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I'd like to start making cappuccino at home. Does anyone have recommendations for a good one at a reasonable price? I have no experience making cappuccino. I'm looking for a balance between ease of use and quality of the cappuccino.
Right now I'm looking at the
Hamilton Beach 40729.
Also, the
Braun Tassimo.
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I'd recommend going to Sur La Table (or some other high end gourmet store) and get a hands on demo and actually taste the coffee. The non-automatic machines can be super messy and having to grind with a different machine is a PITA. Different machines will vary in terms of warm up times and cost of pods and so forth.
IMO, I wouldn't pay less than $500 - $1000 for a machine. I own a Capresso C1500 - you might want to check out their entry level model ($300)
here.