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You jest, but I think the biggest criticism I have of my Classic is the basket size because, essentially, to pull a decent shot you’re pulling a triple traditional espresso. Which is quite a lot of caffeine. That means the ‘single’ basket is a completely compromised shape to force the flow through a dose of coffee that just won’t fit well in a diameter that big. So you can’t do good smaller portions of coffee with it. I think this is why I’ve been so impressed with the DeLonghi machine at work. It’s a consumer machine, but it pulls a pretty good espresso out of very average coffee and in sensible shot sizes. I can see why it’s a popular domestic machine.
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Yeah, couldn't agree more! Recipes like 21g in, 54g out are just not gonna happen haha.
I've had to get philosophical and just look at it as an excuse to have more cups throughout the day. Can easily justify three espresso throughout the daywhen its the same as two on a pump machine. Also means I don't feel as bad if I end up with a sink shot (luckily rare now!) Does make for dinky americanos though.