well, here in Portugal, and also in Italy, we have the best coffe in the world!!!
Both contries have the biggest traditions related to coffee.
Portugal started when we reached Brazil, Angola etc...

Coffe is good for 3 things:

- Machine brand, the best brand is "Cimbanilo" (Italy) used only for expressos, you can see it in coffes shops/restaurants in Portugal/Italy. This machine use water with high pressure to take a good caffe. It is big, +/- 1 meter large, the bigger ones can take 6 coffees in a row. In Italy/Portugal in a normal day in the morning a coffee shop with a machine like this take around 600 coffes in a single hour.
Small machines can produce a very good coffee to.
Nespresso from Nestle is probably the best one.

- coffe brand (not so important as the machine, belive it !)
In Portugal "Delta" should be the best one"
In Italy, there are 4 or 5 excellent brands, i like segafredo.

-water (very very important), if the water is to much clean and pure it will not take good coffees. Do not use water from bottles, is no good, it has to be from your normal canalization.


Dont forget, the greatest coffee is allways expresso, and it should be very small cup.
Smaller means stronger or more concentrated.