Are You Even A Porsche Person If You Don't Own This Coffee Maker?

Porsche fans have a new way to bring a little Stuttgart into their morning routine, provided their caffeine budget is roughly equivalent to a used Honda Civic.

The automaker has teamed up with Italian espresso machine maker La Marzocco for a limited-edition coffee machine inspired by the legendary 911 Carrera RS 2.7, so now you can make Porsche coffee while wearing your Porsche Design watch/hat/glasses/other branded accessory, and drive in your Porsche to the nearest Porsche owners' club meeting to show it all off.

Based on La Marzocco's Linea Micra, the special edition features Porsche-inspired paint schemes, retro-style gauges, RS and 2.7 badging, and a miniature ducktail spoiler built into the cup holder. Absolutely none of this will make your caffeinated beverage of choice taste any better than it would otherwise taste, but we concede it's a neat thing they've pulled together here.

American buyers can choose between white and green or tangerine and black finishes and, like a GT car, production is (for some reason that is well above our pay grade and tax bracket) fairly limited. Each color is limited to 911 examples, while a third white-and-blue version-- mimicking the original Carrera RS 2.7's scheme-- is reserved for Germany and limited to just 150 units.

Naturally, this isn't your average countertop appliance. The machine features app-controlled brewing temperatures and scheduling, a two-liter water reservoir, and interchangeable porta-filter configurations. It costs $7,911 before taxes, or more than many of the vehicles yours truly and many of the people reading this have spent on entire vehicles. Want the matching grinder? La Marzocco's Porsche-themed Pico adds another $2,125, bringing the complete coffee setup to $10,036 before shipping.

And because it's Porsche — the brand that offers extended leather options for its leather interiors, and which lets you paint the vent surrounds or spend tens of thousands of dollars on the paint of your choosing — they also offer matching espresso cups, miniature cars to play with while waiting for the coffee to brew, and even $69 barista napkins. Yes, napkins. For $69. It's the most Porsche thing ever, aside from maybe a screaming Metzer 4.0.

The previous Porsche espresso collaboration sold out in just eight hours, so there's apparently no shortage of wealthy enthusiasts who take their morning coffee very seriously. Or, like we've seen so much with limited-run Porsches as of late, people who are buying these in speculative fashion with hopes to sell them at a profit someday. Either way, we're sure the coffee (or espresso) this thing makes is great, but we're stuck here wondering if the rich are in fact too rich.

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