Hi there, I've got a Bezzera semi-automatic at home, it's a great machine, capable (so the stats say) of producing around 90 coffees per hour! Unless your actually looking to produce, say 40 or more coffees a day, though, I would say save the money and get youreslf a Rancillio Ms Silvia single group espresso machine, and a matching Rancillio Rocky (doserless) grinder. Both machines are a lot more 'hands on' than the Gaggia Titanium, they also have less electronic fiddly bits, so there is less that can go wrong with them. And a good grinder is easilly (some say more) as important as the coffee machine itself, and you wont find a better grinder at under $1000 than the Rocky If you are dead set on lashing out on an exy machine, however, thaen you cant go past the ECM Giotto for around $1600 - but you will still need a grinder! ACG
