This comment feels disingenuous. You're comparing a manual machine. You obviously know a decent amount about the topic if you ended up with a cafelat robot and reached "peak optimization", but here you are acting confused and incredulous. I'd rather read an account of how a manual machine stacks up against a normal one in your experience than whatever this is.
Sorry, my point is I’m not in the market for new/shiny and I’m wondering what I’m missing. Nothing against new tech, that’s why I’m here. But if we can satisfy our personal espresso needs with something non-electronic, I think that’s worth discussing.
I enjoy coffee and espresso, I don't enjoy the ritual of making it. I don't want to have to stand and focus on getting my pressure correct on the leaver in the morning when I'm half awake. I want to dump premeasured beans into a grinder, then dump them into a machine and press a single button. I realize this machine would require more work then just that but it's still less then a leaver machine.
