Picopresso

for a compact setup like yours i'd say the casabrews 3700 stays pretty close to the dedica in size but the stainless steel build makes it comparatively more reliable. runs at 20 bar pressure and the steam wand can actually make proper microfoam which makes a huge difference for lattes compared to th

Picopresso was on my list too. Ended up going nano because for $20 more you get self-heating and one-button automatic, no hot water needed, no manual pumping. For an office setup that mattered to me. Bought mine directly from outin.com, they ship to India, took about 10 days.

If you want to pay less than $100, want good coffee, and don't have a grinder, just buy an aeropress, it will serve you better than a peice of shit cheap espresso machine. Pre-ground with a pressurised basket is just glorified nespresso with extra steps. To get into espresso and if you're going to b

I have a picopresso. It was my sole espresso machine for three years until I received my Argos this March - shockingly capable device if you put a slightly nicer basket in it. I would still use the stock one while traveling because it has the perfect little hand tamper that fits in the machine. I br

Milk pitchers are probably the cheapest and easiest to use vs. alternatives. I recently got a picopresso for travel so I tried a few different containers and thermometers with a Nanofoamer, assuming that I might have to microwave the milk sometimes so I couldn't use a metal container. No matter what

Thanks for the review. I've been considering the Nano with the basket plus upgrade but now I think I'm gonna wait until Mino has a basket plus upgrade. And I hope that it would be a proper 18g basket. The standard 12g won't do it for me and the biggest factor that prevented me from buying Nano was t

Just wanted to second that any espresso capable grinder works. As someone who mainly does pouroversbans only did espresso in the side, I used the original 1zpresso x-pro with the pico for two years before getting a Lagom Casa for the picopresso. It was very time-consuming and a bit of a workout to g

I own a Chemex, a V60 and a Picopresso. I also have a temperature control kettle, a 1Zpresso X-Ultra and a scale from Amazon. Admittedly this is more like 600 worth of gear, but the grinder and espresso machine on its own is about 300 and is more proper espresso than the baristina. Admittedly this i

They are different machines. The minipresso is easy, more forgiving. The picopresso is a true espresso machine, so it's more hard to learn, it needs a really good grinder, for espresso, and good puck prep. So it depends on what you want. I have both, I preffer the minipresso, the result is more like

Yes. I spent several days doing research and reading about various options, user reviews etc. Finally decided on the Picopresso. It's really well made and a joy to use. Puck prep is important. When done right, the result is a very good (and actually real) espresso.