Which Coffee Machine?

[Spacecadet]

See the poll

[Board Game Geek]

None of the above.

Get yourself a Baby Gaggia Dose, which can take both grounds and pods, and make your own brews "Barista Style".

You'll be making truly excellent coffee in no time and you CAN taste the difference.

The machines you mentioned are nothing more than glorified drink dispensers. Their coffee may taste "OK" but what would you prefer :

"OK coffee" or "Feth me, that's amazing coffee" ?

[Spacecadet]

None of the above.

Get yourself a Baby Gaggia Dose, which can take both grounds and pods, and make your own brews "Barista Style".

You'll be making truly excellent coffee in no time and you CAN taste the difference.

The machines you mentioned are nothing more than glorified drink dispensers. Their coffee may taste "OK" but what would you prefer :

"OK coffee" or "Feth me, that's amazing coffee" ?

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Good answer and you got to the core of why I'm asking.. current "coffee" maker is rather dissappointing

[Board Game Geek]

Thank you !

I was in the same position last year, thinking about getting a coffee machine.

I weighed up all the options, and tried out the brews from the above machines. I spent weeks agonising on what to get, the merits of each, etc until I reached "analysis paralysis".

Then I spotted a Gaggia shop and went inside and had a hands-on play with a few machines, making different brews, etc. I was in there for 2 hours, and the staff were unfailingly helpful and polite.

The coffee WAS amazing, and hence, my decision was made. I've never looked back.

I'd suggest if you want to try out machines, a Gaggia shop will let you go play and ask questions, and of course try product.

Happy Hunting !

[voodooflux]

Cheers BGG - I've also been thinking of picking up a decent coffee machine for a while. The location of current ClientCo means I don't walk past any good coffee shops on my way into the office, and I've been making do with a caffetiere to produce that early morning cuppa.

[Spacecadet]

I got the Tassimo a few months back, bit of a compulsive purchase and not impressed by the coffee at all, hence the poll.

[Paddy]

Any good Italian professional make will do. New small one is about £1k (Large about £3k), I got mine for £300 from a closed down coffee shop. Don’t skimp on the bean quality and keep both the frothier jug and milk as cold as possible before use. It took me about 60 coffees to practice to get it right. Now it’s fine first time every time but the problem is when you go out for a coffee and see it being f&^ed up by some nerd at Starbucks or Nero; you feel like telling them their job.


PS: what makes a good coffee is good water quality (filtered) and the high water pressure forced through the beans.

[Board Game Geek]

PS: what makes a good coffee is good water quality (filtered) and the high water pressure forced through the beans.

Agreed. I always use filtered water and you need at least a 15 bar pressure machine to get the crema correct.

[OwlHoot]

AndyW personally grinds my coffee with his balls of granite

butt cheeks

[OwlHoot]

.. but the problem is when you go out for a coffee and see it being f&^ed up by some nerd at Starbucks or Nero; you feel like telling them their job. ..

Happened to me last week in a service station on the M4. After asking for a tea, I watched as the gormless girl poured hot water into a giant cold mug (which must have cooled it down about 10 degrees in a second), then poured in some milk, and finally dropped in a tea bag which not surprisingly didn't brew at all. I had to ask her to tip it away and start again without the milk.