A second hand gaggia classic is burly, good quality and easily sub £100. Jobs a good’un. You won’t lose much on the resale either, of you get bored of it or want to upgrade.

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Dunno what’s happening in other parts of the world but Aldi Australia was recently selling Nespresso imitators similar machines for peanuts and my friend that bought one gave it good reviews. Don’t know if she knows much about coffee, though, and didn’t try it myself.

Gaggia classic for me.
We got ours for £169 in Comet a few weeks ago. Very happy with it.

Still trying to decide which one myself! Leaning towards Nespresso Pixie at the moment though…

I see John Lewis are still offering the £40 coffee credit on some Nespresso machines

I believe this is available for a Nespresso machine bought anywhere as the redemption is done directly via the Nespresso website. JL are certainly shouting about it the most though!

Dunno what’s happening in other parts of the world but Aldi Australia was recently selling Nespresso imitators similar machines for peanuts and my friend that bought one gave it good reviews. Don’t know if she knows much about coffee, though, and didn’t try it myself.

Unlikely to be available over here due to the patents on Nespresso machines/capsules. However these are due to begin expiring this year apparently so there may well be cheaper third-party capsules available at some point…

Nespresso have just released a strength 12 blend for those difficult mornings 🙂

I’ve got a Krups Dolce Gusto which I like very much. Quick and convenient when I don’t have time for the Bialleti and tastes good too.

bruneep – Member
A 250g bag of good roasted beans costs around £5.00
Need to change your supplier,I can get a 500g bag from local coffee shop that roasts on the premise for under £5

FWIW I use a Jura machine

Where is that, bargain 🙂

As has been said a secondhand Gaggia Classic would be a good move.

Unlikely to be available over here due to the patents on Nespresso machines/capsules.

Patents do, in fact, exist in Australia and it’s been literally months since we stopped wearing hats with corks attached. 😛

The machine and associated capsules seem to be made by a German company: http://www.expressi.com.au/expressi-machines
http://www.k-fee-system.com/startseite/

Some fantastically smug reviews/thoughts over here:

http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1322406344
http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1321617158/0

(I realise an STWer calling another forum smug is pot/black, and they do admit it in the name, but come on, really:

A woman whose other half was loading three machines into a trolley, looked at her snobbishly and said:
“Don’t you like coffee? This makes coffee way better than instant, and as good as our local cafe!”
My wife replied “I love good coffee. Enjoy your coffee journey, we passed this step over a decade ago”.
Plastic woman looks back with a sneer and asks “Well what stage are you at?”
To which my wife looked her in the eye and replied:
“The pinnacle. My husband sources and roasts his own high quality beans. Every morning, using fresh beans he makes me a delightful coffee on our commercial espresso machine and serves it to me on our deck, overlooking the water. Why would I bother with a machine when I have him?”

Patents do, in fact, exist in Australia and it’s been literally months since we stopped wearing hats with corks attached.

lol, sorry! What I meant was, I didn’t know if the Nespresso patents were valid in Aus hence why they might be able to sell “knock off” machines!

Managed to bag one of these:

http://www.johnlewis.com/231041345/Product.aspx#BVRRWidgetID

comes with the milk frother and £40’s worth of pods – just tried it out and I have to say i’m rather impressed with the results.
It probably helps that my expectations were set quite low, but it certainly makes a tasty beverage.

I bought a SilverCrest espresso machine in Lidl just before Christmas. It was £39.99 and is works perfectly. I have a Dualit at home and I hate to say it but the SilverCrest is quicker, quieter and makes equally good coffee.

Dogsby

lol, sorry!

No, no, don’t worry – I was just being silly. 😉

You can buy quite a lot of ‘leccy for £100.

http://www.sunbeam.com.au/products/kitchen/em3600/

I’ve been nailing one of these daily for two years. an italian was so impressed she bought one as well.

I struggle by with my Rocket which makes quite reasonable coffee 😆

Think I’m gong to go for this De’Longhi Magnifica ESAM4200 15-Bar Bean To Cup Espresso/Cappuccino Maker, Silver

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-ESAM4200-Espresso-Cappuccino/dp/B001EOMZ5E

The budget is already borked, so what the hell 🙂

Bruneep where you getting your beans?