hi there - new to this forum; and this uniquely fascinating world of residential Espresso makers.
Me and my wife spend about 800-1000 per month on coffee, latte, cappuccino from starbucks/tim hortons. We are building a new house - and one of my specific requirements is to have an espresso maker within the household for morning/evening consumption.
Here are some base requirements I am hoping to work with
- looking for a super auto with minimum manual intervention; as we both commute and typically even a minute of spare time is a luxury with two kids in the morning.
- likely with a timer function - which self wakes itself up and then starts to prep 2 cups into a travel mug
- given its a super auto - i am hoping to have a good grinder within; cup warmer - but I have instructed my builder to have a water line roughed in to supply water to this unit on demand
- I am looking to keep this unit within a pull out shelf within a large pantry in my kitchen which will consist of wood base - but this is something that I can still change.
I've not yet finalized on cost - but I'm willing to go high enough to get a unit that suffices most of my requirement.
I am looking to get some recommendations on what is available out there that will hit as many of my requirements as possible.
PS - I did some research on the built in versions being offered by Miele, Wolf etc and found them to be fairly unrealiable and not many upsides including taste.
Me and my wife spend about 800-1000 per month on coffee, latte, cappuccino from starbucks/tim hortons. We are building a new house - and one of my specific requirements is to have an espresso maker within the household for morning/evening consumption.
Here are some base requirements I am hoping to work with
- looking for a super auto with minimum manual intervention; as we both commute and typically even a minute of spare time is a luxury with two kids in the morning.
- likely with a timer function - which self wakes itself up and then starts to prep 2 cups into a travel mug
- given its a super auto - i am hoping to have a good grinder within; cup warmer - but I have instructed my builder to have a water line roughed in to supply water to this unit on demand
- I am looking to keep this unit within a pull out shelf within a large pantry in my kitchen which will consist of wood base - but this is something that I can still change.
I've not yet finalized on cost - but I'm willing to go high enough to get a unit that suffices most of my requirement.
I am looking to get some recommendations on what is available out there that will hit as many of my requirements as possible.
PS - I did some research on the built in versions being offered by Miele, Wolf etc and found them to be fairly unrealiable and not many upsides including taste.