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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 05:56 PM
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Default Espresso or regular coffee?

I'm thinking about getting an espresso maker machine, but not sure b/c it seems too much work just for a cup of coffee.. what do you think?!
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 11:50 PM
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Espresso isn't a cup of coffee, it's a shot of amazing.

That said, I don't think you'd want to do that every morning for such little pay off. Especially if you're like me and travel with it, expecting deliciousness on the go all day.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 12:16 AM
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I've had a couple, I always get tired of the cleanup required and switch back to getting coffee at a stand. It helps that the closest stand to me has chicks in lingerie though too. I wonder if there's an espresso version of a machine as easy as the Keurig.



My favorite coffee is Vietnamese coffee though. So good. I've got the setup and get coffee imported from Vietnam.

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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 12:43 AM
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I have a Capresso C1000. I can make coffee or espresso at the press of a button.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 12:02 PM
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What's the cleanup like?
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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For mine? I put beans in one container, water in another container. Every other day, I dump the old grounds out of the waste bin. They don't make the C1000 any more, but they have newer models.



http://www.capresso.com/
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 09:47 AM
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Wow, those are pretty cool. I'll have to decide if dropping a grand+ on an espresso machine is worth it, but I'm sure I would be satisfied with the product. It costs me about a grand per year for daily lattes prepared by hot chicks in lingerie so that might be tough to give up.
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Old Jan 18, 2014 | 11:26 PM
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I've had a pod coffee machine for years now. It makes a damn good coffee and there is next to no mess to clean up afterwards. You can pour it as an espresso or a whole coffee, but espresso is the better way to drink coffee.
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