Best coffee machine?

[LazyDaisy10]

I had a dolce gusto but felt bad about the plastic waste with the pods so when it broke I didn't replace it. I'm currently using a cafeterie french press type thing, coffee is ok better than instant.
Any ideas on a machine, I'm missing good coffee from my local cafe. Or should I get a milk frother is that the difference??

We have a bean to cup machine (DeLonghi replaced a Gaggia) which was expensive, but makes good coffee at the touch of a button. I like the idea of using coffee beans rather than ground coffee. Just need to put in cold water and coffee beans, and there's a milk steamer that we've not used.

We used to use a cafetière - fine but messy cleaning out soggy grounds. Stove top Bialetti - also good, but took a while to make three mugs of coffee.

I have a Gaggia Brera. It's brilliant, worth every penny.

we have a six year old delhongi café corssa which works just as well as it did when it was new bean to cup machines make better coffee than pod ones