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[quote=Anonymous]I can answer your questions.
You said you want to make excellent espresso at home.  And you want to spend around $1000.

Here’s what to get:
Crossland Coffee CC1 machine. It’s a semiauto. Takes about 3 min to warm up. Uses professional size portafilters. The group head is warmed. It will do everything you want and do it well. American company. Far less maintenance than some of the Italian makers.
Burr grinder. The Sette grinders from Baratza are good. So is the Rancilio Rocky. The old model Baratza grinders are good too but require more maintenance.
Misc: get a small scale. 18g coffee into the portafilter, 18-24g shot out.  Get some coffee detergent. You’ll need it to back flush the machine and you also won’t believe how effectively it cleans up dried coffee and stains. Get some descaler, ideally Dezcal liquid or powder, you’ll want to run that through the machine every 6 mos.

You can find the machine and grinder for $999.

Notes: the next step up is a dual-boiler machine. Mostly useful if you steam a lot of milk. Not necessary if you’re just doing espresso.  Don’t get a full auto if you want excellent espresso. Definitely don’t get a Nespresso.  And beans are very important. Luckily in the DC area you can get quite good beans, roasted recently, fairly cheaply. I like Swing’s, La Colombe, and Compass. Experiment with beans.

Enjoy!  [/quote]

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