The combination of semi-automatic Italian machine and bean grinder it is suggested that what brand of commercial coffee machine is good?

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Seeing this, I believe that netizens who want to get started should begin to understand what the so-called espresso is all about.

May be excited to buy a coffee maker and can't wait to get started.

But, please calm down.

Think about your needs and budget first, and do your homework.

Then buy an Italian coffee machine and a bean grinder, so as not to go the wrong way.

(1). As an old saying goes: people who want to know don't buy Italian machines and bean grinders excitedly. This is often the beginning of regret.

First go to a real coffee shop with barista, not Starbucks, 85C, or sell a bunch of meals and cakes.

The so-called "coffee shop" with little coffee to talk about.

It's a coffee shop that really calls for selling coffee (maybe baking your own beans is a way of judgment)

Drink different formulations of espresso, espresso, cappu and latte or other ways of presentation

Have a chat with barista (don't be embarrassed, real barista is passionate about coffee and should be happy to share)

Then go to different coffee shops to drink coffee made by different barista.

When you know what you want, let's talk about how to get in

(2). People always want to buy things that can be used with the least money.

In some cooking methods that rely on skills, this can make up for the shortcomings of many equipment with skills.

But in espresso, this is much more difficult.

Because espresso is brewed under high pressure and high temperature.

The stability of the high pressure and high temperature, as well as the meticulous, uniform and heat dissipation of the bean grinder.

That's where the equipment is different.

A very poor equipment will make you wonder what your problem is.

I thought I was smug and satisfied with brewing coffee with crema (God knows what crema?).

Instead, I don't want to adjust better or different data to get a better taste.

(don't you believe it? Go to google 'crema'' or 'Cleima'.

If you look at the pictures or the various crema shared by blog, many people think that bubble is crema)

In addition, lattes and cabs are all part of espresso.

Personally, I don't think espresso should be delicious, latte, whatever you want.

Without a good base, lattes and cabs are not delicious even with milk.

It's just that for people who crawl out of three-in-one and Xiao 7 coffee, the gap is big enough to think it tastes good.

But when you get used to it, you will know the difference.

When the equipment is bought, the restriction of the equipment is there, so we have no choice but to admit the compensation and resell it.

But to tell you the truth, bad equipment may not be sold better.

Many people have to put it at home as decoration (rubbish)

Therefore, if you buy equipment with a novice,

In the part of Italian coffee machine, I suggest that we should directly consider more than 10,000 models.

And the bean grinder had better look up from more than 7,000.

At least there are adjustments, and the differences can be seen.

It can refine the cooking technology.

If you want to upgrade again, you also know where to go.

Therefore, we must first remind that toy coffee costs money, and it can even create a big money pit.

The reason is that when you drink too much, your mouth starts to be sharp, and you are bound to be dissatisfied, so the money pit appears.

Play with camera, watch, 3C, stereo. No, it's the same. But on the other hand, this is the fun! )

So if you really don't have time, or even money,

It is recommended to go to the coffee shop (the 'real' coffee shop mentioned above) to drink the professional performance of others.

It's better than spending money on equipment, paying attention to details, and adjusting data.

It took a long time, but it turned out to be much better to cook a messy cup.

But, as I said before, when you really want to fall into it (life! Always do something for yourself to enjoy)

Congratulations! You will enter a fantasy world.

We can keep talking.

(3). Buy machines

In a word, it's good to buy as much as you can.

Beginners often think like this: I don't know if I can play, just spend thousands of yuan to buy it first.

But the difference between espresso and other coffee brewing methods is that although coffee preferences are subjective.

But in the Italian world, pressure and temperature control is the most objective.

In other words, just like playing with a car, although Ferrari drives for people who can't drive, it may lose out to TOYOTA.

But Ferrari is Ferrari after all, and the performance is still there.

In my coffee experience, I have seen too many beginners.

Casually bought a low-end Italian machine and a bean grinder, resulting in bad coffee.

Not like the bad coffee on the market, add sugar and milk (or even cream) to cover up the bad taste.

Or you think, 'Why does it taste so bad?' And put the machine on the shelf.

This is all a pity.

Therefore, don't try to save money and yield to low-end machines, which often make it harder for users to make good coffee.

And I can't find out why.

Because you buy a semi-automatic espresso machine, you must buy another bean grinder.

So I will consider the espresso machine and the bean grinder together.

The following is my recommendation based on my personal experience (based on the models that are readily available in Taiwan and are guaranteed)

(personal opinion, please forgive me if there is any offense.)

Budget below 10,000: sorry, I have to say it seriously, there is no recommendation for this level.

EES200 (do not need to buy 250), with the original factory setting

Because there is no real boiler, but heated by a heating block, the temperature control is unstable.

And the handle is also made of aluminum, which has poor thermal insulation.

Therefore, the temperature control and pressure control of EES series are not stable (especially temperature control).

The quality of espresso has great ups and downs.

In addition, in order to avoid the above problems, the so-called 'pressurized filter cup' is used in the design.

(most pressurized filter cups are designed, using double layers, and then the outlet is relatively small, and even the handle is designed as a very small outlet.

When espresso is extracted, it will produce all kinds of disturbances and bubbles, which makes the user think that it is crema)

It looks like it's easy to make bubbles like crema.

But in fact, for beginners, add the previous questions.

Novices don't think that espresso or derived coffee tastes like this: scorched, bitter and astringent (then add sugar and cream to cover it)

Or just give up because you feel that you can't catch the good taste all the time.

Therefore, I would suggest that you can buy EES, but do your homework first.

Or with an old hand-held point or lead, you can still make good coffee.

On the contrary, you don't know what the problem is.

So unless I do my homework well, or unless I have an old hand to teach me

Personally, I do not recommend beginners who do not understand at all to buy this machine.

Similar machines such as Flying Eagle / Horse or Yang Family 600N cannot meet the requirements of espresso.

If there is too much mixed powder, it will taste messy.

The scale segment is obvious, but sometimes the better data is in the middle of the two segments, so this design is more annoying.

If you insist on using

It is suggested to search and change the scale to non-segmented.

Budget 10,000-20,000: there is nothing to recommend. If you really want to buy it, it is not recommended to prepare a little more money for more than 20,000.

Otherwise, it will not be accepted with a lot of tears: EES200 for La Pavoni filter cup + Breville ESXL800 handle + Yang 900N bean grinder

Some people ask about several recent models, such as Saeco's Poemia, or the so-called OSTER foam master.

I'm sorry, I haven't used the milk foam master, but this kind of foam will only produce thick bubbles.

But can not make delicate and smooth milk foam.

And Poemia, except that the machine looks a little better than the EES series.

Its temperature control is also poor.

But this station has a special feature.

Although pressure filtration is also used (the filter cup is single-layer, the pressure lies in the handle design, unlike the EES)

However, a spring design similar to a pressure limiting valve is added under the handle, which will not be opened until it exceeds the 9bar, and the coffee liquid will flow out.

To some extent, it is better than EES.

But the problems that will occur in EES will also appear in Poemia.

(the point is: the price of the original factory is close to 10,000 yuan.)

Budget of 20,000 to 30,000:

Italian machines-GEE, Gaggia classic, Tiamo KD-210s (opposite Huijia EM6910), Breville BES920XL

Bean grinder-900N or 901N Magi M80 Magnum Baratza Preciso

GEE is a machine made by Rikang in Taiwan. You can google if you are interested. There are a lot of comments on the Internet.

Advantages: cooking design and setting, closer to the business machine, or the design of the real Italian machine

Relative stability of temperature and pressure control

Therefore, it is easy to cook a good espresso.

There is a display of temperature adjustment and cooking seconds.

When adjusting the data, you can also obviously drink out the impact of the data on espresso.

This is very convenient for beginners to practice.

Disadvantages: the appearance is really corny and has no sense of design.

The way to design and take the water tank is really stupid.

(third generation) the diversion head is changed to PP instead of the brass before the second generation, indicating the possibility of cost down.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages: steam design, GEE is not strictly a double boiler.

The steam is replaced by a heating block.

Heating blocks and boilers, you can imagine that the heating blocks are instant water heaters and the boilers are heat storage water heaters.

Water passes through a heating block and gasifies quickly at high temperature to produce steam.

So steam can be obtained 'relatively' more quickly than a single boiler machine.

(it takes about 25-30 seconds for GEE to turn to steam, but Silvia waits for about 100 seconds.)

But, on the contrary, the water content of this vapor will be higher (that is, the steam is unstable).

So, this is a good and bad design.

This is a similar design at Gaggia New Baby Twin.

Gaggia Classic, single boiler machine, is also close to the design of Italian business machine.

So the stability is OK.

Compared with GEE, it looks much more beautiful, but without temperature adjustment and seconds display, it is not easy to practice.

Single boiler, so steam has to wait.

The boiler body is made of aluminum alloy, the temperature is lost quickly, and the durability needs to be tested.

The price is a little more than that of GEE.

In fact, the design of the same brand New Baby Twin is similar to that of GEE except that there is no electronic control and display.

But the price is higher.

Therefore, if the appearance is supreme, I really can't stand the appearance of the GEE cannon.

Or want to practice flower drawing.

Please buy Gaggia, or a higher silvia.

But if you want to understand what espresso is all about, if you want to practice, you don't care about appearance.

You can consider GEE