While looking for something in the product box, I noticed the two spaces for baskets were labelled 1 cup and ESE?! I have 1 cup and 2 cup? This video shows the little pod con on the basket. I don't have that?! I have what this guy has. I mean, I have a grinder on it's way, but I have a load of pods I'll need to use, so might as well do it right? Should I have a different basket? It looks to just be one of the other baskets, but with the filter taken out?
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My dad has the Melitta Caffeo barista ts. 5 years of use and its been almost perfect, it did need one part replacing.
Bit more expensive at circa £900 but it has made about 4000 coffees during its tenure. Works out much cheaper than coffee shops.
Bit more expensive at circa £900 but it has made about 4000 coffees during its tenure. Works out much cheaper than coffee shops.
The 885 mentions the pod basket is compatible with ESE pods (Easy Serving Espresso pods). Those you can get many manufacturers like Illy and drop them in. The 885 has the solid metal steam wand, hot water production and the third ESE basket. It's a little programmable too for dispense volume, heat etc but it doesn't have the newer pre-shot timer/temperature setting.
The ESE pod basket looks like the 1 cup pod (and the little embossed symbol is a little confusing as it looks almost like the 1 pod) but the ESE basket is ever-so shallower.
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Would definitely recommend a Hario mini ceramic hand grinder if you want to try out grinding your own beans.
I was also gifted a Delonghi metal tamper and bought a bottomless portafilter which really gave the machine a boost.
The dedica is a really interesting little machine in that you can programme the volume of water delivered and in theory you can dose your espresso correctly. Again, nothing like the pro machines (love the Elektra @NickK), but I reckon my coffee at home is better than anything that I drank in my entire trip to the USA which includes little Italy in San Diego.
I was also gifted a Delonghi metal tamper and bought a bottomless portafilter which really gave the machine a boost.
The dedica is a really interesting little machine in that you can programme the volume of water delivered and in theory you can dose your espresso correctly. Again, nothing like the pro machines (love the Elektra @NickK), but I reckon my coffee at home is better than anything that I drank in my entire trip to the USA which includes little Italy in San Diego.
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I'd like to contradict your advice and say to avoid a Hario Cermaic burred hand grinder at all costs. They are terrible things, incredibly slow and poor grind quality.
1zpresso Q models, or Kingrinder coffee grinders are superior in every way at the budget end, from build quality to burr quality and the resulting quality of coffee you will get from it.
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You learn something every day! Can’t argue with the snails pace grinding that’s for sure!
Yeah, didn't mean to come across as a nobber or anything, I had a hario Skelton that put me off of hand grinders for a long time, incredibly slow, poor grind quality, very few grind settings etc. At that time I had a Dehlonghi Scultera espresso machine that utilised pressurised baskets and I didn't really know any better, other than how slow a grinder it was. Coffee was quite poor, so I went to an electric blade grinder, which was also poor! But I did that for about 10 years!
I've since gone deep into the rabbit hole in the past 18months of proper espresso (e61 based machine) and filter coffee, I have a couple of electric grinders (Fellow Ode Gen2 for filter and a Niche Duo with both burr sets for espresso/filter) that I have settled on and have a well rounded hand grinder that is exceptionally good (1zpresso K ultra). Bit over board I know....
Just bought a "Barista Sublime Sunset Rubis" (pod machine) and it is by far the best ever (same goes for the coffee - got 100 pods),
so for the price of £64.99 which includes 100 pods, you really can't go wrong.
Barista Sublime
so for the price of £64.99 which includes 100 pods, you really can't go wrong.
Barista Sublime