View Single Post
  #3 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Steve Pope Steve Pope is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,635
Default espresso machine recommendations??

Sheldon > wrote:

>No matter how much you spend nothing will perform better than this:
>http://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Moka-...4527692&sr=8-4


Heh. The apartment we just stayed in, in Rome, had a similar
unit in its kitchen and it worked quite well.

>Next you need good water (coffee is 99.999pct H20) without good water
>no matter how much you spend on coffee it will taste like crap.


Have a Brita filter unit.

>You need a decent burr mill, how much you spend depends on your
>budget... after a point (about $150) they don't get noticably better
>no matter how much more you spend.


Right, the burr grinder is on my list. Anything in particular
I should look for?

Steve