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To be honest 90% of the people you mention are just acute upgradeitis sufferes and/or people who hope that throwing money at the "hobby" will make up for time not invested in learning the basic skills. I genuinely. think that a very basic setup (Gaggia or Bambino + decent grinder) is all you need to learn and get consistently good espresso, fiddling too much on the other hand seems like a great way to lose track of where you're at...!
alex_s-
fiddling too much on the other hand seems like a great way to lose track of where you're at...!
Good life advice too. 🙏🏼
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I genuinely. think that a very basic setup (Gaggia or Bambino + decent grinder) is all you need to learn and get consistently good espresso, fiddling too much on the other hand seems like a great way to lose track of where you're at...!
I 100% agree with this. This is exactly what I have
(and I’ve had my machine 16 years now, so careful who you accuse of upgradeitis!)
RonAsheton
Jonny69
Glad you've hot a setup that works, I don't think that's the common experience though.
You look at the millions of reddit threads and people are constantly tweaking and faffing, changing machines, grinders etc chasing perfection.
Anyway, maybe I'm not the best judge as I don't like to drink espresso enough to go through it anyway (and I have been there).