? more than 1 visitor and you will feel the constraints of the small sbdu machine - far better to save a while and buy a heat exchanger based machine - slightly bigger but much better capacity - especially with milk based drinks - and usually better steaming too - and a good grinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted November 26, 2019 Share Need some advice based on experience. I have one of these at home https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/espresso/bes980.html and it is absolutely amazing - its sort of ruined other coffee for me when i travel. I was thinking of getting myself something like this for portable use, but not sure if the hype is to be believed. Has anyone got any experience with these? I am specifically not looking at the capsule option. https://www.amazon.com/WACACO-Nanopresso-Portable-Minipresso-Operated/dp/B0797T2FYL/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1N2QZM8FU7FPX&keywords=nanopresso&qid=1574798689&sprefix=nanop%2Caps%2C316&sr=8-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted November 27, 2019 Share ☝️ I have one of those, it can make a very good espresso in combination with a Hario grinder. If done right, it beats the office Jura ito quality. The only challenge is to get the dosing just right.I would suggest that you get the expander gadget to make 2 espressos if you ever want to make more than one shot at a time. It is a hassle to clean and tricky keep the water from cooling down too much for a second shot. Edited November 27, 2019 by Christie Wayne Potgieter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted November 27, 2019 Share I bought one last week and have only used it once so far, test run, I need to tamp more. What I can say, is that's a great price on Amazon. Wayne Potgieter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 27, 2019 Share No visitors? more than 1 visitor and you will feel the constraints of the small sbdu machine - far better to save a while and buy a heat exchanger based machine - slightly bigger but much better capacity - especially with milk based drinks - and usually better steaming too - and a good grinder OK, so I ignored your well meaning advice and went ahead and got it anyway.'The Want' overcame 'The Need' . The way I see my progression : Nespresso Machine - Aluminium frame with 10spd 105 Bialetti - Single Speed or fixieSBDU Machine - Carbon frame with UltegraHX Machine - Carbon frame with Dura AceDB Machine - Carbon frame with Di2 Getting a good stand alone grinder is like adding carbon wheels PhilipV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alouette3 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Getting a good stand alone grinder is like adding carbon wheelsits more like actually having wheels on your bike.... Skylark, gerriemtb and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nerd Posted November 27, 2019 Share OK, so I ignored your well meaning advice and went ahead and got it anyway.'The Want' overcame 'The Need' . The way I see my progression : Nespresso Machine - Aluminium frame with 10spd 105 Bialetti - Single Speed or fixieSBDU Machine - Carbon frame with UltegraHX Machine - Carbon frame with Dura AceDB Machine - Carbon frame with Di2 Getting a good stand alone grinder is like adding carbon wheels A silvia is an amazing machine! You will not go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted November 27, 2019 Share A silvia is an amazing machine! You will not go wrong100% agree!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted November 27, 2019 Share OK, so I ignored your well meaning advice and went ahead and got it anyway.'The Want' overcame 'The Need' . The way I see my progression : Nespresso Machine - Aluminium frame with 10spd 105 Bialetti - Single Speed or fixieSBDU Machine - Carbon frame with UltegraHX Machine - Carbon frame with Dura AceDB Machine - Carbon frame with Di2 Getting a good stand alone grinder is like adding carbon wheelsGetting a good grinder is like having pedals.... or not... Skylark, Help.Me. and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted November 27, 2019 Share OK, so I ignored your well meaning advice and went ahead and got it anyway.'The Want' overcame 'The Need' . The way I see my progression : Nespresso Machine - Aluminium frame with 10spd 105 Bialetti - Single Speed or fixieSBDU Machine - Carbon frame with UltegraHX Machine - Carbon frame with Dura AceDB Machine - Carbon frame with Di2 Getting a good stand alone grinder is like adding carbon wheelsPics or didn't happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 27, 2019 Share Pics or didn't happen... Got home, plugged it in a let it heat up while fiddling with the buttons.1st shot using the single shot basket was a disaster.2nd shot was with the double basket and that came out quite nicely. I am using Bootleggers espresso grind because they are just up the road. Now for a decent tamperand then a milk jugandandand... Muttley, Long Wheel Base, Alouette3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let's Ride Posted November 27, 2019 Share Aeropress. Very easy to use, google inverted method. Portable and makes great coffee. Enjoying the aeropress compared to a Seaco machine. Seaco probably needs to be descaled etc. Need some advice based on experience. I have one of these at home https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/espresso/bes980.html and it is absolutely amazing - its sort of ruined other coffee for me when i travel. I was thinking of getting myself something like this for portable use, but not sure if the hype is to be believed. Has anyone got any experience with these? I am specifically not looking at the capsule option. https://www.amazon.com/WACACO-Nanopresso-Portable-Minipresso-Operated/dp/B0797T2FYL/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1N2QZM8FU7FPX&keywords=nanopresso&qid=1574798689&sprefix=nanop%2Caps%2C316&sr=8-4 Edited November 27, 2019 by Let's Ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted November 27, 2019 Share Got home, plugged it in a let it heat up while fiddling with the buttons.1st shot using the single shot basket was a disaster.2nd shot was with the double basket and that came out quite nicely. I am using Bootleggers espresso grind because they are just up the road. Now for a decent tamperand then a milk jugandandand...Hubber @Grebel made some tampers for a group of us, don't know how actively he is still making them, but he's worth a shot. For pitcher i started off with one from game by steelking and used it for years only recently bought one off Takealot off a daily deals. splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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