Coffee. Grinder and Cafetiere or Pods in a machine

Facebother them?

https://www.facebook.com/torrefazionemanfredonica0...

These?

https://harrow-weald.com/product/manfredonica-coff...

Yep, ordered from them, still waiting for them to despatch!

Shame I was going to try it. There is a place in Bath that sells it if you're close?

Edit: here......

https://ilmercatodibath.com/coffee/

I usually use either a Brikka Bialetti, or more commonly, a Wacaco Picopresso. I have just ordered a Hugh Leverpresso - has anyone had time to review it?

I generally prefer to use a second crack medium roast.

Grinder is a 1Zpresso J-Max.

I use the above daily and also when travelling.

Yes they are good IMO. I think the smart bit is a bit of a gimmick so maybe look at the non smart version, but both are excellent and make decent coffee and the milk system on them is really good.

That's brilliant to hear!
Also I never thought about the Stainless Steel jug running out of milk as you cant see inside it, I was only thinking that the milk would stay cooler inside the jug.

They do sell the same machine with a plastic container, may go for that model instead then.

would you know when using the hot milk only setting, if the machine froths the milk as well, my wife isn't a Coffee drinker so being able to make a decent hot chocolate would be a massive plus point!

i work in tech and when i hear any product that has the word 'smart' in the title or in the features somewhere it makes me go and buy an alternative.

quite polarising i think this topic. I quite like the idea of spending money on a really well engineered coffee brewer where i am centric to the process and i can fiddle with settings, have geeky accessories and just generally be the guy making the coffee. B2C machines never appealed to me as it feels like it misses the point of what i get out of it i.e. trying to minimise my involvement. To each their own!

I've got a very-well used Melitta B2C machine, and it's still going after several years. It's an older and less sophisticated model which just does black coffee (can adjust strength and length) and then has a swivel-out wand for frothing milk. But I've not had any problems with it so far.

Only headache with B2C machines is you find youself emptying the drip tray regularly (say every 8-10 cups, and that's with putting a spare cup under the spout for the start-up and shut-down rinse).

The old-school bloke in me wants to agree, but the reality is we've 2 busy jobs and two young kids, and I find myself using this machine far more than I ever used my old fully-manual Gaggia machine, because the Gaggia took far more time and effort, and the results were more variable - when I got it right it was spot-on, but often as not I didn't get the crema right.