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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

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325 points ragebol | 2 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.773s | 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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wkat4242 ◴[12 Sep 24 20:37 UTC] No.41525260[source]▶
It's not bad, many real espressos I buy in local coffee shops for a euro (This is Spain, things are cheap) are worse.
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Arch-TK ◴[12 Sep 24 23:02 UTC] No.41526550[source]▶
If you're not in a country where people regularly drink espresso then this is the problem you will find with literally every single non-specialty coffee shop. That being said, while crap coffee shop espresso is worse than nespresso, nespresso is still trash in compared to an espresso someone put in even 10 minutes of effort into dialling in.
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wkat4242 ◴[13 Sep 24 09:47 UTC] No.41529615[source]▶
But Spain is a country where people regularly drink espresso. It's the standard coffee type here :)

Yet Nespresso (well mostly the aftermarket capsules) is very popular here.

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1. Arch-TK ◴[13 Sep 24 14:02 UTC] No.41531361[source]▶
I mean, Nespresso is also very popular in Italy despite it tasting strictly worse than anything you can get even at the worst cafes there but I think it's because drinking espresso with sugar is very popular in Italy and sugar goes an incredible way towards making a lot of mediocre espresso taste the same as good espresso (because the sugar is overpowering).
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2. wkat4242 ◴[13 Sep 24 16:00 UTC] No.41532437[source]▶
People in Spain don't generally put a lot of sugar in their coffee. They do often take a bit of milk though, not a lot (it's called 'cortado').

But coffee culture in Italy vs Spain is distinctly different despite both enjoying espressos. Italy takes their coffee much more seriously (and really, all foods and drinks in general). Whereas in Spain they don't really care so much. Like pizza with pineapple, or cutting spaghetti with a knife, if you do similar things with Spanish food (e.g. like paella with vegetables) people don't care - except the Valencians :)