[bongobingo1]

Moka and espresso machines produce different coffee though. They operate on the same principle but the pressures are much different.

[timvdalen]

So are coffee from a 250 EUR "espresso" machine and a higher-end one

[siffin]

No, coffee from a 250 EUR espresso machine and a higher end machine are still espresso. Stovetop doesn't make espresso coffee.

They are fundamentally different processes which product a completely different output.

[stiray]

Actually higher end ones are at 20.000 euros, so I will rather drink my 6666 espressos in bar, made by professional, on 20k euros machine with zero effort. I am good for next 18 years.