How expensive is a one button cappuccino machine?

JonJ678

JonJ678

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There's lot of espresso machines out there. At least some surely work well. I have a suspicion that frothing milk in a jug will cover my office with milk though, and that's not great. I'm unlikely to be a skilled barista.

I've encountered a machine at a conference which made, at the push of a button, a very good coffee. It looked very expensive and intended to provide hundreds of cups each day. So at the high end it's possible.

I'd very much like a magic box which I can fill with water, milk, coffee (ground or beans, don't mind), press a button, then have coffee. If it keeps the milk cold like a built in fridge, awesome.

Price? Currently I'm buying a £2 coffee most days. Not a good habit, but it suggests £500 as a ballpark figure.

Can anyone decipher my ramblings into product suggestions?

Thank you :)
 
I'm not an expert on these things (I don't drink latte/cappucino much and tend to just use the espresso part of my gaggia classic) but I think the higher end tassimo and the like can do this. Probably for less than £200 too.
 
If you google 'bean to cup' you'll get a lot of machines that fit the description of what you're asking for. I've got no experience of them so can't recommend any. I'd imagine you get what you pay for and would be looking at the £500-1000 price range.

Also, they do seem to appear on ebay pretty frequently and go quite cheaply as they aren't as popular second hand machines as something like a Gaggia Classic.

All that said, I'd second FrenchTart's recommendation for something like a good Tassimo. If you're after a fully automatic machine it suggests to me that you're after a decent cup of coffee but aren't interested in messing about too much with the finer details, in which case I think something like a Tassimo will serve you well.
 
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