Comparisons

Side-by-side breakdowns to help you choose the gear (and the drink) before you spend anything.

Compare · Machines

Espresso machines by price

9 machines · $100–$600

Nine popular machines across every tier, from a manual starter to a grind-to-cup setup, compared on the grinder, milk steaming, learning curve, and who each one suits.

Compare · Drinks

Best DIY drinks to save money

7 drinks · keep $226–$1,938 a year

Seven drinks compared on what they cost to buy, what they cost at home, and how much gear you need before the savings start.

Compare · Environment

What going homemade keeps out of the trash

7 drinks · 208–624 containers a year

Seven drinks compared on the single-use cups, cans, bottles and packets a typical habit never buys, what that packaging weighs, and how little of it would have been recycled.

Compare · Electrolytes

Electrolyte packets, supplement by supplement

4 brands · 300–1,000 mg sodium a serving

LMNT, Liquid I.V., Nuun, and DripDrop side by side, with a row per brand and a column per supplement, plus what the same minerals cost to mix yourself.