Silvia

A good chunk of the budget should be for the grinder cause if the grinder is not good a good machine can't save it. Lelit Anita comes with a coffee grinder like your needs and costs around 75-80k but I would recommend the Anna with PID and a separate grinder like DF54 Lelit Anna with PID 63k, Grinde

Previously, I used a lever machine where managing grouphead overheating between back-to-back shots was really limiting and time sensitive. My main goal in upgrading was to make coffee faster and easier. To my way of thinking, the Pro X is basically a Silvia with a good PID and a second boiler. I can

I have not used the pop up (but it is interesting that it sort of looks like the go), but if you are going for a single boiler machine - you can't really go wrong with a profitec go. It seems to be more convenient to use than a Gaggio or a Rancilio Silvia (which my friends have), which are also clas

GCP + gaggiuino GCP is worse than Rancilio Silvia without the mod; but it is better than Silvia after the mod (because Silvia's advantages - for example, larger boiler - then become disadvantages).