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At home, we don't drink that much coffee - usually only a latte on Sunday morning. We used a basic Nespresso - which was easy and consistent, and you could get compatible pods from shops when travelling eg Cafe Terzi in Bologna, San Eustachio in Rome etc. I've had a Rancilio Silvia and Rocky for ages but could never really get the hang of it given our low consumption. I had brought it out of storage and tried again, but it just seemed too much hassle, so we put it for sale.
We used the Rocky grinder to grind beans for a newly acquired Aeropress and Fellows Prismo, and we could get decent lattes 99% of the time. We sold the Rancilio combo last week and I bought a 1Zpresso JE-plus hand grinder (from Taiwan) which seems decent. I had wanted the Niche Zero but it was pricey here (about 770USD) so I had settled on the Rok Grinder. However they don't had a local distributer, so I'd have to buy from the UK and spend 70USD on shipping - in the end, I got the 1Zpresso which seem to be well regarded and ship for free! Thinking of a Flair Pro or a Cafelat Robot (based here in HK) for a 'real' espresso machine. The 9Barista seems interesting but the price is ouch.
We used the Rocky grinder to grind beans for a newly acquired Aeropress and Fellows Prismo, and we could get decent lattes 99% of the time. We sold the Rancilio combo last week and I bought a 1Zpresso JE-plus hand grinder (from Taiwan) which seems decent. I had wanted the Niche Zero but it was pricey here (about 770USD) so I had settled on the Rok Grinder. However they don't had a local distributer, so I'd have to buy from the UK and spend 70USD on shipping - in the end, I got the 1Zpresso which seem to be well regarded and ship for free! Thinking of a Flair Pro or a Cafelat Robot (based here in HK) for a 'real' espresso machine. The 9Barista seems interesting but the price is ouch.