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Where do I need to spend that much for coffee equipment?

I just press button to get better than Starbucks coffee for literally 0.35$ (premium coffee beans). Modern automatic coffee machine take really no effort. My De'Longhi Primadonna S Evo made 2094 coffees in last 4 years.

Just get an espresso machine (the real ones, no capsules) and a bean grinder. Coffee from freshly-ground beans tastes way better than Starbucks, is still $.03 per cup and takes only a few seconds to make with an electric grinder.Moka pots work too and are cheaper (though espresso machines are real cheap at least here in Europe) but the coffee isn't as creamy and it takes a few minutes to boil (even though it needs no attention). With a large moka pot it's easier to make large quanti

same for nespresso cups, it literally only has downsides. stale coffee, dead foam, waste of the cup, but even more insane if you think of all the shipping and production that needs to be done. They dont even get to the proper extraction temperature/pressure.i bought a sage barista express and its literally the best thing i've bought in the last 4 years. Making a good cup of coffee takes around 3/4 minutes if you take the milk foaming into account. Shorter if you do espresssos.

I bought a "real" coffee machine for me and my colleagues (Jura impressa F50 -- https://us.jura.com/en/homeproducts/machines/IMPRESSA-F50-Cl...) and, despite being a bit more complicated than a nespresso one, it cost less (despite buying pretty good coffee beans, freshly roasted, and despite the high cost of the machine), an

Are there any non-proprietary pod based coffee machines?

We had a commercial Gaggia bean-to-cup machine, fresh ground, etc., the difference to me is noticeable obvs, but it's not worth the costs. It's only a drink.

Those cheap plastic coffee machines actually are pretty poor, and tend to break fast -- planned obsolescence at its finest. I recommend going a step up and buying something like a Rancilio Silva [1]. All metal, has replaceable, serviceable parts, has a good community of tweakers who document mods for things like temperature control, lasts practically for ever.[1] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rancilio-Espresso-Machine-Stainless-13-4-Inch/dp/B00H1OUSD2" rel="nofollow

Which ones have you tried? Any Jura machine will do the job and produce better, fresher coffee than a pre-ground pod. The upfront cost is substantially more, however; they start at about $800.

Keurig coffee machines are garbage. They are expensive and make terrible coffee and they are designed to do one thing only: to lock you into the pods which are very high markup and have negative externalities because they go straight to landfill etc.If you want a coffee machine and don't want to spend a lot, I implore you buy something made for making great coffee like an Aeropress[1]. You can also do worse than say a chemex[2] or a French press/cafetiere[3]. Then when you can affo