I once used a manual grinder and a pourover with a water percolator at the top (look up Oxo brand good grips pourover for an example) so I could just put the pourover on my mug, a filter in there, the grounds from my manual grinder, and pour hot water in its percolator and then leave it for a minute and I'd have a cup of pretty solid coffee.
But my partner usually can't be bothered with that and would send me out to get Starbucks a lot. Eventually we decided to get an $800 espresso machine with the help of $400 of Crate & Barrel gift cards we had accumulated, and now I just use that every day, have it make a shot or two of espresso and pour that over ice and milk. It includes an attachment to steam and froth milk but I don't really like going through the hassle of cleaning it so I usually don't bother.
It's already more than paid for itself because I've been sent out to get Starbucks way less since then.
But my partner usually can't be bothered with that and would send me out to get Starbucks a lot. Eventually we decided to get an $800 espresso machine with the help of $400 of Crate & Barrel gift cards we had accumulated, and now I just use that every day, have it make a shot or two of espresso and pour that over ice and milk. It includes an attachment to steam and froth milk but I don't really like going through the hassle of cleaning it so I usually don't bother.
It's already more than paid for itself because I've been sent out to get Starbucks way less since then.