Flair espresso machine- now travelling road show ;)

[Ascholten]

Will be interesting to get a relative expert's opinion!

Relative expert.
Is that like the know it all mother in law? 

Aaron

[Joe]

Will be interesting to get a relative expert's opinion!

Relative expert.
Is that like the know it all mother in law? 

Aaron

That would be my guess.

No one is an expert here, and we definitely don't work for flair either. An unbiased review is all I offer. If you want expert I can point you to a bunch of self described experts on some well known forums.

[Ascholten]

Ain't all dem experts and their exalted forums pretty much Tango Uniform by now? 

Aaron

[javagonzo]

I know this thread is ...like... pre-pandemic... but I got a Flair earlier this year and I don't know why I didn't get one sooner.  They are really fun and when you do your part (like, invest in a GOOD grinder) the 'spro from them is tremendous!

[brianmch]

I know this thread is ...like... pre-pandemic... but I got a Flair earlier this year and I don't know why I didn't get one sooner.  They are really fun and when you do your part (like, invest in a GOOD grinder) the 'spro from them is tremendous!

I picked one up about a year ago. I enjoyed the espresso from it at times.  It was pretty hard to be consistent though so if getting clear insight into the coffee is a necessity it comes up short.  Could futz around with each shot though so that was fun.  I did not enjoy the workflow at all. 

They now have a powered model that I would demo if considering one again as the preheating/temp management/ etc at was a pretty big hassle.  A boiler lever is much easier. 

I am holding onto it though.  Probably because I'm a hoarder as we moved to a simple Moka pot and its in mothballs.