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Stratasgem t1_jaartid wrote

Consider a Tchibo - 1 button press turns whole coffee bean to an espresso or Americano in less than 2 minutes. It makes coffee by the cup so you can make fresh coffee as needed and there's less waste as the byproduct is just coffee grounds. No filter or plastic cups needed. Iirc Tchibo is a coffee chain from Germany that decided to make a coffee machine.

Wife and I were deciding between Moccamaster and Tchibo but ultimately went for the Tchibo due to time savings. We used to grind whole beans every morning and initially went from French pressed coffee to drip coffee to instant coffee as making coffee became more of a chore before we upgraded to a Tchibo.

Basically fill the hopper with beans, make sure there's water in the tank, press a button and it will grind your coffee, compress it into a nice coffee puck, then it forces hot water through the puck.

We have made 3 to 4 cups of coffee 7 days a week consistently over the last 1.5 years. My wife drinks hers at 6 am and I have mine at 8 am so it's nice to brew by the cup.

When we bought the machine it was $200 to $250 but it seems like the price has increased.

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