India, June 13 -- Every few months, I become completely obsessed with a new way of making coffee. At one point, it was South Indian filter coffee. Then came a phase where I was convinced the French press was the greatest invention known to mankind. I even had a coffee machine sent over for testing and got so carried away brewing espresso that I ended up drinking all four cups myself simply because I wanted to keep playing with it. Lately, I have found myself eyeing moka pots and pod machines. The problem is that most of us buy coffee machines, imagining a cafe-style setup at home without really thinking about how we drink coffee every day.

To get some answers, I spoke to Abhinav Mathur, CEO and MD of Kaapi Machines, Something's Brewing a...