Apex v2

Any espresso machine without a PID will have a thermostat controlling the temperature with 10 Celsius degrees difference from min to max. Surfing the temperature gives more consistency than not doing and it will depend on you: how much you want to fine tune your extraction? How tolerant you are to a

Have had both. Returned the Owl. The Infuser is a bit of a hidden gem and, IMHO, is probably the best-bang-for-the-buck espresso machine out there. I attribute this to it's properly implemented manual pre-infusion. Meaning, it maintains good flow rate but limits pressure (3bar), for an arbitrary len

We had solid reasons to sway our decision. The first was having gift cards that lowered the price to sub-$500. Second, Gemilai is the white label company making the Turin Legato V2/MiiCoffee Apex v2. This feels like the successor to those machines, with an upgrade in features, and those machines are

Nessa faixa de preço eu vejo muitas pessoas recomendando e também migrando para a MiiCoffee Apex v2. É 58mm, usa caldeira (que fornece temperaturas muito mais satisfatórias do que máquinas que trabalham com termobloco), tem 9 bars de pressão por padrão (o que é ótimo para filtros não pressurizados e

It's a terrific machine. Personally, I don't know if I'd spend more money on a dual boiler or Heat Exchanger (unless milk drinks were my thing), when you can get the MiiCoffee Apex V2, that is almost like a dual boiler and so much cheaper. A conventional single boiler, even the best ones, are good f

Gemilai G3007z, aka: Mii Coffee Apex V2, Turin Legato V2 - most interesting variant for now, for me. Chinese 58mm standard brew group, 550ml stainless boiler, separate thermoblock for steam, opv setting screw-knob, flow rate screw setting, PID for boiler and thermoblock, automatic buttons. Main ques

That's really good to know--thanks! My machine has been fine overall. The push button for temperature (the +) is sometimes stubborn--not always registering my touch--but everything else on the machine is running so well. My only complaint is that the P2 (pause) after P1 is basically more of P1. The

u/Haff1887 Do yourself a long-term favor and spend a little extra to get something that's already more pressure controllable (manually adjustable) and heat programmable and controlled (PID), with preinfusion, without having to install anything extra or modify yourself. I would recommend the MiiCoffe

I had the same budget, and bought a MiiCoffee Apex v2. I actually had the money earlier, but couldn't buy v1 without the OPV. Then when v2 was released with an adjustable OPV I was finally able to put my $500 to use with a machine that had every important feature you could need to really dial in esp

Bambino and Bambino Plus have PID temperature control, but it's fixed at 93C. If you prefer to brew light roasts at higher temperature, you'll want a machine with adjustable temperature like the H10a. Check if Gemilai CRM3007Z is available. It has both adjustable PID and adjustable brew pressure (9