I look at owning the Decent machine the same way I do as owning an Aston Martin… not in this life!
To be honest, even if I were lucky enough to win the lottery or have a long-lost very rich relative leave me their fortune, whilst I would love to buy a Decent, I would not have a clue what to do with it. That machine, rather like the Aston Martin, which unless I lived in Germany and could drive on the autobahn would be wasted on me.
Watching the Lance video, I was gobsmacked at the amount of ‘fiddling’ sorry, changing of parameters that you could do. So much so, I would be completely overwhelmed.
The main problem for me, is that because I wouldn’t know a fantastic coffee brew if it came up and slapped me in the face, I have no idea what I would need to change to get to it.
Yes, I know you can tell it to duplicate a certain machine’s profile and leave it to do its thang, but then what a waste.
I love it, I want it, but would feel a complete charlatan if I owned one. And with my level of expertise and palate, would still make more undrinkable shots (to any of you proper coffee experts anyway) than not. This is also why if my Sage Dual boiler, which was a massive step-up for me from my Gaggia ever gives up the ghost, I would not have a clue what to replace it with.
Having said all that, if money really were no object…. As they say, there are no pockets in shrouds. I wonder if Aston Martin do pedal extensions for people under 5′5″? :)
