As a retired barista of 12 years, I absolutely LOVE my 9Barista and have been using it multiple times on the daily since I purchased in December 2024. Paired with the commadante C40 and some good beans, you really do get a dream-like high end cafe quality shot. My wife and I have been doing full time RV travelling for the past 2 years and this has been such an incredible luxury to have on the road. We reallly didn't have the counter space for even a small home-machine. So the 9Barista has come in perfect as our daily espresso weapon. Such a feat of genius to the team at 9Barista for figuring this out. The ONLY thing I wish for would be to be able to pull back to back shots faster, but I totally understand this limitation. I think if you don't mind that, the 9barista will be absolutely perfect for your espresso needs!