An espresso maker is among the most popular of home coffee machines available on the market today. Once huge, expensive contraptions that required about the same degree of skill to operate as their commercial cousins, modern espresso coffee machines are much more automated and typically smaller, with some models being completely hand-held! As a result of a variety of technological advances, they are now a lot more streamlined in many respects while still remaing just as capable.
Indeed, some all-purpose coffee machines have an espresso option built-in, doing away with the need for a separate dedicated espresso maker. However, there are connoisseurs who believe that the taste produced just isn’t the same; your mileage may vary. But one thing is for certain: espresso is here to stay.
There are as great a number of reasons for its widespread popularity as there are different types of espresso in the world. In fact, one often informs the other! For instance, the use of syrups and spices appears to originate with the chain coffee houses that have proliferated in the past two to three decades. And these chain coffee houses, such as Starbucks, are also successful for having hit upon the same winning formula that first lead to the rise of cafes and saloons in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe, providing a very pleasant environment for schmoozing, noshing, or even doing one’s work. It is no accident that students rank among the most devoted of customers!
Yet there exists a great number of people who simply like getting their coffee at home, from their very own coffee maker. There are no lines to wait on, but everything is ready, just as they like it, for modern coffee makers allow the same range of flavors, but with added convenience and at a reduced cost. Plus there is always a seat available!