Milk? In coffee? Weirdos.....
If you can buy a Classic for less than £250 then that is cheap, otherwise standard retail price is around £299 or slightly more.
I am not a keen coffee with milk person but have to drink/make them because I want to be a Barista.
Cappuccino is alright but I prefer Americano (posh filter coffee LOL!) as that's where I feel good coffee taste like i.e. with good coffee beans.
There are only handful of good cafes that make good coffee and if you find a good one you will notice the different in the coffee.
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Whats happened to the price?!! Mind you I bought mine circa 2001 and binned it circa 2005.
Starbucks etc don't make poor coffee imo, they make quite drinkable coffee and they also do nice cakes and whatnot.
I've not found a fabulous coffee place in Cardiff yet. There was/is Candles which could sell you various coffees but it was cafetiere coffee which would be best black, and I don't necessarily go for that. I like espresso, but made from single provenance beans for example.
TBH when I need an espresso I dont mind whose it is. Although high street ones are VERY weak nowadays.
Starbucks etc don't make poor coffee imo, they make quite drinkable coffee and they also do nice cakes and whatnot.I've not found a fabulous coffee place in Cardiff yet. There was/is Candles which could sell you various coffees but it was cafetiere coffee which would be best black, and I don't necessarily go for that. I like espresso, but made from single provenance beans for example.
The main problem I have with Starbucks is their milk, they do something that you previously suggested baristas do, using the automatic frother. This, in my opinion at least, creates horrible milk for coffees. I don't mind going into Starbucks for an espresso or something, but I won't have anything milk-based from there (unless it's a store I haven't been to before in the hope that they do things differently).
Having had various coffees as espresso, it can be a truly wondeful thing. Not all coffees are good like this, but most dark-ish roasts are.