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Option A.
Most bang for buck from coffee upgrades come from grinding fresh. Don’t know what budget is for grinder, but Sage Smart Grinder, Fellow Ode, Niche Zero all good options at varying budgets for aero press.
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If you're okay with ground coffee then you certainly don't need to go single dose. I have a Silenzio with a 500gm hopper and it works great for our purposes (2-3 Robot espressos per day).
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investing in a grinder would be my choice, too. i have one of these, it's fine for filter / cafetiere / aeropress and has proved durable:
https://www.coffeehit.co.uk/collections/baratza
excellent ground beans for under £25 / kg here
https://yellowbourbon.net/collections/shop/products/espresso-blend-2
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@swedeee
i am not a full on coffee snob but do appreciate a good one. i am an aeropress guy... we get through ~1kg of ground a month. i used to buy from extract coffee roasters every month when they did a 30% offer...
this worked well for me for the past few years, but now they are only doing the 30% off on whole beans!! which is challenging. i have two options:
recommendations for both above welcome. my other half bought some crap coffee from lidl earlier and this can't go on