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Was wondering what people's coffee setups are.

I'll start. I mainly drink espresso and piccolo's. But also have several Moka pots that only get used once every few months since getting the BDB.

  • Breville Dual Boiler
  • Kingrinder K4
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We picked up the exact same unit for our small office a few years back. Nothing fancy but with good beans it makes a good cup of coffee. It probably makes somewhere in the order of 10 coffees a day and hasn't missed a beat since 2019.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wow! That's good to know. How often do you clean/descale it ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Clean it once a week (don't buy the tablets, you can use the same powder the cafes use and it's way cheaper) and descale every 3 months. Our water isn't too hard so we don't need that so much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How have you been enjoying the BBE?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its not too fancy but gets the job done. I only drink coffee in the morning so I did the math as I used to spend more than $1200 every year on coffee and after buying this for $550 + milk +beans, it brings my total to around $800. Plus it saves time as now I dont have to go to the coffee shop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I was buying at least 1-2 coffees a day. I only buy around 2-3 a week now (when I'm not at home). I'm also getting to the point where I'm happier with the quality of coffee at home than what I'm getting at a cafe.