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Hope you are keeping well.
Currently i’m looking for a espresso machine for own consumption.
Besides Gaggia and Delonghi, do you have a better suggestion?
My budget will be around 2.5k which should includes machine and grinder.
Also if you could advise where can i get coffee beans besides Starbucks.

I am a coffee lover and look forward to my strong cup (sometimes 2 cups) of flat white every morning to kickstart my day. I have a delonghi magnifica rapid cappucino brought in from singapore 2 years ago. I get beans (my good source is from Cofffee Ritual in PJsec14 and BSC Ogourmet). I have a problem with my delonghi… the drip tray inside the machine gets filled up more than the cup outside each time it operates. Drip tray overflow when I make more than 1 cup of espresso. I’m pretty sure that is not common with delonghi machines; there was a 1 week period that it gives out perfect crema coffee withstanding 10 cups of coffee without overflowing the driptray, I was so happy! But it’s back to overflowing now with every 2 cups .. have you tried these machines before? Any suggestion as to what the problem could be or it’s a malfunction? Otherwise if you are going to tell me to move on from this, can you recommend a guaranteed reliable espresso machine with built-in grinder that will last me for a few years (what brand, budget and where)?

Incidentally, there are 3 good coffee places that can serve NZ/Australian standard flat whites.. Coffee Ritual in Sec14, PJ; La Bodega BSC and Espressamente Illy!

Cheers
Christina

If you plan to make delicious coffee, you best forget about Delonghi.
Delonghi EC7 is a toy. It cannot make you good coffee. It is not just about the pressure. There are many many things wrong or insufficient about these machines.

If you want to enjoy good plain coffee, there are many cheaper brewing methods that cost between RM150 to RM300.

But if you want to experience good espresso and cappuccino/latte, you need to be ready to invest between RM2500 to RM7000.
I say “INVESTMENT” because these are machines that can last you many many years and make you really good coffee. Some people have used their machines for 10 years plus.

Please, forget about those machine you see if shopping malls like Delonghi or Krup

My boyfriend just bought me a coffee maker brand De’Longhi model EC7 last 2 days
We tried few times to make coffee but it did not turn very good. I use the Illy’s ESE
pod but it seems that the filter not for the pod, only ground coffee. Then I tried with
the espresso powder, it turns ok but it did not make foam. I found out later the BAR
it low (3.8) so not very strong preasure. I saw another model of De’Longhi, which is
Bar 14 Espresso & Cappucino maker. Do you think this model is better than EC7?
I thought of changing it. I think the size is almost the same. Need your advise.

Thanks.

My dad mad love coffee! and our espresso machine have got some problems with the grinder (its those 2 in 1 kind of thing where the grinder is built in together with the coffee machine.)

He is now making noise and craving for his “self-brew” coffee… Hahaa.. (he enjoys doing it.. ). And so i was thinking to get him a coffee grinder so that he can still use the espresso machine…

Would you be able to name me some place (PJ/KL) where they have coffee grinder for sale? I am struggling to find one… =(

Your kind advice is muchie muchie appreciated!

Thx !