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Re:How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master by atombender on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:56PM (#22972257)
It's odd that you went from one end of the spectrum (trying to refine your technique and failing) to the complete opposite (a Keurig). Surely there's a middle ground.

For example, the Rancilio Silvia [1] is known to be one of the best and most tweakable/hackable home machines for manually brewed espresso. It can make great Italian espresso out of the box, but there's also a healthy community around it that hacks the internals to brew at better temperatures and so on. It's also very affordable.

Personally, I have a Jura Ena, because I like just pressing one button to get my coffee, and it's fantastic.

[1] https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/rancilio-silvia-espresso-m...

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Re:How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master by 01100011 on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:17PM (#22972456)
I used to have a Gaggia Classic with an updated steam wand that did pretty well. I think it ranks well against the Racillio and is cheaper. It's basically the cheapest decent machine you can buy, AFAIK. People also hack it, with PID controller mods and such.
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