To throw a spanner in the works, I have a Gaggia http://www.amazon.com/Gaggia-90500-Titanium-Automatic-Stainless/dp/B0007XXHD2/ref=pd_bxgy_k_img_a/103-9765314-3313401 (super automatic coffee machine.)It is not cheap. But, I reckon I have saved a fortune and that it has almost paid for itself.
Marion
Just got given this one for my birthday. It is the most fantastic and easy to use machine I've ever came across and no mess to clean either!
I had a Gaggia XD also but changed it for the Nespresso machine due to the cleaning element. I was forever ending up with sink (and kitchen) full of used ground coffee and to be honest if you aren't religious in cleaning it the quality of your coffee suffers greatly.
I would have to disagree with the commment about the limited range - on top of the 12 blends which they constantly run there is a limited addition blend out at the moment and they produced 3 of these at the end of last year also so there's always something new to try.
But what I don't understand is why the machines don't need to be cleaned? Can anyone who owns one of these explain this? e.g. the coffee grounds have to go somewhere in the innards of the machine and be exposed to pressurised steam at a precise 92deg celsius, so are there not pipes or grinding plates etc. that need to be cleaned or am I missing something.
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