There are so many ways to get to the final product anymore, it really comes down to how much you want to fiddle with it and what you can spend.

I bought a discounted refurbished Breville Bambino Plus 5 years ago. It doesn’t have all the fancy adjustments but it’s faster and tastier than my drip machine and I just have to push a couple buttons. With enough money there’s even fully automatic machines that you dump beans in and the machine does the rest.

All that said, fuck Nestle, fuck Nespresso.