First of all, what grinder are you using?

If you are interested I got an old Jura Ena micro 9 for sale. I bought it 4 years back but only use it for less than 6 months. Then in to the storage. I now only use semi automatic Breville BES920. Frankly speaking semi auto still taste better than fully automatic but if you want fast and easy morning latte, this is as good as it gets.

Hi Everyone
Currently, my espresso set up is Delonghi Dedica espresso machine and Eureka Mignon Manuale. Cannot seems to get the taste of espresso right even thought I can get 14 grams ground coffee and 30-32 grams espresso output in 30-35 sec. Coffee always seems to taste a bit bitter and need a bit of sugar in my latte. Suspecting bitterness due to over extraction due to 15 bar brewing pressure specified for the Dedica.

Contemplating upgrading to one of the following:-
1) WPM KD-210S2 and mod to add an OPV to set the brewing pressure to 10 bars

2) Milesto EM19M3. Conflicting information; J Coffee, the local supplier, says machine is spec at 15 bars but brochures in alot of Chinese web site says 9 bars. A Singaporean wrote in Reddit to says his dealer confirm pump is spec at 15 bars, however the OPV was adjusted to 9 bars

3) WPM KD-310 and mod to add OPV to set brewing pressure to 10 bars

WPM is a rebadge of Sunbeam (EM6910 and Torino, respectively) in Australia and in their forum those who had added an OPV to their espresso machine reported thicker, creamier and sweet espresso coffee extracted. Tikietic have you mod your KD-210 ? Where did you get it done ?

However, regarding Milesto I am not able to obtain much information from the internet.

Which upgrade root should I take ? Opinions from Kopi Sifu highly appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestion =D.
Flair definitely has an edge in maintenance. Do you have both? Is the quality of shots from the Flair comparable with Gemilai's? And is that applicable to both the Pro 2 and Signature/Classic or only the Pro 2?
The flair 58 is RM2.2k >.<. RM900 more than Flair Pro2 which perhaps for my use may be too expensive, esp since I'm only beginning in the hobby.

- Sol coffee (Penang)
- Blend coffee (Kajang)

I've tried both of these roasters. Good enough for my (noob) taste. Both of them are available on Shopee.
What grinder are you using btw?