I once used a manual grinder and a pourover with a water percolator at the top (look up Oxo brand good grips pourover for an example) so I could just put the po

I once used a manual grinder and a pourover with a water percolator at the top (look up Oxo brand good grips pourover for an example) so I could just put the pourover on my mug, a filter in there, the grounds from my manual grinder, and pour hot water in its percolator and then leave it for a minute and I'd have a cup of pretty solid coffee. But my partner usually can't be bothered with that and would send me out to get Starbucks a lot. Eventually we decided to get an $800 espresso machine with the help of $400 of Crate & Barrel gift cards we had accumulated, and now I just use that every day, have it make a shot or two of espresso and pour that over ice and milk. It includes an attachment to steam and froth milk but I don't really like going through the hassle of cleaning it so I usually don't bother. It's already more than paid for itself because I've been sent out to get Starbucks way less since then.