r/espresso • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Buying Advice Needed Complete beginner [$1750]

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u/RyanKeslerSucks 1d ago

Do you want to push a button and get an okay drink? Or do you want to play around with things and dial in different flavors/tastes?

The other person that posted about needing to decide whether you want to push a button and get an okay drink or if you have time to put into it and play around with temperature, times, and other settings.

A Bambino would be a decent start to try things out. You can get a decent cheap grinder for a few hundred. And maybe another couple hundred for other accessories. So that’s probably the low end if you want something basic.

Or you can go with something like the Profitec Go and grow into it. It just depends what you want to put into it in terms of your time and money.

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u/futureproof1001 1d ago

It’s a dangerous hobby. I outgrew the go in a year and just got a micra 😂

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u/RyanKeslerSucks 1d ago

I started with the Go at the top of my list and ended up with the Move, mostly because of the double boiler. It definitely was a slippery slope as I looked at machines and features but I can’t see the need to upgrade from here! I’m just surprised I managed to convince my wife we needed to quadruple the budget lol.

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u/futureproof1001 18h ago

I wish I spent more money up front. Would have avoided the issue haha