Ooh a coffee thread, how did I miss this?

I like espresso based drinks, so I started off down the Gaggia route but never got satisfying results. In the end I bought an Izzo Alex Duetto dual boiler machine, and a Mazzer Mini grinder.

What I found was that fresh beans and a good quality grinder make more difference that anything else.

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