After reading some current comments on barrista blogs the question is which is the [1] best espresso machine I should preface that by with the word ‘commercial’ -domestic machines are a totally different subject.

I think the main discovery over the past few years is how small temperature difference alter the quality of your cup of coffee -and the temperature that you make your coffee depends on the blend!

At the cheaper end of the market a coffee machine will have a fluctuating temperature -it will start off at 97 [too high ] and then as you draw more coffees off drop too 82 during busy periods or lower in stages -somewhere in that range you will suddenly perceive a dramatic increase in the quality of the coffee - but because you can’t control the heat this is momentary.

Whats the answer?

Well there are too my knowledge two machines on the market that can help you make the perfect cup of espresso -the [2] V6 espresso machine [declare an interest -we sell it ] and the Della Corte.

Both are lovely machines enabling the temperature to be controlled to fine parameters -+/- 1 degree but the Della Corte temperature has too be changed by an engineer - so each time you change your coffee or blend you have that cost whilst the V6 can be altered by the owner.

And perhaps the most important -the V6 is sensibly priced and has the longest warranty - 5 years.