Jarmo Senior Member Joined: 23 Dec 2012 Posts: 2 Location: Finland Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Sun Dec 23, 2012, 1:17am Subject: semiautomatic / no milk
Sorry if this has already been discussed somewhere but:
I need to get a semi-automatic espresso machine but I have no use for the milk part (due to lactose intolorance). We would only like to make espressos and ristrettos, maximum 6 in a row but usually just 2. The machine may of course have milk equipments, but in comparisons with others no weight should be given to them.
I know I need a good grinder, so some money is reserved to that, but which espresso machine should I choose?
Locally I have seen advertisements of the following:
NobbyR Senior Member Joined: 10 Jul 2011 Posts: 1,661 Location: Germany Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Poccino Opus One, Ariete Grinder: Eureka Mignon Istantaneo,... Vac Pot: N/A Drip: Melitta Linea Unica de Luxe Roaster: N/A
Posted Sun Dec 23, 2012, 3:24am Subject: Re: semiautomatic / no milk
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Lactose intolerance is no reason to completely disregard espresso based milk drinks, because you can use lactose free milk or even soy milk to make cappuccinos or lattes as well.
As far as I know all espresso machines have a steam wand. But if you're really going to make only espressos and ristrettos, a SBDU machine will indeed suffice. Out of the machines you mentioned the Ascaso Steel Uno Prof will probably be the best, if you decide to take the model that comes equipped with a PID ex factory. Apart from that the Ascaso might be considered equal to the Rancilio Silvia, being the Spanish version so to speak.
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Lactose intolerance is no reason to completely disregard espresso based milk drinks, because you can use lactose free milk or even soy milk to make cappuccinos or lattes as well.
True, but when I started drinking coffee more that 40 years ago there were no other options. I did not fee good after coffee and milk so I slowly developed an aversion to the combination. Back to Machinery:
NobbyR Said:
As far as I know all espresso machines have a steam wand. But if you're really going to make only espressos and ristrettos, a SBDU machine will indeed suffice. Out of the machines you mentioned the Ascaso Steel Uno Prof will probably be the best, if you decide to take the model that comes equipped with a PID ex factory. Apart from that the Ascaso might be considered equal to the Rancilio Silvia, being the Spanish version so to speak.
OK. The Ascaso does not seem to have a PID, so maybe I will choose Rancilio Silvia. It seems to be quite popular and maybe I can install a PID later. And I can invest the price difference to the grinder.
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