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[jm2e]

This is how things go for me:
Machine arrived Thursday. Opened it up, tried to follow the directions for filling the boiler. Fried the machine.
Won't ever know for sure if I screwed it up, since the machine comes with two sets of instructions (one insert just to warn that this is necessary,...

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Trigger pulled on Anna and DF54. Got an extra 10% new customer discount at Cliff&Pebble. Resigned to life of limited puck screen and filter basket options.
DF54 with red titanium espresso burrs is backordered a few weeks.....

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Been surfing FB Marketplace for a while, but the population here is small. So the plan has been to keep trolling FB until Black Friday/Cyber Monday, then go retail. Anna's are on sale for $560 (20% off) though. Guessing that's as good as I'll see them.
Now......... to broach the new espresso...

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So basically, there's no way I could convince my wife on me going north of $1000 for full setup when she doesn't even drink coffee. Even $700 is a stretch.:
1) Availability of the DF54 grinder has brought me back to this adventure.
2) Gaggia Classic is hard for me to accept. As soon...

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A few years ago I had a Bambino Plus and a Breville Smart Grinder Pro. It bugged me how lightweight the Bambino was. Would have to hold it down with my left hand while getting the portafilter on/off. I think poor tolerances added to this. The grinder was also quite clumpy. I transitioned to pourover...

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Bike rant. Ever since the release of the new Shimano brakes, I've been waiting for huge sales on XT and Saint 4 pots. But not that much going on. Yea, that's my rant.

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I suppose we need to come in here and confirm we appreciate the posts. So here it is. I saw those titties. And I appreciate the effort.

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This kind of sums up where I am:





I looked down that rabbit hole for a bit when there was a Gaggia Classic for sale locally. Ultimately I started thinking about machine cost plus upgrade kit cost plus hassle. Started looking at the Miicoffee Apex/Turin Legato...

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Dead Thread? Bummer.

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Also wondering about this, but not sure if many of the expresso gurus re still finding their way to this dying forum. Literally saw a Gaggia Classic (2021) pop up on FB Marketplace for $250 just after my post....