K2

If you have that tight a budget, get a De'Longhi Stilosa or ECP and a hand grinder like a Kingrinder K2 or Timemore C3 ESP Pro. You lose a bit of the convenience of the Bambino + electric grinder, but for around $200 (plus some accessories) you can make some amazing coffee.

Yes I was gonna go for the Kingrinder k2, but put in extra money to get automatic, best decision ever!

My K6 grinds in 40 seconds or so. It's not my first choice from Kingrinder for espresso though. The K4 is probably the best if you can find it and then the K2. Both are significantly better than the K6 for espresso. The K6 is a grinder designed for pour overs that can do espresso. I find it finicky.

Tenho o mesmo modelo, a EC260. Como os cestos são pressurizados, o café sai com muita crema. Isto porque a máquina foi concebida para usar mais com café moído de embalagem (que já perdeu gases), já que é mais difícil obter crema natural com café que não seja recentemente moído. Por isso, os cestos p

Pretty much 5-8 options. Since budget grinders are a balancing of downsides, guess a downside only list: Kingrinder K2 or K6 - manual, K6 produces more fines J ultra - manual, non replaceable burrs 1Zpresso - manual, far more expensive than comparable manual grinders DF54 - Quality control issues (o

Weighing the output is certainly something you can do. You’ll basically make the grind by time element mostly manually timed by starting and stopping the grinder yourself, then make the grind by weight element mostly manual by correcting the output weight post grinding. How about you make the motori

I have a DF64 with SSP high uniform (HU) and sweet cast burrs. About 1000 espressos back I did a massive test on Kingrinder handgrinders and loved the coffee (and ease of use) of the K2 and never went back. The DF64 requires a ton of puck prep and even then it will channel often. The K2 never channe