The Official TFK Coffee Thread

[TreatyStones]

@Fagan_ODowd

I have a moka pot that I stick on the gas stove for an espresso every morning. Make beautiful coffee. I’d say you can get them from 10€ up.

No good. He’s a dealing with a woman here.
It has to be expensive, shiny and make noise.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@TreatyStones

@Fagan_ODowd

I have a moka pot that I stick on the gas stove for an espresso every morning. Make beautiful coffee. I’d say you can get them from 10€ up.

No good. He’s a dealing with a woman here.
It has to be expensive, shiny and make noise.

The woman or the coffee machine?

[glenshane]

Are we thinking of some shiny plastic push button thing that makes shit coffee, or are you wearing your big boy trousers and looking for a proper piece of kit?

[TheUlteriorMotive]

A Moka pot, a Clever Dripper and a decent weighing scales.

[carryharry]

Proper kit

[glenshane]

@glenshane

This has been the entry level ‘prosumer’ machine for years…no gimmicks, digital displays etc. Just rock solid pump, heavyweight metal parts, proper portafilter etc. It’s probably as good as anything costing up to 1k. It could last a lifetime so long as you descale it
https://www.coffeeitalia.co.uk/rancilio-silvia-v6-e-2020-last-edition-espresso-cup-edition.html

You’re at nothing without a burr grinder- ideally you want one that doesn’t click through the settings, instead it should have a smooth adjustment so you’ll decide the grind. That said the Silvia/rocky combo is hard bate. You could go without a grinder for a while and learn how to use the tamper/adjust the amount slightly etc

Your other option is a pavoni lever machine. Another lifetime investment, a lovely piece of kit that requires a nice learning curve.
https://www.coffeeitalia.co.uk/la-pavoni-el-europiccola.html

Both machines have serious coffee snob potential

This is dacent enough advice, even though I say so myself. If you wanted to spend even more you’d probably look at an isomac, an expobar or maybe even an elektra for show

[Alphakrul1]

Things are getting out of hand. I’d strongly recommend the gaggia classic. You’ll get 10-15 years out of it and a 2yr old could replace any part in it and they’re easy to clean.
I’ve owned a nespresso machine, spent a few years using the trusty moka pot but this blows them out of the water.

https://www.coffeeitalia.ie/gaggia-classic.html

[flattythehurdler]

You’d need its own island for that kit.

[flattythehurdler]

https://www.coffeeitalia.co.uk/la-pavoni-el-europiccola.html

This thing looks like a baddie in Dr Who.

[Horsebox]

Got a De’Longhi dedica pump as a gift and very happy with it. Nice and slim so doesn’t take up much space and hardly any maintenance with it. Highly recommended, pal.

[glenshane]

I’ll rip your throat out you utter Philippine

[carryharry]

Thoughts chaps? Anyone have one?

https://www.harveynorman.ie/small-appliances/coffee-machines/espresso/sage-the-barista-express-espresso-coffee-machine-ses875bks2guk1-black-sesame.html

[glenshane]

If you’re spending that kind of money I think you should buy a classic sturdy simple machine with a brass group head and a powerful pump. You’ll be able to service it, buy replacement parts and find someone to work on it if something goes wrong. You’ll get a lifetime of use out of it

[carryharry]

Any example link?

[glenshane]

The rancilio or pavoni machines…the rocky grinder is tried and tested also. Or just buy the machine and get the grinder later. I’d prefer the pavoni myself, the classic lever machine. The rancilio is a great yoke also, you’d want to spend a grand to get something better
https://www.coffeeitalia.co.uk/set.html

[TheUlteriorMotive]

@Fagan_ODowd - do you boil the water before you put it in in the Moka. I only learned last year that is the recommended way to do it

[gilgamboa]

I’d say that would do the finest pal

But it’s like looking for advice on a gas BBQ… Ghé purists won’t like it

[Fagan_ODowd]

No. I must try that. Would speed things up too.

[Alphakrul1]

There’s a ton of second hand pavonis for sale through their version of donedeal when I was in Italy last summer. Some of them real cheap.
Yes, Rancilio Silvia, great machine. Far better steaming wand than the gaggia classic.

[TreatyStones]

@gilgamboa

I’d say that would do the finest pal

But it’s like looking for advice on a gas BBQ… Ghé purists won’t like it

Sage must have a strong Instagram game.