Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Most people don’t buy relaly good espresso machines as gifts as they cost so much.Look up the model online to find out what it cost & reviews. If it doesn’t seem good enough, sell it on ebay and use the money to buy a stove top moka pot. It’s a lot easier to make espresso with a moka pot & it tastes consistently better than a cheap machine or even a good machine with poor technique.Besides, good espresso also requires an expensive grinder since pre-ground espresso is already stale. A moka pot requires a coarser grind that can be achieved by a cheaper grinder.