The $20,000 Coffee Maker

Had my first $10 cup of coffee this week from this machine.  So good...it makes regular coffee taste like swill.  How many times can I spend $10 on coffee though?

The $20,000 Coffee Maker, Step by Step - The New York Times > Dining & Wine > Slide Show > Slide 1 o

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008...

The Japanese siphon bar, which makes brewed coffee, at the Blue Bottle Café in San Francisco. The only halogen-powered model in the United States, the siphon bar was imported from Japan at a cost of more than $20,000.