is there a good coffee maker that doesn't use these overpriced pods or equivalent?
Coffee
Just buy a reusable pod that you fill with your own coffee
coffee not ink bro
If you don't want to use reusable pods either, you can allways buy roasted coffee and use it on a expresso machine like this
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>drinking coffee
don't use a coffeemaker, brainlet
Obviously? Good grinder (vario for example) & espresso maker (anything from a rancilio silvia to rocket).
Or a combined machine if you must be cheap. DeLonghi ECAM maybe, or saeco.
Chemex makes a good cup once you've got solid technique. albeit it's a bit more involved of a process. After I took apart my family's old electric drip coffee maker I do not trust anything enclosed. WAY too much mildew accumulates.
how much would I be looking at, including buying coffee? (in britbongs)