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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

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325 points ragebol | 1 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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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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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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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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1. 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.