Coffee makers
We never really understood why everyone goes nuts about coffee but to each their own. Antique coffee makers looked a lot like modern French presses in shape, but they served a simple purpose. They brewed coffee by combining ground beans with hot water. Nothing too impressive here.
Now, we have these $5,000 coffee makers that come with a large library of coffee-based beverages. A single press on an LCD screen will produce the hottest cup of your coffee of choice in under 50 seconds. Plus, they have milk steamers to make coffee taste the tiniest bit bearable. However, most of us probably only use drip machines available at the office or get our coffee to go at Starbucks.