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Originally Posted by oldguy00
When you factor in the cost of good beans, milk, upkeep, electricity.......the fact that you will still likely go to the coffee shop sometimes.....I don't really believe these machines are at all about saving money.....  |
Couldn't disagree more. Cost/Quality was what drove me to buy a commercial machine 20 years ago. When out and about, my wife and I almost always default to "wait til we get home" to have a decent coffee. In the bay area, you can't throw a rock without hitting some new coffee place these days, but we've walked out of more places we were curious about than not after watching the barista pull a few shots.
He's my breakdown.
coffee $17/lb. 15g per shot.
electricity. I used a Kill-o-Watt to measure. ~$.15 (conservative est.)
Milk. $.10/per cap.
initial machine cost + upkeep. $.23/day amortized.
making 2 caps per day therefor now runs me about $1.70.