Anyone use an espresso machine?

[drstrangelov]

I have a nespresso pod machine at work next to the standard keurig. Usually I’ll make an 8 oz cup of coffee in the Keurig then do a single shot from the espresso machine to top it off and make it taste almost like actual coffee. The nespresso machine is really poorly made and will likely crap out one day soon, but it turns out a decent shot for zero effort.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

That is beautiful. I want one

ebay is yer hookup...

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...3.TR4.TRC2.A0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Vesuviana&_sacat=0

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

get that grinder I recommended and this:
Gaggia 14101 Classic Espresso Machine

put it on a timer to preheat in the morning and once you got the technique dialed in you can make good espresso. Oh, and you will need a good quality damper and a thing to dump the grinds into.

 

[Madmick]

I use one of these at home:

Is it nitpicking to point out those don't technically make espresso?

Got one of these awhile back for the wife. Seems sufficient to me, but she’s kind of a coffee pro and has her eyes on a higher end machine now.

What the hell is an upgrade to that? You're going to own a commercial-grade espresso maker in your own home.

 

[Jim Cozad Jr.]

I used to have a Nespresso, but I went back to Keurig, I just prefer having a larger cup of more traditional black coffee...

 

[JOE QUEEF]

Is it nitpicking to point out those don't technically make espresso?

The very definition of it.

 

[Wet Blanket]

Just got an espresso machine for my office for no real reason. Anyone else have one? How do you make it? Straight up? Double? Americano?

Double americano.

My coffee at home is better than most coffee shops.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

I use one of these at home:

I have one of these and I love it.

one of the most important yet overlooked variables to good espresso is the grinder.

A few baristas told me this exact same thing. That the grinder has to be pretty good to make a consistent coffee.

Not that I know anything about coffee except drinking.

 

[Madmick]

The very definition of it.

Well, glad we got that out of the way. Nitpicks:

1. It's not a machine
2. It doesn't make espresso

 

[JOE QUEEF]

Well, glad we got that out of the way. Nitpicks:

1. It's not a machine
2. It doesn't make espresso

@HARRISON_3 didn’t say it was an expresso machine; he said it what he uses at home...


Can we stop nitpicking and enjoy a cup of mocha?

 

[Madmick]

@HARRISON_3 didn’t say it was an expresso machine; he said it what he uses at home...


Can we stop nitpicking and enjoy a cup of mocha?

I just found it a confusing response.

Just got an espresso machine for my office for no real reason. Anyone else have one?

 

[boingyman]

I have this Nespresso. My wife will make a cappuchino once in a while. I have no idea what flavor pods we have. I'm not a big coffee drinker so I really don't care. Last time she mixed it with Fairlife Chocolate Milk and it was pretty damn good though.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Is it nitpicking to point out those don't technically make espresso?

Kinda, but it's all good.


From the website:

https://coffeeinitalia.com/collections/bialetti-stovetop-espresso-makers

I guess technically not a machine.

 

[Madmick]

Kinda, but it's all good.


From the website:

https://coffeeinitalia.com/collections/bialetti-stovetop-espresso-makers

I guess technically not a machine.

It also doesn't make espresso. I should have just linked this in my first post:
https://www.homegrounds.co/moka-pot-vs-espresso-machine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso

No crema = no espresso.


I think those stovetop pots are pretty dope. They're like a french press with less hassle, and king of the campground coffee makers, but it's not true espresso. It's an Americano made in a pressure cooker; so it's more of a refined man's Americano.

 

[HYBRID_CFC]

Just got an espresso machine for my office for no real reason. Anyone else have one? How do you make it? Straight up? Double? Americano?

We've been through 3 Nespresso machines (not sure if you can even consider those real espresso machines) and from my experience they are only good for a year or 2 before needing a new one...even with doing the descaling and cleaning maintenance.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

It also doesn't make espresso. I should have just linked this in my first post:
https://www.homegrounds.co/moka-pot-vs-espresso-machine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso
No crema = no espresso.
I think those stovetop pots are pretty dope. They're like a french press with less hassle, and king of the campground coffee makers, but it's not true espresso. It's an Americano made in a pressure cooker; so it's more of a refined man's Americano.

Nitpicking intensifies...

 

[HYBRID_CFC]

It also doesn't make espresso. I should have just linked this in my first post:
https://www.homegrounds.co/moka-pot-vs-espresso-machine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso

No crema = no espresso.


I think those stovetop pots are pretty dope. They're like a french press with less hassle, and king of the campground coffee makers, but it's not true espresso. It's an Americano made in a pressure cooker; so it's more of a refined man's Americano.

My entire Italian family (I am first gen here in the US) all use/used the stovetop pots when they made espresso. A plentiful supply of Sambuca was needed as well.

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

that grinder with the espresso machine with a good damper and thing to dump the grinds in and a milk cup thing to froth the milk in will run you about 1g + tax. That is just about the cheapest set up available to be able to produce a truly good espresso. The next cheapest option to produce a comparable espresso bumps you up into the 1,300 + tax range.

 

[Madmick]

Nitpicking intensifies...

I don't think I'm coming off as the triggered one.

My entire Italian family (I am first gen here in the US) all use/used the stovetop pots when they made espresso. A plentiful supply of Sambuca was needed as well.

Yeah, the article mentioned the popularity of those going back generations in Italy. Nevertheless, the fact that espresso didn't even exist until these kinds of machine existed, just a little over a hundred years ago, is a truth of the beverage that should be understood. It's a relatively young product in our shared history.

 

[KantoTerror]

You don't get an espresso machine for no reason...have you been showing some feminine tendencies at your office?