Yeah pretty much. The water temp just doesn’t get hot enough.

It’s a decent little machine. It depends on what you want out of your espresso and what your budget is. If you want to brew light roasts, stay away from the bambino. If you’re going for medium-dark espresso and lattes then it will serve you well. The warm up time on the bambino is the best thing ever, ready to brew in a few seconds.

I’m going to upgrade it as soon as I can since it limits what I can do and want something to experiment more with my espresso. I’m considering a gaggia classic pro and installing a gaggiuino mod, if you dont mind tinkering with your machine, it could work for you. A manual machine like a flair might be a good idea, some of the best espresso I’ve had was pulled on my flair classic.

It’s the blue one up on the shelf. It’s definitely a must, especially since I completely removed the declumper on the DF64.

I have finally found my people on lemmy!

I roast on an SR800 with the OEM extension tube. I’ve accumulated about 25lbs of different greens so far. I’ve been really enjoying a washed Colombian for espresso and natural Kenyan for filter. I really can’t justify buying roasted at the prices they’re selling at anymore.