Normally I'm a "do it right or don't do it at all" sort of fellow, but I've been impressed by the Nespresso system on my most recent trip to Europe.

The machines, and the little tins, are everywhere. Our offices. My vendor's offices. My hotel. About half of the restaurants as well seem to have these little devices.

I've been living off of the Ristretto, which does taste over-extracted and burnt (but most high volume roasted espresso coffee does, so I'm not going to hold that against it), for the past week. I'm surprised at how good it is (given how low my expectations were). I'm not sure I'd drop $300 for one of these machines when I have a grinder and a nice machine already, but... this is far better than other options, and I don't have to think about it while making it.

I'm probably going to get struck by lightning on the way to the office for such coffee heresy... are FT'ers pro or con the Nespresso system?

Cheers,

-Andrew