OT: Espresso machines

I have just entered the world of Nespresso as of last Christmas. Definitely better than K cup crap. Always hated that K cups were plastic and heating anything in plastic is dubious to one's health. Little more expensive, and you need a frother, but all in for 150. Well worth it.

Photomax you sure do know a lot about coffee!

Jura E-4 owner here.  One-button gets your beans ground, and a pretty decent shot of espresso.  Will also brew pretty much any kind of coffee you'd like.   This model does not do milk/foam.  No interest in that.

I do wish it had a hopper that was removable to make it easier to switch beans.

Not cheap, but we are pretty happy, and not too geeky about coffee.

Son owns a chain of coffee shops, so we have access to great beans.  We go to one of his shops if we want a really good shot of espresso.  I ask the guy behind the counter one time why their espresso tastes better than what I make a home, and he said "because my machine cost $30K !"  Sounded like something I might have heard on this forum.

@goodlistening64 - The basics espresso and single cup coffees are good.  The flavored, holiday one's are chemical garbage.  If you like Jaegermeister though you'd probably enjoy them.

Erik - Yeah, I got a bunch of those for free. Big fail in creating a palatable chocolate flavor. Vanilla is OK with spoon of sugar.

Way too hopeful that the Nespresso could produce a similar Latte Mocha that I can get at the local gas mart. In my case, a Wawa.

A coffee step up, but I do fear the rabbit hole. I once thought I could make a good pizza pie and only needed an Ooni to make it happen. If you are challenged by coffee beans it's probably not a good idea to attempt to conquer dough.

Erik, it's always pleasant to find out the drivers you've bought have a tad more cred than you knew... 👍
Grew up in a family with the percolator was typically standing by.  Espresso was the bottom third with bite.  Grew up fast in many ways...*G*

Discrimination came later....fortunately...

Big Question that hangs over this junction function is:

Which could you 'cold turkey'?

Coffee

or Audio ?

If your life depended upon it, some ghastly fate upon you....