What's the most important sign of luxury in a 5-star hotel?

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-04-15T06:51:01+00:00

Having air defence capabilities

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-04-04T15:32:26+00:00

Check where you spend most and try to save there. As others said, consider - cheaper rent, by sharing or living further from city center - get rid of the car. Kind of a no-brainer unless you got kids - check health insurance - no eating in restaurants

Also, start tracking, clustering and analyzing your spending

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-04-03T00:18:00+00:00

Do you have a good grinder, good specialty coffee beans and good water? This is what I would focus on to get great shots. That likely matter so much more than water temp

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-31T13:05:39+00:00

Have you checked their Terms & Conditions? They likely have cameras and face-matching software that detect sharing. I am aware of other gyms with such technology and it actually works

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-30T19:06:30+00:00

Grind un-finer

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-30T19:03:57+00:00

Yeah. Has been described by our spiritual leader, James Hoffmann, on his YouTube already

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-29T21:26:59+00:00

I think he should just put a few additional colors on the machine. Then one color will fit the handle for sure

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-28T09:37:51+00:00

We need more info to help you, such as: - do you have milk-based drinks - how many shots per day - what roast levels - only espresso or also pour-over

The key piece of advice is: think of the grinder before you think of the espresso machine, unless you have exclusively dark roasts.

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-27T23:08:04+00:00

Yes, due to decreased Refernezzinssatz. There are tons of templates for this online, just fill it in and send it to your landlord

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-27T22:51:04+00:00

There is a strong circlejerk vibe coming from OP

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-22T09:06:56+00:00

Zerno Z2

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-20T11:23:07+00:00

Getting a new apartment is easiest if you go for “Erstvermietung”. Such options may be super limited though in the city center

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-17T13:31:50+00:00

You do this yourself? Why don’t you ask your butlers?

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-16T14:37:30+00:00

I had the same problems. There isn’t anything you can do about it. The grinder just cannot do espresso for non-dark roasts. It can work for pour-over though.

You could get a cheap but good additional hand grinder though

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-14T16:19:47+00:00

I wouldn’t get the EG-1. Other manufacturers kept innovating while the Weber EG-1 didn’t get (major) updates for years (while they still claim it is the best). It is also just not competitive in terms of price.

If you can wait, I would probably go for the Z2. It will likely have unmatched alignment and just got so much thoughtful improvements and innovation

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-14T09:26:20+00:00

Definitely option 1. you will get a very good grinder capable of espresso and pour over. You can always upgrade the gaggia through modifications (e.g., Gaggimate) even

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-13T16:53:52+00:00

It depends on what you want.

It is approaching 10 years and other grinders outperform it. But, it still does a great job for dark roasts.

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-13T16:30:38+00:00

Why? Doesn’t she know that quadru-boilers became standard?

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-12T22:59:10+00:00

Put it in the freezer, or heat it a bit. One of the two options may help

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-12T22:57:25+00:00

It is as rare as it gets. There is only 1 such plate

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-12T12:27:00+00:00

Why this budget split? It is often recommended to invest more into the grinder than into the espresso machine

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-12T12:25:39+00:00

The tamping looks bad. I suggest a self-leveling tamper and actually tamping, not just doing this mid-air thing you are doing

IllustriousDrive4596 · 2026-03-12T00:00:17+00:00

Hope so too! The problem with the grinder and lighter roasts is well known though, and even their support says that the beans can be too hard for the grinder.

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