Smart Grinder Pro

Breville bambino & breville smart grinder pro ( ppl in this thread don’t like this grinder but it’s very very easy to use) it won’t grind light beans though, only medium and dark beans.

Bambino plus is a great newlywed coffee machine. DF54 if you’re into properly sampling or dosing your coffees by weight. The Breville Smart Grinder Pro is older and not as well-specced for enthusiasts, but fits the bambino’s portafilter size perfectly and is pretty intuitive to use. If you’re wantin

Breville Bambino Plus with either a Breville Smart Grinder Pro or DF54 Grinder. An absolute starter kit that leaves room to grow. If space is a concern, then Breville Barista Express Impress.

I put off buying a coffee grinder for so long thinking the same things. Then my wife bought me the Breville smart grinder pro for my birthday for around $200. I felt guilty at first because it’s definitely something we did not need but it’s soo worth the money if you enjoy making different types of

I recently got Gemilai Ele with Mokkom Grinder it should be in your budget ball park. My reason to go with Ele over Owl were as follows. Boiler instead of Heat exchange so better temperature stability on back to back shots. OPV adjustment to set 9 bar pressure. Steam wand has built in thermometer. O

Obligatory separate grinder comment. The touch screen is neat but these are really still semi-manual machines, so you still need to dial in your beans and grinds. So really functionally, the Touch Impress is no better than a Bambino Plus with a grinder and a calibrated tamper. (Touch impress does al

Have been a happy Lagom Casa owner for about 6 weeks now, upgrading from a breville/sage smart grinder pro. I single dose and like to switch. Something that was pretry much impossible with the Breville SGP. The Casa is very clean: low retention and easy workflow. Really happy with it and lets me foc

I would start out with a Gaggia Classic Pro and a Breville Smart Grinder Pro. This combo works fine for most people just starting out. You can always upgrade later if you really start getting into it.

As other said, r/espresso Usually the recommendation is a breville/sage bambino, and a capable grinder. Depending on what kind of coffee you drink, anything from a breville SGP (I recommend this to absolute beginners especially if they make non-espresso coffees at home bc it can always be your gener

For electric grinders in that range - the Breville Dose Control Pro (also called Smart Grinder Pro depending on region) is probably the best all-rounder at around $200. It has enough fine adjustment for espresso and is dead simple to use. The Baratza Encore ESP is another solid pick around $180 - Ba