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Hand tilting a gooseneck kettle over a paper-filtered glass pour-over carafe, second carafe behind — Pour-over brewing with a gooseneck kettle, where the pour rate rather than a pump controls extraction.Photo: Karl Fredrickson kfred · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

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How to choose

Choosing an espresso machine for an Australian kitchen

Bench depth, boiler type, milk volume and parts supply decide this purchase. The four questions to settle before any model name, worked in AUD with GST included.

Updated 3/11/2026 · 9 min

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