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Originally Posted by 126coupe
In the market for something that does both american coffee and expresso/cappuccino
Good quality, no chinese
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126coupe, the passion for cars and coffee runs deep over here...
Warning: Most of the petite combo coffee machines we had are mediocre in doing BOTH variety of coffee brew you want.... we had Capresso, Jura, SAECO, krups, Nespresso...unfortunately these did not have enough steam pressure and the built in burr grinders are just ok...bottom line the expresso side was not up to par...plus it can't froth enough cream or it takes way too long... The drip side on most are acceptable.
We would rather boil my own water, manually adjust the bean dark roast/light roast ratio and grind it and have it drip in a chemex (his) or steep it via a frieling french press (hers)...for expresso we use a seperate dedicated machine for her "red eye" - cafe + steamed whole milk with a shot of double expresso
less footprint, ease of clean up ...my 2 cents
But it is all a matter of taste, budget and space...
It would help if you provide a budget, home use or office use? Built in whole bean grinder or independent? Meanwhile...
My best advise to you is to do some product testing in stores like Williams-Sonoma and Sur La Table and test drive it ...if you like how it taste and quickly makes your coffee and it fits your space...you have your machine.