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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

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325 points ragebol | 9 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.252s | source | bottom
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wkat4242 ◴[12 Sep 24 19:26 UTC] No.41524558[source]▶
I love espresso. But I don't think I'd be interested in a DIY option.

I tend to use Nespresso, especially now that the cups are simply available in the shop (and cheap aftermarket options), it's pretty perfect.

I know the manual process is more environmentally friendly but when I wake up in the morning I have no headspace for fussing with coffee grinds. I just need good coffee right away. And I don't even own a car or anything nor have kids so my footprint is pretty low.

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ben7799 ◴[12 Sep 24 20:00 UTC] No.41524875[source]▶
Well the bigger problem with Nespresso is the coffee/espresso tastes horrible and you have to deal with the waste.
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tssva ◴[12 Sep 24 20:29 UTC] No.41525167[source]▶
Based upon the sales of Nespresso machines and pods a lot of people seem to disagree with you regarding the taste.
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1. Arch-TK ◴[12 Sep 24 23:05 UTC] No.41526578[source]▶
People still buy supermarket instant. I think the problem is actually that people don't know what good coffee tastes like, nor do they care.
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2. tssva ◴[13 Sep 24 00:14 UTC] No.41526986[source]▶
If it tastes good to them then it is good coffee. Could it just be case of different strokes for different folks and some wanting to feel superior?
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3. Arch-TK ◴[13 Sep 24 08:39 UTC] No.41529237[source]▶
Or they have no perspective. See my other comment.
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4. karolist ◴[13 Sep 24 10:58 UTC] No.41529983[source]▶
I'd argue most people don't even like coffee, they drink it for the caffeine.
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5. woodpanel ◴[13 Sep 24 11:06 UTC] No.41530018[source]▶
After paying a monthly premium for my coffee-lifestyle of I'd say 100-200 EURs just by buying most premium sorts of beans for ages, not including drinking at cliché hip coffee bars of competition-winning baristas (face-tatooed mustaches are to be expected) and having endless discussions about taste and techniques with the average tech co-worker, I happily reverted to the one and only, un-hipersterable, supermarket instant.

I do know how good coffee tastes like and would say: It's not worth it.

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6. tssva ◴[13 Sep 24 12:13 UTC] No.41530456{3}[source]▶
That comment definitely makes me lean towards you just liking to feel superior.
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7. Arch-TK ◴[13 Sep 24 13:57 UTC] No.41531316{4}[source]▶
Or maybe it is you who likes to feel superior to people with an interest in coffee?

e.g. "It makes decent espresso and the money, time and mental energy for getting a slightly better espresso through a more expensive machine is just not worth it to me."

If you think that time, money and experience can only produce a "slightly better espresso" then I will just say you are not experienced enough to make such a claim. Rather than accepting that maybe to some there is a big difference, you call them snobs.

8. Arch-TK ◴[13 Sep 24 14:01 UTC] No.41531347[source]▶
> It's not worth it.

For you.

Please add that last bit, as it makes the difference between a statement and an opinion.

I am happy for you that you tried things and decided they were not worth it for you. At least you took it a step further than a lot of people who hold such opinions about speciality coffee. But I think you should open your mind to the idea that the people who think it IS worth it are not just pretending.

9. Arch-TK ◴[13 Sep 24 15:02 UTC] No.41531883[source]▶
I think I would agree that most people don't like their experience of black coffee.

Whether that's because there is no coffee or brewing method out there that, when served black, would satisfy them, or because they've just not had the chance to taste what they would consider good coffee, of that I am not sure.