Must say, my best purchase of 2017 for sheer ongoing enjoyment was a Lavazza Minu Latte machine for £35 reduced from £120. I'm a Lavazza fan anyway and only recently discovered that pod machines were available under their brand (AEG make them), so when this appeared it would have been rude not to!

The pods work out around 25p, there's a good range of options, and to my taste are much better than any other pod machine coffee I've tasted (Nespresso and Tassimo). The milk frother on the machine works well, and all in all it produces coffee which is as good as the majority of retail offerings. I know it's not going to compete with freshly ground, properly tamped and pulled coffee, but for sheer ease of use...

Cheers

George