title_body: What are alternatives uses for an espresso machine?
upvoted_answer: Sterilizing smaller items (pacifiers, bottle nipples, toothbrush
  heads, etc.) 
  Loosening threaded bottle and jar lids for honey and other sticky substances 
  Cleaning small items (watchbands, rings, bits of grunge around the pads for your eyeglasses) 
  Toothpaste cap cleaning Quickly heating water for tea/chai 
  Quickly heating water for shaving bowl 
  Melting butter Blocking hats