Virtuoso+

To answer your questions: WDT never hurts and often helps. The cheap ones are fine. No need for spinning gears. A metal screen or paper filter on top will keep the machine cleaner. At your current level of expertise, you don't need to bother with paper on the bottom. The stock single wall baskets fr

Friend, I had this machine (plus version ) it's nice latte machine - with espresso grade grinder you can absolutelly choke it with no problem. If you can not make it 30 second - it's grinder issue. Grind is only thing that caps your lower pressure in this class of machine. It has OPV for upper limit

I got a Delonghi Dedica Maestro Plus on sale on Amazon for $300. It was between this and the Bambino Plus because my wife wanted the auto steamer. My grinder is a Baratza Virtuoso+. I know it's not an espresso grinder but I also make a lot of cold brew at home and could only afford one grinder after

I’m confused why you’re looking at a general brew grinder like the Baratza Virtuoso and comparing it with a high end Eureka espresso grinder. Very different price points and product types. At least compare it with an Encore ESP or ESP Pro if you’re going with Baratza. Or look at higher end grinders

This post is a bit old. Seems like this machine will do a pre infusion no matter what, but you can extend the pre infusion by 1 or 2 seconds. After I made this post I wound up turning off the extended pre infusion because it was too much for the 14 gram basket that was included with the machine. I'v

I was recommended the Breville Bambino Plus and the Baratza Encore ESP grinder as a starter setup on this subreddit. However, I saw the Virtuoso+ was also $199 on Amazon and decided to get that instead. So far, I am extremely happy with my setup and homemade coffee. It makes such awesome lattes and