Thanks but I will stick to bz or expobar
Why not rocket apartamento from stellar M or VBM domobar jr highlander?
Or profitec from knock house or coffee in a place? or My way Alex, fracino, strietman, versuvius from coffee in a place?
Or la marzocco, silvia or
No need to rush the purchase. Go to the vendors and take a look at the machines. ask them to open the cover to look at the internals. You can seek the quality there. See the layout and components. sirai pstar or jaeger? wiring is a bloody mess or well thought out and neatly implemented? Ask them about the e61 group head. does it come with mechanical preinfusion? Examine the group head. solid and heavy or light and crappy.
Look at the boilers. Copper, brass or TIG welded stainless steel.
Whats your budget?
If you want fuss free design and shots and top notch quality without needed special power requirements and plumb in i suggest go with a la marzocco linea mini.
If you are anal retentive go with a slayer or hydra MVP for the best temp stability and ease of changing brew pressure. .
Get a good grinder too. If you are home user and make 1-2 shots a day and like to experiment with different beans each time get single dose, low retention grinders. Baratza sette from stellar m for motorised grinder and its pretty cheap. if you don't mind hand grinding get a HG 1, to me HG-1 is the perfect grinder for home use if you don't mind 7 secs of grindings for espresso. Yes just 7 sec of grinding is required for 20g dose once the burrs have been seasoned.
If you have a larger budget and believe unimodal grinds are better then get an EK43 or mahlkonig peak or LWW EG-1 or Kafatek Flat burr grinders.
0.1 g water resistant scales is very important. brewista is the cheapest water resistant one and is good.
Get Vst baskets too. 18g or 20g one to start with. VST baskets is the cheapest way to brew better with modern roast styles.
