I know nothing about coffee but I like coffee. Looking for a low effort/low-med cost/decent cup of homemade coffee. Just ballpark, no idea if what I want is actually low-med cost or will produce a decent cup of coffee.
Any suggestions for how to proceed for a newbie? Let's say my budget is $200-250 for a machine but I'm potentially flexible depending on features and such.
1. How should I make my coffee? I'm lazy so I use a Keurig. What could I buy to replace it that will make better tasting single cups that isn't gonna break the bank? Can I get something for a couple hundred? I am not interested in anything that requires effort (french press). Been there, done that. I'm willing to spend money to buy a machine that does it for me. Max effort is maybe cleaning the machine every 6 mos or whatever, if required.
2. How should I buy my coffee? Online seems to be the way from reading this thread. Do I buy beans? That's what fancy people do right? I think I saw a machine where you load the beans and it grinds them for each cup or did I just make that up? I really don't want to be responsible for grinding my own. Remember, lazy is a priority. I'm willing to pay extra for laziness.
3. Related to #1. Is there a machine that will allow me to make regular coffee and espresso and I can just buy different beans? Or should I stick to a moka pot?
Once we've figured out what kind of machine I should use and where to buy, we can move on to talking about types of coffee.
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