Nothing can replace a professional coffe maker, but if you go for a few concessions, the Flair 58+ may be the perfect choice for you.
The concessions are:
- Manually controlling the pressure, time and weight of the excavation is a huge challenge, and it's a step away from smart profiling and close to the next expenses.
- The Plus version heats up the group and the piston, it does less well with the basket and portafilter (heating and power supply, I recommend, is only 58W, that's less than a light bulb for 10 min)
- The water distribution strainer is brilliant and I also use it with my portafilter in a professional espresso machine.
- If you like good espresso on vacation, the Flair is the right and great choice.
- In the "Flair 58" I enjoy the use of my own tampers, stations, porta and baskets, and we get a strainer for the standard size of 58mm is a mega advantage.
- Forget about frothing milk
- You get silence and speed at the ready to shoot like for real lone snipers
- It's worth the price, for me it's even the "King" in the class of espresso machines up to 4500 PLN (under 1000$), and the walnut finish with black arm has a beautiful design and pleases the eyes. Eyes like it.
- A complete espresso machine with the E61 group (PID, water reservoir, milk frother, hot water spout for americano, pressure control) has an advantage but you won't take it on vacation.
- I recommend to Buy "Flair 58+", and in gratis I got needles for mixing in the basket.
- The service of the store is also great.