Legato Espresso Machine

I've got the Turin Legato v2 with the thermoblock+boiler, and it's fantastic, at least big upgrade from the barista express

A dedicated grinder serves a few purposes. infinitely easier to deal with switching beans if that’s something you’re into, especially if you start single dosing vs throwing a pound into the hopper. Even just switching between cafe and decaf is a huge pain in these combo machines. for $300-500 range,

I'm a true believer that the turin legato v2 is the best machine you can get for $500. For reference, I used to have one. The flow control isn't true flow control where you can change it mid-shot in order to give your different pressure profiles. You could dimmer mod it to be able to do that pretty

I just got a turin legato v2 and DF54 for a budget beginner setup for around the same cost (both open box for a slight discount) a month ago and am very happy with it

Just gonna say that the grinder is arguably more important of the two though less so if you’re making milk drinks. I’ve got a Gemilai 3007Z (same as the Turin Legato V2 etc) that I got for $450 shipped. My grinder is a df54 that I got in the first wave and it’s been pretty decent for the price besid

Well Turin Legato V2 owner here (Gemilai 3007Z / MiCoffee Apex V2 )--it's available in Europe btw under other names. You talk about pushing your budget higher yet underscore autosteam (not even sure what that is)---Steam is great on Turin Legato V2. You can incautiously pull data from Redditors for

Turin Legato V2. Wendougee Data S ($3000, but a killer of any Decent and any Italian machine less than $7000 - has many Italian Swiss components).

Should add the Turin Legato V2/MiiCoffee Apex V2. At this point probably the best option under $600 unless you exclusively make milk drinks and want the auto steam of bambino+.

If you don't care about steaming there is literally zero reason to buy a Bambino. A $100 De'Longhi will pull better espresso and last longer than a Bambino. The only real advantages are the super fast heat up time (which if you do any sort of planning and thinking ahead, doesn't matter) and the milk

In the USA---for now--Espresso Outlet is selling the Turin Legato V2 and most folks really applaud the customer service from the seller. I did a great deal of reading on the Gemilai 3007Z where I could find it in use in Asia. This meant looking at youtube videos in other languages (among other sourc