Presso vs. Aeropress vs. French Press vs. Real Espresso Machine

This is a comparative review of the Presso and Aeropress manual gourmet coffee presses. French Press and Commercial Grade (Real) Espresso Machine are added as reference points.

NOTE: this assumes you have access to properly-ground, freshly roasted, good quality coffee beans. If not, replace all results with "shitty".

	Presso	Aeropress	French Press	Commercial Grade Espresso Machine
Price (approx.)	$$$	$$	$	$$$$
Complexity of use	easy	complex	medium	medium
Americano-style coffee: flavour	great	great	great	great
Espresso-style coffee: flavour	good	not bad	(do not use)	great
Espresso-style coffee: crema	some	none	none	great
Lattes	who cares	who cares	who cares	who cares
When not in use, it...	looks cool	tucks away	looks cool	wastes space
Cleaning it is	very easy	easy	almost easy	easy
Coolness type	industrial-cool	geek-cool	euro-cool	bling-cool
Other cons	you need to preheat it	disposable paper filters required	unique taste	it will break down and/or require maintenance eventually