In reply to Anonymous.

The only good beans we've found on the island are from the Drum Roaster in Cobble Hill (I know, too far). But for our machine we found that the absolute best beans come from Artigiano's in Vancouver. Luckily Dawn (or her co-workers ) are over there every week or two.

One thing that will make a huge difference is a good burr grinder though. Our machine (a Gaggia we bought out of the buy an sell) didn't do very well until we got a good grinder. The difference is amazing.