C-Man, The way your headed is buying an espresso machine just to steam milk. It would be pretty expensive to buy just for this alone. A bit like buying a moped, and then buying a car to put it in to get the job done. Does that make sense? If you buy something like the Minore then I would be using this as my espresso & steaming milk. I would leave the presso for when your away from home, or a straight espresso or long black myself. Maybe a stove top with steaming capability might work? But again your talking $$$.