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We've just started using our machine regularly again, ran out of aeropress filters and not got round to getting more yet

Works much better for me as I usually just have a double espresso with a splash of water, Delonghi still going strong too. Been contemplating splashing out on something with a manual steam valve to up my milk frothing game but it's not really needed.

ZedLeg wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:00 am ...ran out of aeropress filters...

You can get a reusable stainless steel filter, we have one. I felt the coffee tasted slightly better with it too, there's a tiny paper-y taste with the regular filters.

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:36 am

ZedLeg wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:00 am ...ran out of aeropress filters...

You can get a reusable stainless steel filter, we have one. I felt the coffee tasted slightly better with it too, there's a tiny paper-y taste with the regular filters.

Yeah we had one, lost it and never got round to getting another because the coffee shop at the end of our road sells the paper ones. Laziness is the enemy here

The one thing that annoys me about my Magnifica is that there's no visual indication from the front as to how much water is left in the tank and if you brew a coffee when there's insufficient water you end up with 1/3 of a cup that you have to throw away as it won't resume making your coffee when you refill the tank.

Holy thread bump Batman.

Just got the kitchen finished and we want to replace our pod-based machine that leaks with something which will make lovely coffee and ideally, not leak. Space isn't an issue to have something permanently on the counters, so I was just wondering what recommendations are?

I like an espresso or a flat white and Mrs Mike just likes a good, strong, turbo-fuelled coffee for these overnights at the hospital in particular.

I've got one of these at home and the model without the milk frothing jug at work, both really excellent machines that make a fantastic cup of coffee. I drink black coffee so i'm very fussy about it as I don't dilute it with milk or sugar.

https://www.johnlewis.com/delonghi-la-s ... p110800346

Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I'll want to use it more than I should. Definitely trying to moderate my intake!

duncs500 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:53 am Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I'll want to use it more than I should. Definitely trying to moderate my intake!

and for me:

Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I wont use as often as I should after the initial flurry of interest. It'll become an unused kitchen ornament

dan wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:46 am I've got one of these at home and the model without the milk frothing jug at work, both really excellent machines that make a fantastic cup of coffee. I drink black coffee so i'm very fussy about it as I don't dilute it with milk or sugar.

https://www.johnlewis.com/delonghi-la-s ... p110800346

That looks like the sort of thing we had in mind - a smaller version of what they use in coffee shops. So its good to get first hand impressions as its a big outlay.

No danger of it being an unused ornament in this place!

My Delonghi has been sitting unused for months as I need to order parts.

The aeropress is just so convenient.

I don't drink much coffee at all, so my Bialetti is appealing as an ornament

dinny_g wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:55 am

duncs500 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:53 am Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I'll want to use it more than I should. Definitely trying to moderate my intake!

and for me:

Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I wont use as often as I should after the initial flurry of interest. It'll become an unused kitchen ornament

I think I'd use it every morning, and the wife would too, but I agree that it is still a risk because most kitchen gadgets do follow that fate (we should start a 'what kitchen gadgets do you actually use' thread).

I also like to go out for a coffee, and it might reduce the amount I do that, which would be a shame.

duncs500 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:53 am Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I'll want to use it more than I should. Definitely trying to moderate my intake!

My espresso machine broke a couple of months ago which put me back onto using the aeropress or moka pot. My coffee intake has halved and my sleep has improved as a result. I’m kinda tempted not to get another espresso machine, the coffee is so tasty I can’t stop slamming them all morning!

we have a fairly cheap Nespresso pod machine and a separate frother. i don’t drink coffee but the wife is a coffee fan/snob and has cupboards full of gadgets and machines that she’s used and abandoned over the years. i make her a starbucks toffee nut latte with soya milk every morning and she seems happy with it.

duncs500 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 10:55 am

dinny_g wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:55 am

duncs500 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:53 am Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I'll want to use it more than I should. Definitely trying to moderate my intake!

and for me:

Man, I really want a machine to make decent espresso, but I wont use as often as I should after the initial flurry of interest. It'll become an unused kitchen ornament

I think I'd use it every morning, and the wife would too, but I agree that it is still a risk because most kitchen gadgets do follow that fate (we should start a 'what kitchen gadgets do you actually use' thread).

I also like to go out for a coffee, and it might reduce the amount I do that, which would be a shame.

This is something we've been mulling over as well. We don't have quite the luxury of worktop space - we've had to be fairly efficient in that regard, even switching to an induction kettle. Still on the fence about whether to get a decent coffee machine.

Made worse by the fact that I love what I can make with my Moka.

As for pods - they're a step up from instant but that's really about it.

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:37 pm [...] even switching to an induction kettle. Still on the fence about whether to get a decent coffee machine.

I discovered you can get an induction plate for a Bialetti so mine might get some use again: https://www.johnlewis.com/bialetti-coff ... m/p6268977

Jobbo wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:39 pm

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:37 pm [...] even switching to an induction kettle. Still on the fence about whether to get a decent coffee machine.

I discovered you can get an induction plate for a Bialetti so mine might get some use again: https://www.johnlewis.com/bialetti-coff ... m/p6268977

Nice. Although you could just replace it with an induction Bialetti. We only had cheap Mokas before the induction hob, so didn't feel too bad about chucking them and getting a new one.

Recent acquisition of one of these.



Full bean to cup. Far over specced for what i need. Rated at 76 cups per hour or 120 espresso

Its bloody good!

Still using the old Jura J7 here, costs more to service than all my cars though.
To give it credit it has a coffee counter thing and it has made over 10,000 drinks without issue so I can't fault it.

Mito Man wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:00 pm Still using the old Jura J7 here, costs more to service than all my cars though.
To give it credit it has a coffee counter thing and it has made over 10,000 drinks without issue so I can't fault it.

This one had made 120 cups when i got it