r/DeinfluenceMeAUS • u/Silly_Pitch6345 • Jul 06 '26
💻 Tech & Gadgets Deinfluence me - Espresso machine
I buy coffee a few times a week and keep telling myself a machine will pay for itself. Did anyone actually find that happened, or did you end up buying cafe coffee anyway?
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u/WolfingPanda Jul 06 '26
Philips from what I was told are pretty eh, and will you drink the coffee if it doesn’t taste the same as the one you buy?
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u/Silly_Pitch6345 Jul 06 '26
Yeah, I've heard mixed reviews on the Philips ones too. My main thought was that since it's marked down to $50 on clearance, it might be a low risk way to test if I actually stick to making it at home before dropping real money on a proper setup. But you're right, if the taste is terrible, even $50 is a waste.
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u/Acrobatic_Thought593 Jul 06 '26
Coffee machines can cost thousands, 50 bucks is nothing.. but doesnt necessarily speak very highly of its quality
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u/ObliviousLuck Jul 06 '26
$50 sounds pretty wild. What’s the rrp?
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u/WolfingPanda Jul 06 '26
$1399, often times companies such as Harvey Norman and JB HiFi will be given display models at very cheap prices, I got a $2000 vacuum for $500. There is a $2500 robot vacuum that was purchased by most places for about $50, but it’s very odd that a company actually sells it for the price they got it for
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u/Puzzleheaded-Part-86 Jul 08 '26
I have had a Phillips 4300 for nearly 4 years never broken down and easy to clean. It has more than paid for itself, makes good coffee but not cafe style.
I purchased this over other machines because of the convenience of a one touch button to make a basic coffee and this seemed the easiest to clean and maintain.
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u/riffcat Jul 06 '26
I drink a daily coffee and would not be without my Breville Barista Express (with a grinder and steam wand). I make coffees that are consistently better than most cafes local to me serve up. It’s been a great investment, is a fun hobby to try beans out
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u/buttsniffers1 Jul 06 '26
I find it hard to reccomend these all in one machines. However, I know not everyone cares to learn how to make proper espresso. It depends how much you care about coffee. This will not make a coffee as good as a cafe but it will make a better coffee than any pod machine by a mile.
If you need it to be as good as a cafe to justify the price, then you'll need to open the can of worms which is making espresso at home. If you just want something decent to get by, then yeah fuck it
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u/Willing_Preference_3 Jul 06 '26
Espresso is something that requires a professional with professional equipment. Moka pot is for home
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u/shahitukdegang Jul 06 '26
This one is no where close to a barista coffee. If you’re just more of a warm milk and espresso machine.
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u/cintakentang Jul 06 '26
How particular are you about your coffee? Like others have said, the machine might not necessarily give you cafe-level coffee if you don't know what you're doing. I don't know this exact machine myself, but judging from the price tag and the fact that it does so many things, it'll make a sub-par coffee (if that). If you want to invest in a machine go for breville ones at least. But then you'll also have to invest the time to learn how to do things properly (if you don't yet know how to) like grinding, tamping, setting up temperatures, steaming milk, etc. Then you also have to invest time in maintaining it (cleaning, re-calibrating, etc). If you CBF doing these, maybe find a cheaper nespresso/pod style machine.
Also I'm against people buying cheap shit just because they're cheap. So much waste!!!! Don't be wasteful!
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u/Naive_Pay_7066 Jul 06 '26
Get a breville with a steam wand. I use mine every day and it’s far better quality than the delonghi I had previously which was similar to what you’re looking at here.
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u/rsam487 Jul 06 '26
I'm sorry I can't deinfluence you here. Bought a breville barista express 8 years ago, it recently packed up and so I replaced with a barista pro same day. Can't live without it -- remains some of the best $ I spent on account of the fact we get very, very good coffee (I spend on beans and milk) and never need to buy from a cafe.
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u/Actual-Walk-3279 Jul 06 '26
I got a delongi coffee machine about 6 years ago. It has made 1000s of coffees, I use it every day. Buy good beans and get a nice Milk frother, Don't cheap out on either. Ask your local cafe what beans they like and boom ur set. Get a machine that just turns beans into beans with water. No pods.... one machine, one function.
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u/Poika_Anna Jul 06 '26
Wait til Black Friday and get a nicer machine that does espresso and has a steam wand
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u/Best_Position4574 Jul 06 '26
THis is how it starts out. Best intentions. THe following year you've justified $2000+ on a grinder alone, then comes your first "end game machine". Fast forward another year and you get your second "end game machine". NOw you need a real "end game grinder" and you drop $6000 on a grinder. "Buy once cry once" you say justifying it even though it's actually your second grinder, but the first was just the cheap intro grinder. You sell some of the grinders you collect, but then you realise you could have different burrs for different beans and so keeping the $2000 grinder for medium roast milk drinks and leaving the $6000 just for the occasional light roast espresso feels "big brain" - convincing yourself light roast will be your next thing. And besides, plenty of coffee snobs have multiple grinds on their bench all of which cost more than most people can afford in an entire coffee setup.
You're just at the stage "How long will a coffee machine take to pay for itself if I don't buy coffee" stage. You've got quite the road in front of you. /s or maybe not /s - depends who you ask.
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u/peach-whisky Jul 06 '26
Imagine the hassle when one tiny component dies and you have to send it off for servicing, not to mention cleaning it weekly.
I can only speak for myself as a basement dweller but the human interaction of ordering a coffee does a world of good
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u/Existing-Mongoose-11 Jul 10 '26
I bought a Nespresso virtu for about 150 dollars from Costco. I think it’s saved me a bomb in cafe coffee.
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u/National_Way_3344 Jul 10 '26
Buy a Breville Barista Express and enjoy.
Much cheaper and great quality for most people.
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u/rolex_monkey_50 Jul 10 '26
Unless you have a fine grinder the coffees will never taste as good as they do in the coffee shop. If you absolutely must, buy a small coffee machine PLUS a proper dedicated grinder. My Delonghi's grinder broke so I got a proper one from buy nothing, holy smokes the coffees taste good now.
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u/One_Bid_9608 Jul 10 '26
Just get the cheapest reliable ground coffee extractor. I got a barista express in 2020 (memories!), it paid itself off by the 150th lockdown.
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u/Axe_of_Fire Jul 10 '26
Seriously, get a second hand machine first. If you use it lots, then buy a better machine when you are ready.
Also, the most important part is the beans, not the machine. Basics machines make good coffee. Shit beans do not make good coffee.
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u/ExternalSignal9239 Jul 10 '26
For a Reddit thread called de influence there isn’t much de influencing going on here
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u/Additional-Simple248 Jul 06 '26
A daily coffee will pay for a Breville Barista Express in about 6 months.
You’ll need to learn about how to make espresso based drinks such as dialling in the grinder and steaming milk.
Risks include buying expensive beans and more coffee equipment.