X7.1

Despite a few warm coffee memories from early mornings at Cavallo Point or the Monot hotel in Beirut, I have always been sceptical of pod machines, seeing them as expensive, unsustainable monstrosities compared to my beloved Bialetti Moka Express. However, on our recent Airbnb stay in Rome, I made peace with the "illy X7.1" as I realized that it was actually kind of neat with a milk steamer and everything. Retailing at around 300 EUR in Italy, I put it off until I suddenly saw one at a Black Friday sale for less than half of that here in Sweden. Thus, after walking home from ICA Sävar with a gigantic box through the snow this morning, our kitchen just got an upgrade.