I have been a French press guy for years (at home) and Mr Coffee at work (fresh ground beans always).
I begged for a real espresso machine for Christmas... wife had one somewhere in her past and insisted they were a PITA to clean.
We ended up with a Nespresso... been going strong since Christmas... pretty good espresso (and I'm a coffee snob)
Sixty to seventy cents a shot... however I do double/triple shots.
