We shouldn’t have spent ~$2600 on a coffee machine. That said, I’m incredibly glad my brain didn’t think about that that until after I bought it because we’re never had better coffee in our house. :) Incredibly simple to use if you take 5 minutes to read the instructions. Trying different beans and roasts is also a lot of fun! If you have the money to spend and really enjoy good espresso based coffee, we cannot recommend this machine enough.