Appartamento

Nope. For $900 on the grinder side, you’re well past the option O lagom casa ($600-700 with tariffs), which is objectively much better. You could probably get a specialita for a retro design and better performance for $300-700; for the obsolete form factor and design/perforamce, you can get a lelit

for milk frothing, coming from a rocket appartamento, i had to turn the steam pressure to its lowest (1) and it still blows the rocket away. what i learned is you let the machine do the work, which is the opposite of me doing it all on the rocket. submerge the steam wand into the pitcher, turn on th

HX machines have to manage a 50°F/30°C temperature drop from the steam boiler temperature to brew temperature. That's a tall order and none do it perfectly. Traditional HX machines such as the OG Rocket Appartamento (not the new TCA version) tend to overheat while idling, and need a cooling flush pr

What is your extraction time?I use the same basket with the 41mm tamper on a Rocket Appartamento, but i don’t happy with the resultsI’ll be very happy to take some tips from you.Thanks

I’d hate to share and repeat what a rep from an online web store shared with me…but he said that they’ve noticed a lot of quality control issues with Rocket lately. I do know they recently added an additional bigger building a mile away from their central hub, and probably employed a lot more people

Hello, So, theres is a forum in home-barista addressing this particular issue with a ton of recommendations. However this part is a consumable part and very documented to fail. I do not recommend cleaning it since is already failing and is a safety-regulating part why put in risk your safety? How di

Out of that list I'd go with the Profitec and would also look at the the ECM Classika or Mechanika. Have had both in various offices and they're fantastic, super reliable machines. As far as I know ECM and Profitec use the same or very similar components, but ECMs are slightly better built/have nice

Not exactly true because the boiler size plays a role as well as the general construction of the machine. If there’s more mass to heat up, it will take longer. The Linea Micra needs like 5 minutes if I remember correctly and something like the Rocket Appartamento will be close to 30 minutes.

I used to have a rocket Appartamento, and I honestly regret spending the extra money on the Micra. The shot quality is not worth the extra 2k. Just to note, I mainly drink milk based drinks. But even drinking only espresso, the taste is not much better. If I could go back in time, I would have upgra

I don't think there's any objective reason to choose the Appartamento over the Pro 500. The PID isn't really all that useful with a HX machine but it is better than a pressure stat. You do still need to flush with the Pro 500, it's pretty equivalent to the Rocket Giotto/Mozzafiato that I have, I hav