Nesspreso(and Tassimo) make coffee + proper froffed milk. As in - if I use pods for latte, it makes delicious, layered coffee with milk at the right temperature. For me it's cleaning - the caffetiere and whatever you used to froth milk are two things which I don't want to worry about cleaning before/after having my coffee. It's all about convinience, really.
Moka Pot to capsule convert here. I used to grind and brew every weekend morning while buying my weekday cup at work because it wasn't convenient enough to use and clean every morning.
Now I use a Nespresso every morning and save the $3 I would've spent at work (though two capsules plus milk and syrup comes to not much under $1).
Are you familiar with Moka Pots? According to Wikipedia, they are sold in 1,3,6,9,12 shot sizes -- but I think the 3 is the most common. I rarely see large Mokas. You're not really throwing much out.
FWIW the aeropress is a very good alternative to french presses, significantly simpler cleaning (just pop the coffee plug in the compost/trash and rinse the components), almost no fines (if you use paper filters). Though the rest of the operations (grinding coffee, pouring boiling water in the press and pressing down) are the same.
Tastes good, is cheap, takes a short satisfying routine to make the espresso (instead of being told by a machine to empty this or refill that). The hot stove can also heat the milk. The whole procedure takes a few minutes, just long enough to prepare breakfast or clean up a few things in the kitchen.
