Small Manual Coffee Machine, 15-Bar Pump, Powerful Steam Wand, Café Style Features
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Have had a for a few weeks. Makes a reasonable coffee, but I didn't like the black plastic (with a 3D maze pattern) part inside the group handle so I removed it. I didn't want the hot coffee shot pressure blasting through the single hole out of the basket, at the plastic like a water pistol, and then dribbling out. I'm trying to avoid consuming hot plastic. Now the coffee just blasts in a single stream into my mug and creates a really frothy shot. Crema gurus would faint.
What would the maximum cup height be?
Large takeaway coffee size 500 ml ±? Or too low to fit?
What's the point of removing it. the rest of the internals including group head in all these sunbeam/brevilles are plastic.
Jump on aliexpress and get yourself a stainless steel portafilter and basket … very good upgrade for these things.
Is this just a rebranded delonghi dedica? It looks incredibly similar
Looks can be deceiving. This one has a lot of plastic as opposed to the delonghi which is mostly stainless steel.
I have a heap of Nespresso pods to use and want something like this compact and steam wand but for pods, has anyone seen one for cheap cause I can only find them for like $400+. But also, could I just get this then put the contents of a pod in the coffee part?
You don't buy an espresso machine to put pods in it. Just cut your losses.
Why not?
They don't have op shops or Gumtree where you live?
What I'm looking for isn't for sale :(
Presumably you still have a pod machine at the moment right?
Get this or something like it anyway for steaming your milk until you run down your remaining pods then start using the espresso part.
I used to have my own little spare espresso machine at work but only used it for frothing the milk; got the coffee shots from the automatic machine they had.
Nah I don't have any machine, in true OzB fashion I bought a heap of pods without a machine lol. But good advice though still :)
could I just get this then put the contents of a pod in the coffee part?
Technically yes, but you're probably going to be using like 2-3 pods per coffee because I think pods have like 5-10g and the portafilters usually fit 15-20g. Not sure this one specifically though, I assume it comes with 1 and 2 shot pressurised baskets like most of these machines. the 1 shot will probably be close, but also make pretty bad coffee.
Ah true, I see, yeah I don't drink coffee so it's just for guests but I'm sick of serving up instant but also dont want to be a full on barista, so just figured a pod machine was a good in between. Appreciate the help mate!
Get a pod machine and one of those freestanding milk warmers/frothers not using steam.
Still nice and runs rings around instant coffee with a dash of cold milk lol.
$130 with price beat at the good guys
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/sunbeam-compact-barista-espre…