Semi-automatic commercial espresso machines (the kind you see in stores) and bean grinders cost thousands of dollars and take up a lot of space, making them almost unusable or unaffordable for a home or office. Fully automatic in the office, basically, coffee beans can’t decide for themselves.

Staresso: the king of cost performance and portability! Small size, light weight, very suitable for carry-on, travel necessary! As long as there is a place to heat hot water, you can first ground the coffee powder before going out (of course, if you are willing to bring the grinder, I would like to be friends with you, shame ~), divided into small bags to carry ~ the disadvantage is that the amount of powder can be a little small.

Nomad: Heavier and larger than starpresso, it’s basically a piece of iron… But it can be said to be the closest to the commercial use of Italian coffee equipment, using a “seesaws” like device, to pressurization of the hot water through the coffee powder, the space for coffee powder is relatively large, can also be filled to 18~20g of coffee powder (this is basically the same as the commercial machine ah!! Great!) . The pressure can reach 9 atmos, but it can also be extracted with a smaller pressure through the control of the seesaw, which is extremely playable!

Minipresso: If Nespresso is the home coffee machine for hipsters, then you’d better take this Minipresso with you when you go out. It is very small in size, fashionable in design, and full of high-tech sense. It is very suitable for carrying around and can be carried with one hand. It’s designed to withstand falling, pressure… Basically how to play is not bad, especially carry build! Suitable for camping. The disadvantage is that the pressure is not very stable, you have to keep pressing the button, release the pressure will be reduced.

Come on, let’s get our hands dirty!

From the above espresso making methods, we have selected two very simple appliances to compare with a home espresso machine that is close to the quality of a commercial espresso machine and can be called the “fighter of home machines”!