The ultimate pick-me-up in the morning is undoubtedly espresso. Unfortunately the main ways of getting it are: heading to Starbucks where you’ll be charged an arm and a leg for a mediocre cup, or buying an espresso machine and trying to master the measuring, tamping, steaming, and foaming required to produce something drinkable- not an easy task before you’ve had your morning fix.

This is what makes Nespresso’s new Concept such a morning miracle. With little time, and zero barista skills, you can produce a perfect cuppa for mere cents.

Creating a cup of espresso on one of these babies is so simple, you’d need to be on drugs to screw it up. The coffee itself comes in little hermetically sealed capsules. Just pop one in, push a button, and thirty seconds later you’ve got a cup of perfectly brewed espresso. Getting the full latte experience is just as easy: just add milk, push a button, and you get perfectly steamed frothy milk. And cleanup is easy too. The machine automatically dumps the used capsules into a receptacle, letting you know when to empty it with a warning light, and the milk steamer can be easily sanitized by running water through it instead of milk.

And the fully-automated nature of the machine doesn’t detract from the gourmet flavor of the brew, either. Their espresso comes in nine different flavors of various tastes and intensities, all of which have gotten rave reviews from coffee aficionados. The machine is pump-powered rather than steam-powered, forcing the water through the capsules at high pressure to ensure a full-bodied taste. You can even adjust the temperature you want the milk steamed.

The five hundred dollar price tag may seem daunting, but it pays for itself after about a hundred and fifty tall lattes, eight or nine months if you’re a daily Starbucks customer. And you don’t even have to memorize a string of quasi-Italian gibberish to order it.

link: Buy Nespresso Machine
link: Buy Nespresso Capsules