Clash of the Coffee Gadgets

otto espresso - the world's best stovetop espresso coffee maker

This is a sample of fabulous design. The Modernist curves and Bauhaus functionality of the machine give it a semblance of bygone Paris-meets-Weimar style. But while it's still a stovetop espresso machine, there's clearly a milk frothing innovation at its peak. Why did this take so long to add to a stovetop espresso machine? I've no idea, but the website clearly shows how clean and efficient they want the machine to be.

It'd still be a bitch of a thing to wash and clean though.

Personally, I'm more partial to the innovations of the AeroPress. Sure, it doesn't froth milk, and that demands you become a 'hardcore espresso-head' (if such a person exists). But the speed at which this gizmo works, the simplicity of its design, and the 10 seconds it takes to rinse, can't be ignored.