When I first started on my home espresso journey, I had an ancient hand-me-down Krups, but it made awful coffee. I donated that to a charity shop, as I thought my Aeropress and its “espresso-style coffee” was sufficient. Then I added a Fellow Prismo to the mix to add a bit more pressure (and cleanliness), but this still wasn’t espresso. Then my eye got caught by the Flair Classic, which was much better at making espresso but also much fussier. So I started investigating a bunch...