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(And if youre a parent, youreallydeserve a fancy coffee drink.)
By coffee drinks, we mean espresso drinks.
Making espresso requires a finer grind and higher pressure so that it becomes more concentrated than coffee.
Zac Cadwalader is a coffee journalist and managing editor at Sprudge, which has been devoted to covering coffee culture for a decade.
Heres the thing about espresso machines, theyre expensiveoften four-digits expensive.
If your budget is limited, he suggests a manual espresso maker.
(This feature contributes to the higher price tags on espresso machinestheyre doing more work!)
Espresso machines that just have one broiler require more work.
(Although if you sip your espresso straight, its a moot point.)
His fave is theBaratza grinder($149).
AeroPress has a big cult following in the coffee world, he says.
Whenever I go camping, this is what I bring with me, he says.
It has a cool Jetsonss look to it, which is kind of cool too.
Zac Cadwalader is a coffee journalist and managing editor at Sprudge, which has been devoted to covering coffee culture for a decade.
This is an espresso maker that really makes a statement on your kitchen counter, he says.
Its just really beautiful.
That way he can have Americanos and I can have lattes, she says.
Its also really user friendly, he says.
(Cadwalader says there are energy efficient ways to do this.)
Shop now:La Marzocco GS3 ($7,100)
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