Hi Jared, there are lots of good espresso machines that will be suitable for whatever your needs are. This dosent mean all the espresso machines are the same, as they most definitely are not. It's just that you will be able to find a machine to suit your needs. Some are good high volume machines, others are not. Some make good coffee, others dont. Some are easily adjusted, others aren't. Some "trade" on factually unfounded "reputations" born of incessant cyclic internet plagiarism (through "recommendation" from people with no experience or knowledge but who paraphrase others favourable comments ad infinitum). This is not to say these machines are not good machines, just that their "reputations", as seen in internet coffee forums, are blown out of all proportion. And of course there are the resulting "brand junkies" who think that the only way to go is to get into one of these.....!
