Speaking of which...I gotta buy you a drink at Entmoot 2005 for telling me about those little stovetop espresso thingies. I've always thought I'd never be able to afford an espresso maker...never knew I could get one for under fifteen bucks!
Of course, I did some searching and the true coffee snobs don't consider that espresso...but it's close enough for me. Very, very good. I'm glad I got that pot!
Those espresso snobs best not tell me any such thing, considering that those stovetop thingies are the ~real deal~.
Not like the high-priced, froo-froo espresso machines they sell!!
Honestly, I prefer the taste of espresso made from my old-fashioned perculator than I do of the machines. Maybe it's just cuz I grew up on it a certain way. *shrugs*