@thebiglebowski kindly gave me a bag of the Hasbean Jailbreak: Red Blend when I picked up the Bambino last week.
I am enjoying it more than the Horsham Nova blend and would buy it again.
Any other recommended espresso blends out there?
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Iāll answer my own question.
Iād probably love a Expobar 1 group pro machine, but heating up 6 lts of water - 2770w element, seems a tad wasteful for 1 shot of espressoš
Bit like Coco 1.2KV monoblock tube amps to drive my Vitavox S2s or Raalsš
Perhaps when we have a solar farm/batteries and generate all our own electricityš
Also waiting 30 minutesš± for said warm up is not appealing at all. Or setting timers etc.
I did see James using a Mignon Eureka Specialita grinder in one of his vids - reassuring.
Bradbeers (sort of Graysonās era dept store in New Milton) use one too!
Waiting 30 minutes for warm up would take any machine off a consideration list.
How is that in any way acceptable in a domestic setting?
Just got this and itās very nice
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Does it heat the whole lot? Iāve got a 2.5lt water tank but the boiler is only 400ml to feed the grouphead which has itās own heater.
I appreciate it is normal forum protocol to recommend something that wasnt asked for at double the price 
I am sure it is very nice @ Ā£19.00
I am still using single origin coffee for pour over but I was more interested in the espresso blends.
The Jailbreak blend is Ā£8.00 The Horsham Nova is Ā£6.50
you didnāt state a price and that is espresso 
No but I did state āblendā
I have one of those unopened just need to finish their blend
I agree with Kev, especially as my hifi burns leccy like a bastard.
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It says boiler size is 6lt copper, thatās the plumbed in water tank. So yesš±
Hence 30mins of hard burn (sorry I have The Expanse on my brainš).
Once ready, itās designed to coffee the paying masses (form an orderly queue), without missing a beat.
Mind you thatās the smallest of their commercial machines!
Thereās also a 2 group, 3 boiler 11.5+1.5+1.5lts, and even a 3 group, 4 boiler 17.5+1.5+1.5+1.5lts 
Ah there is also a G10 office, with a 3lt water tank (also to be plumbed in) and a 1.5lt twin boiler.
Wife has a Qookerā:roll_eyes: for her tea, why shouldnāt I have a massive boiler coffee machine? 
Both Red Brick and Sweet Shop are excellent Square Mile blends, Kev. Donāt forget they sell in 350g bags so it skews the price a bit.
Also the Strangers coffees have been really good. They do quite a few blends and Iām looking forward to trying more of them.
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Was just thinking you could be measuring up as it warms up. Customer pays an invisible coffee charge on top of their bill.
Everything in this thread is ridiculous.
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Just got an email from Clumsy Goat who are offering 40% off today, used the code for an order and it allowed me to use a second time so if anyone wants it send me a PM.
Super nice 
restocked, should keep me going for a month or two
Hoping the Italian espresso is nice as itās only Ā£25 per kg (Ā£15 with discount)
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It is 
nice strong dark roasted espresso which makes a really good cappuccino.
PS get 40% off today
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