The Nespresso by Breville espresso maker with milk frother is on sale for $100 (Update: Sold out)
Genuinely good single-serve espresso has rarely been this affordable. Plus: One of the best laptop deals I've ever seen.
Cheeps, the deals are coming out of the woodwork today. A sampling:
- Amazon has Titanfall 2 for PC (online game code) for $5
- Green Man Gaming has Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order for PC for $26.40
- Amazon has the Sony WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones for $278, the lowest price on record. (Read CNET's WH-1000XM4 review to learn more. Spoiler alert: They're "nearly flawless.")
- Best Buy has the KitchenAid Pro 5 Plus stand mixer for $200, tying the lowest price ever. Note that you must be signed into your My Best Buy account to see that price.
This last is part of Best Buy's rather mammoth early Black Friday sale, which I encourage you to check out. For now, however, let's talk coffee. Regular Cheapskate readers know I'm moderately obsessed with it, and recently took a deep dive into the most affordable ways to brew great coffee at home.
Sometimes, however, push-button simplicity is what you want. And when there's a deal like this, it's worth a look. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Nespresso Essenza by Breville single-serve espresso maker is on sale for $100 -- a $50 savings. But that price also includes a Nespresso Aeroccino milk frother, which normally sells for $100 all by itself.
The Essenza delivers single shots of espresso via Nespresso OriginalLine capsules, which typically sell for around 70 cents apiece. Thankfully, you can find third-party capsules for less -- and I've seen some pretty good bulk-capsule deals at Costco.
There's waste, yes, but Nespresso commendably offers a recycling program.
As for the frother, I can't overstate the benefits. Adding frothed, heated milk or cream to your coffee takes it to a completely different level. My advice: Get some oat milk and turn your shot of espresso into a seriously delicious latte.
If you love espresso (or know someone who does -- gift-giving season is approaching), this is one of the best coffee-maker deals I've seen in recent memory.
Your thoughts?
Don't miss this $300 Lenovo laptop deal
Lots of folks are still hunting for laptop deals, and this blows away pretty much everything I've seen in 2020: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy (as part of the aforementioned sale) has the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6-inch laptop for $300. That's $150 off the regular price and just a smoking buy.
Usually, at this price point there's some kind of shortcoming -- a low-resolution screen, for example, or limited storage. Nope: The IdeaPad 3 has a full-HD (1,920x1,080) display and 256GB solid-state drive.
With its Intel Core i3 processor and 8GB of RAM, it's not well-suited to gaming or video editing. But for everyday computing, there's more than enough horsepower. The only real shortcoming I can see is that it lacks a USB-C port.
If you can live with that, grab this before it's gone. It will be, soon.
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