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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by hammock on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @02:58PM (#12491211)
Espresso machines need not be fancy or ultra-expensive. That's a terrible myth. The best one I've found (in terms of quality espresso and reliability) is the Delonghi basic model and costs $99.[1] The Italian Americans I know also use this model, despite having tried others.

[1]https://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-EC155-Espresso-Cappuccino-Ma...

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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by lobster_johnson on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @05:13PM (#12492307)
Those cheap plastic coffee machines actually are pretty poor, and tend to break fast -- planned obsolescence at its finest. I recommend going a step up and buying something like a Rancilio Silva [1]. All metal, has replaceable, serviceable parts, has a good community of tweakers who document mods for things like temperature control, lasts practically for ever.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Rancilio-Espresso-Machine-Stainless-1...

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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by hanklazard on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:18PM (#12493027)
Agreed. I have a similar machine, the Gaggia Classic, and couldn't be more pleased with its overal build quality. Makes it a pleasure to use--I actually look forward to making the next morning's espresso as I'm going to bed at night!
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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by the-dude on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:48AM (#12494862)
Silvia, not Silvia.

And then fit a https://mecoffee.nl PID.

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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by wildmusings on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:04PM (#12491258)
I bought this exact one as a Christmas present for my mother back in 2013 and it broke within minutes of use. It felt shoddily built with very flimsy plastic parts. Thankfully Amazon has a great return policy so it was no big deal. I should add that I have a rough touch and it's always possible that that particular unit was defective.

Something else for people to consider: a moka pot will actually make stronger coffee than an espresso machine, so many people might actually prefer a moka pot.

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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by hammock on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:22PM (#12491368)
Sorry to hear that. I have seen these machines last years, beyond 10 years or more.
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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by wastedhours on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:25PM (#12491919)
I had the precursor to that as my first ever machine - some absolutely love shots out of it. A lot of practice, but once you had it down, easily the best cheap one out there.
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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by NetStrikeForce on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:22PM (#12491892)
What's an Italian American? I'm asking because an Italian grows up in a coffee culture very different than the American. E.g. what you do around the water cooler South Europeans do around the coffee machine.

If an Italian American is an American that grew up in America and has Italian ancestors... well, I can't see how that's relevant when it comes to coffee.

And sorry for the slight offtopic, but Americans always looked fun when talking about their 1/16th Navajo and their Irish great great grandparent :-)

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Re:Neglected Food Bubbles: The Espresso Coffee Foam by hammock on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:07PM (#12492673)
I mean Italian immigrant. The guy I'm thinking of right now lived in Rome until his mid-thirties.
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