> Are you familiar with Moka Pots?

Not very familiar, no. I have seen them, my grandmother used to have one -- but I don't think I ever used it myself.

Many people here (who try to resist the Nespresso tsunami) use a thing that I just found out is called a "French press":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press

or for a better picture:

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/bodum-chambord-34-ounce-french...

It's quite popular and makes decent coffee (my wife uses one) but it's still more complex than pressing the button on a Nespresso!

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.

I've had really good experiences too. Although I'm normally wary of kitchen gadgets that depend on consumables.

I switched to this steel filter, which is pretty good :

http://www.amazon.com/Filter-AeroPress-Ultra-Stainless-Coffe...

We have the steel filter, but find it only works for coarser grinds.