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Originally Posted by edslunch
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. What I've learned here and elsewhere is that I need to get a new grinder, a scale, buy beans every week, and that the Silvia is an extremely temperamental beast. 
I don't doubt that but all I want is to stagger out of bed and pour a decent shot or two to kick start my day, not become a high precision barista. i think the answer is to get a new machine that is more forgiving (but no, NOT a nespresso or other k-cup style one). I'll gladly settle for a merely decent pour at this point. |
Since you're looking to make it as easy as possible, it might just be worth buying a pressurized filter basket. That would give you enough forgiveness to use pre-ground coffee or a grinder that isn't quite up to the task of unpressurized baskets.
That way you can always take the plunge on a grinder down the road, if you ever felt like you might be interested.