Best household Cappuccino Machine?
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There are to many variables to consider...
What is your budget? What kind of quality do you need? Manual, Semi-automatic or full-auto machine? How much time do you want to spend making coffee? and so on...
no time to waste, but want quality:
Nespresso or Illy pod machine
no time to waste, quality is not so important:
Full automatic - deLonghi or Jura.
got time and quality is important:
get a manual espresso machine (for a start Gaggia Classic or Rancilio Silva) and a good espresso grinder. Learn to pull a perfect espresso shot and making capuccinos.
got time and guality is not important:
Look at the fullautomatic
What is your budget? What kind of quality do you need? Manual, Semi-automatic or full-auto machine? How much time do you want to spend making coffee? and so on...
no time to waste, but want quality:
Nespresso or Illy pod machine
no time to waste, quality is not so important:
Full automatic - deLonghi or Jura.
got time and quality is important:
get a manual espresso machine (for a start Gaggia Classic or Rancilio Silva) and a good espresso grinder. Learn to pull a perfect espresso shot and making capuccinos.
got time and guality is not important:
Look at the fullautomatic
Breville has some really good reviews on Amazon: [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Breville-Barista-Express-BES860XL-machine/dp/B002S51RQG/ref=sr_1_2?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1314029739&sr=1-2]Amazon.com: Breville Barista Express BES860XL machine with grinder: Kitchen & Dining[/ame]
Thanks for this thread! I think I found my next coffee machine
Thanks for this thread! I think I found my next coffee machine
Yer welcome! Which model you going with?Breville has some really good reviews on Amazon: Amazon.com: Breville Barista Express BES860XL machine with grinder: Kitchen & Dining
Thanks for this thread! I think I found my next coffee machine
Some of the Brevilles look great but I'm leaning towards a Nespresso of some kind... Still a hard choice...
Yeah, there are a lot of choices out there. My baby gagigia was a gift from mother-in-law, so I'm not so sure I'd have dropped 500 for some coffee. But I do love it.
You know there are stove top espresso makers. Real old school. I believe they are called demitasse makers. The taste is not as good, but hey we're in this for the buzz; amirite?
I have one of these:
It says 6-8 cups, but I just pour the lot into a big mug and drink it all.
Tastes a shitload better than starbucks, but their coffee is fucking disgusting anyway.
Oh and if you want really good tasting coffee, don't use unfiltered tap water.
It says 6-8 cups, but I just pour the lot into a big mug and drink it all.
Tastes a shitload better than starbucks, but their coffee is fucking disgusting anyway.
Oh and if you want really good tasting coffee, don't use unfiltered tap water.
I have one of these:
It says 6-8 cups, but I just pour the lot into a big mug and drink it all.
Tastes a shitload better than starbucks, but their coffee is fucking disgusting anyway.
Oh and if you want really good tasting coffee, don't use unfiltered tap water.
^^ yep one of those. Rule the fucking world with enough caffeine.
From wikipedia:
Stove top
Main article: Moka pot
A Moka pot stove top espresso maker.
Moka pots, also known as stove top espresso makers, are similar to espresso machines in that they brew under pressure and the resulting brew shares some similarities, but in other respects differ. As such, their characterization as "espresso" machines is at times contentious, but due to their use of pressure and steam for brewing, comparable to all espresso prior to the 1948 Gaggia, they are accepted within broader uses of the term, but distinguished from standard modern espresso machines.
Moka pots are similar to espresso machines in that they brew under pressure, produce coffee with an extraction ratio similar to that of a conventional espresso machine, and, depending on bean variety and grind selection, Moka pots can create the same foam emulsion known as crema that conventional espresso machines can.
Moka pots differ from espresso machines in that they brew under substantially lower pressure – 1.5 bars rather than 9 bars – and use hotter water – a mix of boiling water and steam at above 100°C (rather than 92°–96° of espresso machines), similar to early steam brewing machines.
Moka pots are widely agreed to produce inferior quality brewing to espresso machines, due to brewing at excess heat and insufficient pressure, but are considerably cheaper and more convenient than espresso machines, and the quality of brew is prized and preferred by many over unpressurized brewing.
The bottom chamber contains the water. The middle chamber is a filter-basket and sits within the bottom chamber holding the ground coffee. The top chamber, with a metal filter, screws onto the bottom chamber. When the pot is heated on a stove, the pressure from the steam in the bottom chamber forces the water through a tube into the filter-basket, through the ground coffee, the metal filter, and it then funnels into the top chamber where the coffee is then ready to serve. They are commonly found in Italy, Spain and Portugal. They are also known as a macchinetta, Italian for "little machine".
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Hand wash it after use. Throw it in the DW once in a while. It's basically a coffee pot.
Don't get something that uses pods, it's just not a real coffee machine. (Yes I am a snob!)
If you can't be fucked with grinding and tamping and all the mess get a Bean to Cup machine (Automatica). The Gaggia Titanium and Brera or the DéLonghi PrimaDonna and Perfecta are decent on a budget. If not you can't really get any better than a Jura.
If you can't be fucked with grinding and tamping and all the mess get a Bean to Cup machine (Automatica). The Gaggia Titanium and Brera or the DéLonghi PrimaDonna and Perfecta are decent on a budget. If not you can't really get any better than a Jura.
I decided against pods long ago... If for no other reason that the maker of said pods might find them unprofitable one day.
Bean to Cup is very compelling. Thanks for your input, my lord.
Bean to Cup is very compelling. Thanks for your input, my lord.
Most people drink coffee year round, everyday.
At 5$ that's over 1800$, pays for itself after the first 6 months.
Then again can you make a better foam artwork on your coffee then the employees...
that alone is worth the other 900$ :food-smiley-010:
UPDATE --------------- Got a Good one finally!
Since my last post I've owned a couple of Cappo makers and now I've settled on this one:
Saeco Via Venezia Espresso Machine - Bed Bath & Beyond
Cons:
*Hard to get the filter out of the portafilter to clean each time
*Warming plate doesn't get very hot
*No indication of how much to make (Not newbie friendly)
Pros:
*Makes Damn fine espresso with lotsa crema
*Easy to clean overall
*Has great frother and other extras like the heating plate and 2 ways to fill water tank
*Can take ground bean OR ESE Pods, most flexible system ever.
*Solid steel construction, could hit it with my car and still make good espresso afterwards
*Heats up in seconds... Off to fully brewed in under a minute!
*Huge water tank holds all week's water in one fill.
*Dead simple to use with 3 buttons and a knob for steam/hot water. (Although you still have to perform a type of art to know how much water to put through your grinds each time, but many spresso machines are like this.)
I'm enjoying some seriously tasty 'spresso with thick crema on top as we speak... And it was pretty easy to do, too. I haven't had it long enough to say how hard the weekly or descaling cleanings go, but after a few days I've decided the per-use cleaning is the easiest I've seen yet, so with that in mind plus all that thick red crema, yeah buddy, it's a keeper.
Interestingly, I tried one of these things just before it:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A8C0XW/sr=1-1-fkmr0/ref=pop?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&sr=1-1-fkmr0"]Gaggia Mukka Pot at Amazon[/ame]
And at first I thought: "Holy Shit, Magically yummy Cappo in one step!"
But after about 10 of them, I thought: "Holy Shit... Where's the Foam???"
It pretty much just gradually stopped making the froth. It became a latte maker, and that was with me spending 10-15 Minutes scrubbing all of the internal surfaces out (And there were TONS of them, all kinds of hidden chambers in this thing...) after each and every use!
I turned it back in and noticed BBBY stopped carrying them... I doubt anyone has gotten one to work for more than a week or two.
Now I'm Burr Grinder shopping, looking at this one because it's solid, adjustable, and cheap with lots of good reviews:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-DBM-8-Supreme-Automatic-CCM-16PC1/dp/B00018RRRK/ref=sr_1_4?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1321409983&sr=1-4"]Cuisinart DBM-8 $50 Burr Grinder at Amazon[/ame]
Thoughts?
Since my last post I've owned a couple of Cappo makers and now I've settled on this one:
Saeco Via Venezia Espresso Machine - Bed Bath & Beyond
Cons:
*Hard to get the filter out of the portafilter to clean each time
*Warming plate doesn't get very hot
*No indication of how much to make (Not newbie friendly)
Pros:
*Makes Damn fine espresso with lotsa crema
*Easy to clean overall
*Has great frother and other extras like the heating plate and 2 ways to fill water tank
*Can take ground bean OR ESE Pods, most flexible system ever.
*Solid steel construction, could hit it with my car and still make good espresso afterwards
*Heats up in seconds... Off to fully brewed in under a minute!
*Huge water tank holds all week's water in one fill.
*Dead simple to use with 3 buttons and a knob for steam/hot water. (Although you still have to perform a type of art to know how much water to put through your grinds each time, but many spresso machines are like this.)
I'm enjoying some seriously tasty 'spresso with thick crema on top as we speak... And it was pretty easy to do, too. I haven't had it long enough to say how hard the weekly or descaling cleanings go, but after a few days I've decided the per-use cleaning is the easiest I've seen yet, so with that in mind plus all that thick red crema, yeah buddy, it's a keeper.
Interestingly, I tried one of these things just before it:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A8C0XW/sr=1-1-fkmr0/ref=pop?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&sr=1-1-fkmr0"]Gaggia Mukka Pot at Amazon[/ame]
And at first I thought: "Holy Shit, Magically yummy Cappo in one step!"
But after about 10 of them, I thought: "Holy Shit... Where's the Foam???"
It pretty much just gradually stopped making the froth. It became a latte maker, and that was with me spending 10-15 Minutes scrubbing all of the internal surfaces out (And there were TONS of them, all kinds of hidden chambers in this thing...) after each and every use!
I turned it back in and noticed BBBY stopped carrying them... I doubt anyone has gotten one to work for more than a week or two.
Now I'm Burr Grinder shopping, looking at this one because it's solid, adjustable, and cheap with lots of good reviews:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-DBM-8-Supreme-Automatic-CCM-16PC1/dp/B00018RRRK/ref=sr_1_4?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1321409983&sr=1-4"]Cuisinart DBM-8 $50 Burr Grinder at Amazon[/ame]
Thoughts?
saw a good deal on a nespresso and thought of this thread [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Nespresso-Pixie-Espresso-Maker-Electric/dp/B004SQUGH4"]Amazon.com: Nespresso Pixie Espresso Maker, Electric Titan: Kitchen & Dining[/ame]
