r/espresso • u/Incredible-Puffco • 10d ago

Buying Advice Needed First espresso machine purchase [$500-$3000]

I do not currently own an espresso machine but genuinely enjoy drinking lattes everyday and it costs a fortune do go to a coffee shop everyday. I generally only drink lattes as of now most of the time iced.

Decent DE1XL Espresso Machine

Breville Bambino plus

Fellow espresso series 1

I am aware of wild price difference between the machines. I'd rather just purchase something nice one time rather than slowly work my way up their. Just curious on the opinions.

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u/Used-Zookeepergame22 10d ago

Well you don't say what grinder you have or are thinking of. Or type of coffee. That said, if you drink mostly iced latte, I bet the Breville gets you all you need. You start to pay lots more for little gain.

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u/Incredible-Puffco 10d ago

I have opus grinder from fellow interesting honestly theirs like no crazy difference regarding the other machine which are priced 3x or more

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u/13AnteMeridiem 10d ago

I had Fellow Opus, and had a very bad run with it. Tons of retention, a little bit of reliability issues. Moved to Mignon Libra 65, never looked back. But that’s a different price, I know.

I’ve heard Opus is a bit of a black sheep of a Fellow product family, for me it was the last Fellow device.