Bought a new machine (finally)...

[Blackie]

Way back in 2022 I asked what should I look at next as the auto Gaggia wasn't doing it for me.
Just yesterday I finally ordered a new Moccamaster Select (from Australia too).
https://moccamasteranz.com/collecti...cts/moccamaster-select?variant=42245306024107
Yeah, hard to go past the Matt Green.
I am quite over instant coffee (although Jed's #5 is not too bad).
Looking forward to a nice cuppa in about a weeks time.

 

[TobyC]

For that price it better be good coffee!

 

[TobyC]

I use one of these, dirt cheap.

 

[SpeedyPC]

dirt cheap.

You magnificent arko pissy bastard

 

[TobyC]

You magnificent arko pissy bastard

 

[mark123abc0]

Nice!! now you get to go down the rabbit hole of coffee.
I have the single serve moccamaster and it's makes a great cup of coffee, I've grabbed a nice hand grinder so I can do my own beans the Timemore or the 1zpresso are both good options.

 

[Blackie]

I'm OK for a grinder. Bought this a while ago.
https://segafredo.co.nz/shop/coffee-grinders/eureka-mignon-manuale/
Used it with my Chemex...but the Chemex wasn't what I wanted.
The Moccamaster takes all the guess work out of it.
I just need to get the right beans, with the right roast, and then grind them just right.
That should be the easy part (insert hollow laugh).

 

[Bladerunner7]

Nice!! now you get to go down the rabbit hole of coffee.
I have the single serve moccamaster and it's makes a great cup of coffee, I've grabbed a nice hand grinder so I can do my own beans the Timemore or the 1zpresso are both good options.

Had a few electric grinders but they just fail to capture the flavor of the coffee the way you like it personally. The Timemore is awesome and the 1zpresso is fantastic. I opted for a Kingrinder 6, the company was set up by a former 1zpresso partner and it is way more affordable. Totally beats out my former favorite - the Knock Feldgrind.

I'd love to get a proper Espresso machine someday but for now I use a Stainless Steel Moka pot, An Aeropress with the Prismo attachment, A Kalita Wave dripper and my fav - the Hario V60 Tetsu Kasuya Model. Big fan of Kasuya-San and find that his 4:6 pour over method creates an amazing Cup of Joe that can be controlled for acidity, sweetness and flavor strength.

 

[nav1]

Very nice!
Great choice on the colour, i would have gone for that too!

Last year, i bought a Gevi espresso machine for around $250 and have been very happy with it. All our family and friends absolutely love my coffee. I love the gesture of making and serving coffee.

The only thing i would like is if the stream pressure was a little higher. Otherwise, it's a really nice unit.

I get coffees from the Indian state of Karnataka, which is famous for high altitude coffee plantations.

We also enjoy Vittoria coffee which my father brings for me on his visits.

 

[Nanook]

The missus is a big fan of The Great British/ New Zealand / Australian Bake Off shows on Foxtel. They were running a SMEG competition so for the hell of it I entered and won a expresso coffee machine.

I ended up buying the grinder to match

 

[Gargravarr]

Way back in 2022 I asked what should I look at next as the auto Gaggia wasn't doing it for me.
Just yesterday I finally ordered a new Moccamaster Select (from Australia too).
https://moccamasteranz.com/collecti...cts/moccamaster-select?variant=42245306024107
Yeah, hard to go past the Matt Green.
I am quite over instant coffee (although Jed's #5 is not too bad).
Looking forward to a nice cuppa in about a weeks time.

Nice work. Back in the '70s and '80s I used to do pourover manually (with a Melitta filter cone), ever so slowly, with a huge amount of beans ground finely with a Spong hand grinder. My friends used to complain my coffee left them hallucinating.

Them were the days.

Now I mostly do unplugged espresso, either Rok or Lavazza stovetop. The Breville Smart Grinder Pro is now my go-to (especially since it has no problem grinding beans fine enough for the briki/ibrik/cesveh).

But talking of visiting wabbit holes, you could do worse than buy a selection of green beans and roast them yourself. All it takes is a great gun, a stainless colander and a stainless bowl just a bit bigger. I mostly get my beans from Coffee Snobs, and occasionally from Ministry Grounds. Plenty of opportunity to get the right combo of roast/grind etc without breaking the bank.

 

[Bladerunner7]

Nice work. Back in the '70s and '80s I used to do pourover manually (with a Melitta filter cone), ever so slowly, with a huge amount of beans ground finely with a Spong hand grinder. My friends used to complain my coffee left them hallucinating.

Them were the days.

Now I mostly do unplugged espresso, either Rok or Lavazza stovetop. The Breville Smart Grinder Pro is now my go-to (especially since it has no problem grinding beans fine enough for the briki/ibrik/cesveh).

But talking of visiting wabbit holes, you could do worse than buy a selection of green beans and roast them yourself. All it takes is a great gun, a stainless colander and a stainless bowl just a bit bigger. I mostly get my beans from Coffee Snobs, and occasionally from Ministry Grounds. Plenty of opportunity to get the right combo of roast/grind etc without breaking the bank.

Love the Breville. Get back to the pour over Homie.