Was making coffee and considering throwing out my K-cup coffee maker because I almost exclusively use a French press now, and got curious what other people did
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Step out of the way you stinky proles, the true coffee bourgeoisie has arrived.
I have a La Marzocco GB5 commercial espresso machine in my "office" that I'll use If I don't want to make a whole pot on the Ratio or am too lazy to use one of literally any brew methods you could think of I have on hand. On the weekends, I'll go into the cafe and have the baristas make me an espresso. At home I have a vintage 70's Conti lever espresso machine, and a kalita wave, Chemex, and aeropress that I cycle through depending on how I'm feeling and the coffee. The instant that I just had made actually slaps so I'll make that if I'm on the road.
my dream is to have my own La Marzocco machine some day, but I don't think I'll ever be able to justify spending so much money on a machine + a grinder + everything else.
Honestly, I'd never buy a 1 group La Marzocco, I.e., home machine. You can get much better value and reliability from one of the many e61machines. The difference between a $600 espresso machine and a $3k espresso machine is huge but the difference between a $3k and a $10k one is negligible.
which machine is the best value for money in that price range?
What price range do you mean? Like around $3k?
Edit: if your budget is 3k I'd spend like 1k of that on the grinder.