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I think this is a common sentiment. Prolific coffee YouTuber, roastery-owner, and former World Barista Championship winner James Hoffman doesn’t do espresso at home, and says something to the effect of “home espresso is a hobby, not a way producing coffee”.

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The guy undoubtably knows how to make coffee. But this is a silly opinion. I’ve got several methods of making coffee at home and the espresso machine is the cheapest, easiest, and best tasting result.

What is the 2nd cheapest, and what is the most expensive? And where is the aeropress in the ranking?

I've got the aeropress for something portable. Its good, it's nice, it's not as nice as an espresso but it a fraction of the cost and doesn't take up your kitchen counter space.

Most expensive without getting in to stupid hipster stuff is just a high end espresso machine, perhaps a commercial one. But the Brevile/Sage barista express is cheap and very good.

However, Hoffmann does not think very highly instant coffee, to say the least: https://youtu.be/8cIqLvJz8VM.

That's a video about supermarket instant. He has better things to say about specialty instant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLWwZiIcl0

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