Oh my gosh, just love the looks of it! I’ve got a real retro Oster blender in a similar color; have been wanting an espresso set up! Price range$$??
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I purchased mine from Cafelat for $370. The version without the pressure gauge is $310. However, shipping from Hong Kong to California added another $70. Prima Coffee in the US also carries it but it’s around the same price partly due I think to the import shipping costs. The Sette 270 I bought refurbished from Baratza for around $300. So not exactly an inexpensive setup but I do use it 1-2x pretty much every day.
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Thanks @Mr_Happy - I really love the small footprint of it, along with the fact it’s manual. It hasn’t been on my radar, so thanks for posting about it. I did check one source and they’re out of stock on most colors. Not too surprising currently…
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We have the Flair manual espresso maker, which disassembles and goes into a carrying case for portability. It was my wife’s favorite espresso toy until we got our basic electric DeLonghi.
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Looks good
I’ve been down that rabbit hole with espresso
Now just simple drip with my Bonavita but still home roast
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Home roast is pretty hardcore 
Pretty easy to do. Started out with a heat gun any years ago
My current little drum air roaster
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I love my Espresso in a MAKA ( a stove top metal coffee maker ). For me it is much easier early mornings and produces an amazing Espresso.
I use my Bar type Espresso Maker when I have company or lunch at home.
I prefer my occasional coffee in a #2 Melitta pourover filter with plastic cone (the old kind with the handle). Typically, they’ve redesigned it and screwed it up – now it sits high above the cup with a gap so you can see how full the cup is getting. Sounds fine, except it makes it more top-heavy; also they removed the handle. Some “improvement”. I’ll have to find a N.O.S. (new old stock) one on eBay. Speaking of top-heavy, the porcelain version is pretty bad in several ways-- very few reviewers like it.
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I have the newer revision. It’s still okay in case you can’t find the old one.
If you are roasting decaf, it is much harder. I use a popcorn maker, but it took me a very long time to get the hang of it. A drum roaster is much better for decaf. You must use visual cues other than color, like the shape of the bean. First crack, second crack won’t be as distinct as with regular coffee, either.
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Once again, enter the luddite. I use a French press-pot. Stagger downstairs, push button on water boiler, Turn on TV news. Pour milk into coffee mug. Pour water into presspot. Push plunger. Coffee served before I’m fully awake. Works for me.
Strong and vibrant. The coffee, not me.
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When I use my french press I will run the coffee through a filter. Am I the only one?
Seems a bit like what the Clever Dripper does:
It’s not a bad idea. I don’t like muddy coffee.
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In my opinion the French press takes too much water and effort to clean. I do tend to be sensitive to water use due to profession. My preference is the older (I think) technology of the percolator with the addition of the Melitta paper percolator filters.
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California’s drought may well change my MO very soon. In the country I use a dim-wit electric drip with paper filter which makes adequate if not superb brew. It is getting so that I am the only one who drinks coffee in our extended household, and that only in the morning. I’m not fussy as long as it is fresh and strong.
“If it’s yellow…” sigh
Too little water in the West and too much along the Gulf Coast makes me wonder why people live in those places. Add the confluence of wildfires and electric cars and the mind reels. Have you seen an electric car with a Honda 2000 gas generator running in the trunk? grin I digress.
Having been through the numbers and experience for both power and water for the various alternatives, percolator is my choice. It takes a bit longer. The product is better and the clean up is a doddle (nod, I think, to @Harters).
Given governmental environmental consciousness in California I’m surprised Keurig is even legal in the state. Just sayin’.
Do not all French Press devices use a screen filter at the base of the plunger?
Yes, at least mine does. But I tend to grind my coffee really fine, so a pour through a #2 paper
filter keeps it from getting muddy. Its a weekend thing, during the week its a chemex pour over.
So I’ve gotten use to a more filtered brew.
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