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What grinder are you using?
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I'd be looking at something with an e61 group head and a rotary pump. Maybe Lelit Victoria.
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Having gone through a similar upgrade path, I bought a Lelit Bianca to replace my classic. If I’m honest, apart from looking beautiful and being a joy to use every day, it’s made very little difference to the quality of espresso I make (unless pulling multiple shots back to back). The biggest difference to taste was improving my grinder and, like you, I now have a niche.
Long story short - don’t expect huge improvements moving from a classic to e61
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How much am I going to need to spend to improve my espresso from a Gaggia Classic with PID and all the usual mods. I don’t really drink milk drinks, and don’t pull a lot of back to back shots, so dual boiler, HX, etc don’t really offer me much real world upgrade even though they are a spec up, and buying anything without a PID feels like a backward step. Lelit Mara? ECM Classica? What else?
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