Bartesian is the Nespresso of cocktails, but better

Do you really want to buy rum, tequila, vodka, lemon juice, triple sec, and cola to make a Long Island Iced Tea by hand?

With the Bartesian cocktail maker, you don’t have to.

The award-winning device takes cup-based approach to home cocktail-making, akin to Keurig or Nespresso.

Bartesian would thrive on Shark Tank — if it didn’t already smash through a Kickstarter campaign and pick up $20 million in Series A funding.

You purchase your own spirits separately and fill up the various glass chambers (including a rear chamber for water).

The machine reads the barcode on each capsule, telling you what type of glass or shaker to use, how much ice to add, and how to garnish or prepare.

Bartesian has capsules for the Margarita, Old Fashioned, and Cosmopolitan. But they’ve got 38 drinks and counting that include gems like the Aviation, Paper Plane, and Sazerac.

At $350 from Amazon or Bartesian.com and between $2 and $2.50 per capsule — all without factoring in the cost of alcohol — the Bartesian is definitely an expensive luxury.

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