Cheapest I’ve found in the us is the Dunkin medium roast, but as others have said grinding it with a burr grinder (not a blade grinder) is a huge difference. You can buy a bag of beans and have them ground at some supermarkets though. True bulk for a community break room is gonna be hard. Best of luck.
If you don’t want a science/engineering project then you won’t be happy with the gaggia classic pro, but the longevity is great if you take care of it. The Turin legato or breville bambino are supposed to be better out of the box but they aren’t going to last as long as a stainless steal machine.
FWIW: I have the gaggia classic with a pid, gauge, one steam tip, and dimmer mod. It’s a great machine but took some work to get where I wanted it. Still takes 20 minutes to come fully up to temp though.
I used this, but I’ve installed the shades pid, shades pressure gauge, and a dimmer mod so I was fairly familiar with the innards.
Consumer carbon filters don’t really remove enough hardness to be effective. For convenience I use distilled gallons and third wave espresso packets. There are cheaper methods though.
I wasn’t using the correct water, and after about two years I needed to replace my valve. After inspection my boiler was also beyond descaling and the steam valve was drippy. I replaced those parts because I could but only the solenoid valve was required. FWIW there are videos on how to clean the valve (after removing it) but they didn’t work for me.
Unifi is good hardware for security, but it’s ok hardware for privacy. They require cloud connectivity for setup, and it incessantly checks in with their cloud, even though cloud account is disabled. Pfsense is an amazing solution but I chose unifi for convenience and availability of hardware (particularly WiFi access points).
I just switched to Ubuntu from windows 11. Minecraft bedrock was a bit of a project, jackbox games and rollercoaster tycoon were a breeze. I had to disable secure boot and some other things in my bios. Most of my other bumps were very easily googleable, and I actually found the post operating system process better than a fresh windows install (video card drivers, network drivers etc). I have worked in tech for a long time though so ymmv.
No shame in appreciation of the repeatable. It’s hard to justify the roulette of variables even on a good day. My other bag is lavazza for days I don’t want to struggle
Cheapest I’ve found in the us is the Dunkin medium roast, but as others have said grinding it with a burr grinder (not a blade grinder) is a huge difference. You can buy a bag of beans and have them ground at some supermarkets though. True bulk for a community break room is gonna be hard. Best of luck.
If you don’t want a science/engineering project then you won’t be happy with the gaggia classic pro, but the longevity is great if you take care of it. The Turin legato or breville bambino are supposed to be better out of the box but they aren’t going to last as long as a stainless steal machine.
FWIW: I have the gaggia classic with a pid, gauge, one steam tip, and dimmer mod. It’s a great machine but took some work to get where I wanted it. Still takes 20 minutes to come fully up to temp though.
There’s a bunch of deep dives on water chemistry, but I mix third wave water packets into one gallon of distilled water.
Do not use straight distilled water though. It will damage the machine and taste very very bad.
https://youtu.be/0ipvBdWaVzQ
I used this, but I’ve installed the shades pid, shades pressure gauge, and a dimmer mod so I was fairly familiar with the innards.
Consumer carbon filters don’t really remove enough hardness to be effective. For convenience I use distilled gallons and third wave espresso packets. There are cheaper methods though.
I wasn’t using the correct water, and after about two years I needed to replace my valve. After inspection my boiler was also beyond descaling and the steam valve was drippy. I replaced those parts because I could but only the solenoid valve was required. FWIW there are videos on how to clean the valve (after removing it) but they didn’t work for me.
Unifi is good hardware for security, but it’s ok hardware for privacy. They require cloud connectivity for setup, and it incessantly checks in with their cloud, even though cloud account is disabled. Pfsense is an amazing solution but I chose unifi for convenience and availability of hardware (particularly WiFi access points).
In this economy?!? Cosmetic micro transactions are everywhere
I’ve never owned a dog who can dynamically consume absurdly small and absurdly large space
Watch the video… dude was sitting on his buckled seatbelt.
I just switched to Ubuntu from windows 11. Minecraft bedrock was a bit of a project, jackbox games and rollercoaster tycoon were a breeze. I had to disable secure boot and some other things in my bios. Most of my other bumps were very easily googleable, and I actually found the post operating system process better than a fresh windows install (video card drivers, network drivers etc). I have worked in tech for a long time though so ymmv.
NBC news had the quotes too: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-gun-license-expected-revoked-conviction-hush-money-trial-rcna155740
But I hope it’s real…
No shame in appreciation of the repeatable. It’s hard to justify the roulette of variables even on a good day. My other bag is lavazza for days I don’t want to struggle