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@tomatoe
Afternoon All,
Longtime lurker on the thread and wanted to pick your brains for some knowledge on a potential upgrade if that’s cool!
Currently got the De’Longhi below. Was my first foray into coffee machines along with a porlex grinder and it’s done the job but seems to struggle lately. Looking to upgrade to something better with a budget of around 200.
http://www.delonghi.com/uk_en/products/ec152cd/
Have read the thread countless times and the Gaggia Classic seems to get positive reviews and is on budget.
In eejit’s terms though I just want to be sure I understand the differences between machines, and that for the money I’m getting an improvement on what I’ve got (as well as one that I can notice). Comparing something like the Classic to my current machine, are the main benefits the portafilter and solenoid valve?
I’ve checked out the Which? report on coffee machines and the below got a good review. Anybody had one of these or any thoughts on it?
http://www.dualit.com/products/espressivo-coffee-machine
Any thoughts and advice would be awesome as learnt so much from this thread already.
Cheers all,
John.