I'm suffering from cognitive dissonance after reading the first and third parts of the newsletter. Wouldn't it be better to skip spending $450 to $5900 on one of these machines and just go to a local coffee shop to support your local business and hug it out with the people there face to face?

Admittedly, I'm just an old crank, having reached the age at which one turns into a rusting old Ford and every time I turn around something either breaks or falls off. And back in my twenties and thirties, when I wanted every toy in the Sears tool catalog, I would have been right in the front of the line to buy one of these coffee machines if I could afford it.

But still, those two parts seem to be a little at odds. No?