Finally, AeroPress made of glass and metal, came out. Its double-walled design should reduce heat loss.
Price: $149,95.
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Unless you're buying used (or you really know what you're doing), you'll get way better coffee out of the Aeropress than the espresso machine for that price
Of course, the point is moot when you could make coffee just as well in a cheap plastic Aeropress.
The De'Longhi Dedica is around €140 new and, while it's not something to write home about, will do much better coffee than an aeropress.
Agreed.
Delonghi does some magic to make a cheap espresso machine actually produce sufficient pressure for a fast brew.
Their old machine, circa 2005 worked, but not well.
The newer ones have been tested numerous times and produce the pressure they're labeled to, and maintain it across the brew. Mine is always done in just under 20 seconds, and when I've (intentionally) over-pressed the coffee into the portafilter it may take 30. The old one couldn't even handle a we'll-pressed puck.
The new steamer works far better too. I never did like their old "steam assist" trickery. The new one uses an actual wand inside the "assist tube" . If you take off the assist, it works just like an actual wand. I'm not even sure why the assist tube is there.
Everyone I've made an espresso for has been surprised I didn't pay $500+ for a machine.
For the typical home user, you really can't beat a Delonghi, given it's at most $150.
$70 isn't going to get you much of an espresso machine, unless you're talking about a moka pot, and I'd challenge you on that one. You can make very fine espresso with a moka pot.
And Aeropress aren't known for making espresso; there's not enough pressure from proper espresso extraction, and I'd expect espresso from an Aeropress to be under extracted and pretty horrible, Aeropress advertising notwithstanding. Most people use their Aeropress to make coffee; it's apples to oranges.