Living within walking distance of three starbucks and having a dog, I was constantly getting the urge to hit up starbucks. Sometimes I would go three times a day (working from home) and when I decided I wanted to save money, SBux had to go. Picked up the Espressione Novecento Espresso Machine and am in love.

I have a decent coffee/espresso machine combo but it really couldn't pull a good shot so I never really used it. The Espressione Machine got ok reviews on coffee geek and stuff but as far as I'm concerned it is perfect for me. I wish the steam wand was a bit longer but no real complaints and it looks great.

If you are looking for a decent machine under $500 a highly recommend this one (keep an eye out for sales tho, target had it for $225, free shipping, additional $5 bucks off, and then I got 10% bing CB a bit ago).

 

Good pickup. I can't imagine myself going back from a fully auto machine but that thing looks pretty good.

 

My old job, we had a full auto expresso machine, now I have a manual one at home....I drank expresso at work all the time, I don't nearly as much now.

 

I'm buying much more coffee because of it.

 

I would like a fully auto but I couldn't justify the price and like I said pretty happy with this.

One of my friends has a Jura-Capresso Impressa 5Z (think that is the name) and that machine is badass but it should be for 3k! Like I said, hit starbucks a lot so I am hardly a true coffee snob

 

I was sort of looking for aa auto expresso machine earlier this week.. doesn't look bad!

 

Starbucks > That