My favourite kitchen appliance, although to call it an appliance does it an injustice since it is not only a great espresso machine, but also looks great.
Next time I should try to get a photo of it actually making the coffee. This, and the others in my Flickr stream, were taken the day I got it and before I had made any coffee using it.
my coffee maker isn’t quite as classy (and i’ve yet to point the d70 at it) but it’s about 10% the cost, too.
I got lucky; the day I bought it happened to be a day they had almost 50% total discount on it through combinations of special offers on the machine and coupons that could be combined with those discounts.
You might enjoy http://espressojourney.blogspot.com/ and the phenomenon of “naked portafilters” highlighted at http://www.espressoporn.com/ – its like computing with the lid off.