You’ve done it. You saved up enough money to purchase a new super-automatic espresso machine. The day comes, you open the box, and in your excitement, you plug it in to begin brewing up a storm.

You turn on the machine, pushing the power button to wake the machine from its sleep. The first ‘ESPRESSO’ button is pressed and the back-light illuminates your cup, creating an almost halo-glow and indicating your inaugural brew has begun. The sound of the burr grinder is music to your ears as the aroma of espresso slowly fills the room. …

There’s nothing like waking up to a perfect cup. The aroma. The first sip. The delicate act of not burning your tongue. It is a ritual that has existed for over 1,000 years and continues to grow throughout the world. What would life be without coffee? And would there be coffee without life?

These are the existential questions we all think about on our morning drives/walks to work… until we spill coffee on ourselves, shout loudly into the distance, and pretend we’re okay. …

We often get asked about the types of drinks the TK-01 espresso machine can make. With easy to customize settings our TK-01 can make a variety of your favorite cafe cups. Below we’ll be walking you through a spectrum of drinks you can enjoy with the TK-01.

Note: all drinks pictured were brewed on a TK-01 and no coffee was harmed in the process of this shoot.

Getting started — the “everyday routine”

For everyday espresso drinkers, four drinks are ready to brew at the push of a button. Each drink is customizable to your taste profile, making the switch from single to double-shot espresso, or…

Terra Kaffe is a startup on a mission to provide a new solution for people to conveniently get high-quality espresso at home without having to resort to plastic or aluminum coffee pods. We advocate for conscious coffee consumption and, with that, strive to offer an eco-friendly alternative that coffee drinkers can feel good about before, during, and after their morning cup.

In this pursuit, we’ve been conducting events in major metropolitan cities across the US for coffee drinkers to stop by and try our new product, the TK-01. …

As the Terra Kaffe team sets out to reshape the home coffee experience, I thought it would be worthwhile to step back and explain what prompted us to embark on this mission in the first place.

The catalyst was a single shopping experience in the Summer of 2017 with the hope of finding a new home coffee machine. A personal passion for quality espresso and the desire to have it available on a daily basis at home turned into the discovery process that led to Terra Kaffe being born.

The ask seemed simple: what is the best coffee machine for…