I spent four years pulling shots behind a commercial machine, and if you’d asked me what problem I diagnosed most often, it wasn’t broken equipment. It was bitterness. A regular …
Cards on the table first: I don’t own a Philips. My daily machine is a DeLonghi Magnifica — Philips’s most direct competitor — and I’ve spent two years living with …
I’ll say this upfront: I’ve never owned a Breville Barista Express. What I owned was a Gaggia Classic — a bare semi-automatic with no grinder, no PID, no help of …
I’ll be upfront, because it changes how you should read everything below: I learned espresso on a Gaggia Classic. It was my first real machine. It taught me most of …
I’ve made espresso both ways. For years my kitchen had a Gaggia Classic on the counter — a semi-automatic, the kind where you grind, dose, tamp, and pull every shot …
I’ve had a DeLonghi Magnifica Start sitting on my counter for two years now, and it still surprises me how confusing the rest of the lineup is to make sense …
If you’re weighing the DeLonghi Magnifica Start vs Philips 2200, I’ll be straight with you before we start: I own the DeLonghi Magnifica Start. I’ve pulled shots out of it …
I run a DeLonghi at home, so I’ll be straight with you: I’m not a daily Breville owner. But I’ve descaled enough friends’ Barista Express machines — and talked enough …
Which DeLonghi espresso machine is best? I’ve had a Magnifica on my counter for about two years now, and I get asked some version of this question constantly. Friends, my …
TL;DR: Choosing between a super automatic vs semi automatic espresso machine comes down to one question: do you want espresso to be a hobby or a piece of household infrastructure? …