Reddit reviews Flair Espresso Maker - Bundle Set
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Complete Flair Manual Press Solo plus the following items:Additional Complete Brewing Head to make 2 espressos in a rowStainless Steel Tamper for more precise tamping of your coffee groundsFive (5) Year Warranty on Aluminum Press Stand and Stainless Steel Brewing Head
There is the Rok manual presser, Looks well built but I’ve not tried it.
Another option is to buy a vintage lever machine — if it survived this long it probably will keep going!
Edit: there's also the flair which I've read good things about: https://www.amazon.com/Flair-Espresso-Maker-Bundle-Set/dp/B071DMQ952
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$390 all in for equipment, with the caveat that it is all manual.
Plus the ongoing cost of good freshly roasted beans with lots of waste involved in dialing in your grinder and coffee. Would recommend Daterra Brazil Sweet Blue from Redbird https://redbirdcoffee.com/collections/coffee-selections/products/brazil-sweet-blue 5lb for $60. Repackage into ziplocs inside mason jars and deepfreeze most of it to maintain a supply of fresh beans.
Manual lever espresso machines have been around for a very long time.
Some newer iterations you add the water manually (1), (2).
There are a plethora (3) of machines that have the boiler and sometimes a steam-wand built in. There are even new 5-figure versions still being introduced (4).
However, if you want to make your own, that would be an exciting challenge. I have seen a few cross-sections of machines that should get your brain off to the races (5), (6).