What’s on your coffee bench?

[Erikg]

Originally Posted by oldguy00

Has anyone cross shopped ECM and Rocket machines?

Thoughts on the following two heat exchanger / rotary pump machines:
Rocket Mozzafiato R
ECM Technika V Profi

Close in price, some asthetic differences etc

We've had an ECM Classika single boiler for about 6 years now. We haven't had any issues with it, very well built. When doing the research back then, the ECM's seemed internally better designed. The plumbing and materials were well thought out compared to other brands. The water tank also had the no drip feed at the bottom vs some of the others that had two tubes that came in from the top.

We really like ours. I was a bit skeptical about an espresso machine due to the upfront cost and not sure how long it would last. Before buying, we did a cost calculation of how much we were spending weekly on our morning ritual (typical weekday morning coffee shop runs and weekend drip coffee at home). The calc showed around 3.5 years to pay for machine and grinder (grinder also ECM), vs our typical coffee spending. When Covid hit, I was so glad to have made the purchase. It runs on a smart timer and comes on everyday for 4 hours. We keep the used coffee pucks, which end up in our compost and p-patch garden. We have a rotating single origin subscription from Camber Coffee out of Bellingham, WA (2 weeks, 2lb bag, two people). All-in-all I wish we would have purchased it sooner. It's lasted longer than any other coffee maker we've ever had, especially since it's in use everyday. Small parts are also replaceable. Just like Campy 10 speed!... haven't had to buy any replacement parts yet though.

Whichever brand you buy, you won't regret it. I understand they are all made in the same Italian factories.