Coffee thread

[Tony]

Here's my coffee corner.

[j0hnbarker]

Here's my coffee corner.

Thought long and hard about getting a Rocket in place of my Silvia.

How have you found it?

[Tony]

Thought long and hard about getting a Rocket in place of my Silvia.

How have you found it?

It's been great. I've had it almost four years and I've had no trouble with it whatsoever. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Rocket when the time comes.

I seriously thought about the Silvia when I was researching. By coincidence, in my boredom I was watching a review of the Silvia on youtube yesterday and I could see why the extra investment in something like mine made sense.

[Rod]

I like my coffee, but all this kit to me looks like hard work especially when you've just woken up 😁.
I was round at a mates house and he'd just spent £400 on this fancy German machine with pipes and dials all over the place.
He made a coffee for me which seemed to take ages and when ready I thought it was ok, but no better than my Bialetti using Aldi Columbian ground coffee, which takes me a couple of minutes on the induction hob.
Maybe it was his brewing technique, I don't know 🤔

[junglebert]

I like my coffee, but all this kit to me looks like hard work especially when you've just woken up .
I was round at a mates house and he'd just spent £400 on this fancy German machine with pipes and dials all over the place.
He made a coffee for me which seemed to take ages and when ready I thought it was ok, but no better than my Bialetti using Aldi Columbian ground coffee, which takes me a couple of minutes on the induction hob.
Maybe it was his brewing technique, I don't know 樂

Likely because it was only 400 quid.....

[Rod]

Likely because it was only 400 quid.....

So that's a cheap one then! 😳

[Tony]

So that's a cheap one then! 😳

£400 is pennies for an espresso machine.

In fact it's not really enough for one.

[j0hnbarker]

It's been great. I've had it almost four years and I've had no trouble with it whatsoever. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Rocket when the time comes.

I seriously thought about the Silvia when I was researching. By coincidence, in my boredom I was watching a review of the Silvia on youtube yesterday and I could see why the extra investment in something like mine made sense.

What do you think the main difference is then? The build quality looks excellent.

[Tony]

What do you think the main difference is then? The build quality looks excellent.

The build quality of the Rocket looks to be far superior.

The functionality of the HX system for the steam looks way better - no need to temperature surf, and you can brew and steam simultaneously.

And, of course, the Rocket looks way more impressive. It's a real feature in the kitchen - a big taking point when anyone visits.

[Skip]

Here's my coffee corner.

Lovely machine. We spent Xmas/new year in NZ with my mum - her partner has the same machine. Great to use and lovely to look at!