Passion du Jour: The Mukka Express

One of my coworkers came into work this morning raving about this (warning... you'll have to try not to be put off by the silly cow print): The Bialetti"Mukka Express"

It's apparently a cappuccino maker with a pressure-system frother that makes really lovely drinks. He says it's amazing and I'm pretty interested based on
1) the price (a fraction of the cost of those behemoth machines)
2) the size (petite! perfect for cramped nyc apartments!)
and 3) the fact that it breaks down far less often than regular cappuccino makers (pure conjecture on my part)

He'd heard about it from a friend and picked up one this weekend at Crate & Barrel, where the shop clerk had raved about it, saying they were having all kinds of trouble keeping 'em in stock.

You really have to watch the promotional video. Do it with the sound turned way down. It's creepy in a kind of Kubrick-esque way.