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Stumbled onto a small roaster in Kensington when I needed to find aeropress filters.

They have some amazing beans. Seem to be mostly a roaster but have a little area set up where you can buy beans direct - https://www.rumblecoffee.com.au/
 
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Started drinking instant given the circumstances but its just s**t. Bought a Hario cold brew flask and what an investment!

If you’re ever forced to drink instant coffee the trick is to put a little bit of milk in first and make a paste, then add the hot water.

If you don’t then the boiling water burns it and makes it bitter.

Much nicer this way.
 

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Get a moccamaster. Best black coffee you will ever have. Need to get beans roasted for filter though.
 
got a new wiz bang breville that i need to work out how to drive. keen to fu** off the the old pod machine thats for sure

I've got the Breville Bambino Plus and it beats 7/10 coffees that I'd buy from a cafe. Great investment.
 

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Been using an Aeropress for a while and very pleased with results, so I'd recommend that if you're not into buying a machine etc.
 

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Been using an Aeropress for a while and very pleased with results, so I'd recommend that if you're not into buying a machine etc.
Aeropress at work and moccamaster at home with my baratza grinder. I'm not an espresso drinker apart from when I go to cafes without batch/filter options.
 

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Bambino plus - super solid cost to benefit machine. Unless you want to drop $1k on a dual boiler, that’s my choice of machine

Aeropresses are also sick. As too are moccamasters. Although I recommend the breville precision brewer over it

Quality Grinders are the key. I’ve got a baratza Sette 270wi and a Helor 101 hand grinder. Don’t need anything else ever again


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If I wanted to spend ~$500-$800 on a mini barista set up, where would my money be best spent?

200-300 on a machine, the rest on a good grinder. Probably get a breville bambino on sale - you’d be looking at about 350. Then spend 450 on a baratza Sette 270


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Bambino plus - super solid cost to benefit machine. Unless you want to drop $1k on a dual boiler, that’s my choice of machine

Aeropresses are also sick. As too are moccamasters. Although I recommend the breville precision brewer over it

Quality Grinders are the key. I’ve got a baratza Sette 270wi and a Helor 101 hand grinder. Don’t need anything else ever again
I'm looking for a good grinder soon as a birthday present for myself.
Interesting you mention that brand


The Baratza brand came up in our reporting more often than any other.
I hadn't heard of them until I started researching, but that's what I'll probably go for
 

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The encore is great for my manual brewing but not espresso pulling. Need to pay more $ for an espresso grinder.
Cheers, I just have an aeropress at home (and the office) so until I get a larger machine it should suffice. I've only got a cheaper blade grinder at the moment.
 

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Cheers, I just have an aeropress at home (and the office) so until I get a larger machine it should suffice. I've only got a cheaper blade grinder at the moment.
Encore will be perfect. Grind setting 12-16 for aeropress and 16-20 for manual or moccamaster.
 

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If I wanted to spend ~$500-$800 on a mini barista set up, where would my money be best spent?

Recently bought the Breville Barista Pro which will be around the top of your price range. Very happy with it so far (approx 2-3 months in).
 

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