Around 2002, the NY Times interviewed me about coffee and espresso gear. I told them I could make better espresso with a $400 grinder and a $250 espresso machine, than I could with a $5,000 espresso machine and a $100 grinder. The reporter didn't belie...
-
Around 2002, the NY Times interviewed me about coffee and espresso gear. I told them I could make better espresso with a $400 grinder and a $250 espresso machine, than I could with a $5,000 espresso machine and a $100 grinder. The reporter didn't believe me, but did print it.
A year later, Canada's Globe and Mail did a similar feature on me. This time the reporter visited to write the story. I made the same claim. He didn't believe me.
So I did exactly that - brewed two shots from those setups. He preferred the coffee from a Mazzer Mini / Krups 4000 series espresso machine, than he did from a Krups pressed burr grinder and a La Marzocco GS3 Prototype.
Bam.
cc @espresso
-
@coffeegeek *grins and nods over to the Mazzer and the Arduino-powered-homegrown-PID-hacked-eBay-Saeco-Aroma-for-$80 on the kitchen counter.
-
bubbajet 🥥🌴replied to CoffeeGeek on last edited by
@coffeegeek Your opinion, please. I’m currently using a DF64 for espresso, and a Timemore Chestnut Slim Plus for Aeropress. Love ‘em both. But, could I meaningfully improve my espresso grinding with a manual grinder under, say, $200? Thank you!
-
@[email protected] okay, now try using a Weber grinder >=)
-
@julian I think I'd still put my Versalab M3 up against the Weber and see which ones wins
-
CoffeeGeekreplied to bubbajet 🥥🌴 on last edited by
@bubbajet Which DF64 do you have? Gen 2?
Probably the best grinder under $500 for espresso is the 1zpresso J Max (or other J line units). But the DF64 Gen 2 is killer and close. Things are a point of diminishing returns at this level.
-
OK.
You can't just casually drop into a conversation your '#arduino powered' #coffeeMachine without details...
More details pretty please....
