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Originally Posted by peteremsley
I was gifted an Nespresso. It does make great coffee, but boy is it expensive... especially watching the prem soccer on a snowy Colorado Saturday morning!
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The machines don't cost much BUT the Pods will kill ya. Is that what you are sayin?
Then over time they are not cost effective. Better to step up to the plate and buy a good machine.
Back in the day I went lookin for a coffee machine..I wound up at Whole Latte Love and started reading the reviews on all the machines. What it came down to over and over again was that people who bought the high end machines WISHED THEY HAD GONE THERE IN THE BEGINNING instead of dicking around with the cheaper machines first. I looked at all the high end machines available at the time and found that the Salvatore was about the best for the bucks. So I stepped up to the plate and bought the Salvatore and Mini Mazzer and have never looked back.
https://www.salvatore-espresso.com/espresso-machines/semi-automatic/
I asked Salvatore which machine would he buy for himself and his answer was the Semi Automatic as it was push button and had less to go wrong with it...so I took his recommendation. I have pulled the top off to re prime the pump upon occasion and since these machines are handbuilt built upon order my name is on the inside. The only piece of plastic on the inside is a 1/2 inch piece of vinyl tubing that connects the water reservoir to the pump. That is so you can squeeze it to re prime. Everything else on the inside is brass, copper or commercial grade components.
The prices on the Salvatore and Mazzer have really bumped up...more than doubling..