A ladies bra is a coffee expert? Obviously a latte' lover...

When in Canberra a 5-cup rated coffee can be obtained from Verve on Flinders Way (Cnr Franklin St) in Manuka. Even tea drinkers will appreciate the visual beauty of the pearlescent '70's style cream backlit art deco Elektra coffee machine.

marcus, I'm glad you said it - I didn't dare. I guess it's a case of "his cup runneth over" or would that be a double D?

$210.00 is more my price range, thanks for the tip!

AG - yes, well said. i have doubts in any coffee machine made by breville, black and decker, russel hobbs, sunbeam or anything else usually found at k-mart or target, next to the irons and toasters of the same brand.
i own a francis francis x-1, fully manual, solid as the preverbial brick thunderbox, and has done me very well for the last 8 years with minimal to no servicing. if i had my chance again i'd go for a La Cimbali Junior - these things go for like 30 years without even flinching (try to get 30 years of your plastic fantastic steam driven breville!). i'd also love an E61 rocket, definitely the sexiest machine out there, but haven't heard much about their durability.

I do have one addendum to my earlier post, that being that i've heard the new Sunbeam machine endorsed by the Australian former World Barista Champion, Paul Bassett, can actually make a decent espresso... But then if someone was paying me a bucket load of cash to endorse a product, im sure i'd pretend it was good too.

That being said... when my next round of upgrade fever hits, i'll be looking seriously at getting the Pasquini Livia 90...I'm guessing by E61 Giotto, you mean ECM Giotto Classic... A nice machine indeed.

But then if i could choose anything, it would be a 1 group La Marzocco Linea, or the 1 group Synesso Cyncra... possibly the best new machine to come out in a long time... check out http://www.synesso.com/photos.shtml ...

I guess i can always dream :)

AG - the E61 Rocket must go under 2 names, they appear identical

Yeh, looks like its a kiwi thing... the only sites i saw pointing to them were all from New Zealand... which might explain a few things :)