I have a friend who has just bought a Jura machine. He wasn’t prepared to pay £2500+ for a built in Miele machine.
We have a mix, La Pavoni with a boiler - old fashioned all chrome, all steam driven which is fun but a bit of a palava .
A Siemens built in but it’s not plumbed in so you have to fill with water, empty the drip tray, fill with beans, rinse cycle, milk cleaning cycle and a descale…………it’s called kitchen management ! Aggh. Give me a Nespresso for speed but not when you have more than 4 for coffee.
Truthfully it’s in the beans selection. I like Lavazza and Illy . A friend abroad gives us coffee beans from Trieste (no name & Hausbrandt ), which is or was the home of ‘European’ roasting. MM
PS Instant is far easier and you just wash up the mugs and often I live with that ! …….
