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I have worked for sbux for a pretty long time now. Because Starbucks uses only Italian machinery it tends to be a little expensive. When I started we used the La Marzocco machines which were roughly 7000 bux for a 3bar, a little more for a 4bar. In the past year or so Starbucks has been moving toward a "perfectly timed shot" minus the portafilter and human error. The machine that starbucks uses now is the varicimo [sp?] which is well over 10000 a pop! Usually a mid sized starbucks has two of these. So for a restaruant to purchase a 2600 dollar machine is not to bad if they are charging 4 bucks a cup; it will be paid off in no time. Not to say that isnt a hell of a lot of $$$ that could be spent elsewhere.