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For those who worship at the altar of caffeine, we've got you.
If you’re cutting down your takeaway coffees, you may as well make it an aesthetic moment. You needn’t see at-home brewing as a sad secondary option to coffee take-outs. Here are the best coffee machines on the market right now.
If take-out coffees run through your veins more than water (and your bank statement is evidence of this), let us show you the world of at-home coffee brewing.
See home coffee machines as something that can work as the perfect morning (and mid-morning, and oh, maybe a little post-lunch espresso, too) rituals. Here are the most luxurious designer coffee machines that’ll satisfy the most pedantic of coffee lovers.
Best For: Those who love beans not pods. Forget land-fill coffee capsules, this is bean to cup in seconds, with lattes as good as if they came from your local independent artisan coffee shop. Just delicious – and super easy to clean too (phew).
Philips, £600, BUY NOW
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Best For: Nespresso lovers (you can still use their pods). It also helps that Grind’s created a chic, sleek, minimalist machine that’ll slip into any aesthetic kitchen.
Grind, £295, BUY NOW
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One of Sage’s nippier editions, the Barista Express, is for the coffee lovers, a bit more on the go, but who doesn’t want to skimp on top tier caffeine quality for the home.
From bean, to finished expresso, the Sage Barista has all sorts of bells and whistles (like a precise temperature control for bean extraction), as well as a manual micro foam milk extension, for the perfect finish.
Sage Barista Express Bean-to-Cup Coffee Machine, £500, John Lewis, BUY NOW
Best For: Slick Rick Sippers
With a minimalist mirrored case, soft curves, with a stainless steel finish, this one’s for the chic minimalists.
Smeg Bean to Cup coffee machine, £699, BUY NOW
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Best For: Those who worship at the altar of caffeine, and refuse to have nothing but the finest. Traditionalist (see wooden handle on the lever pump), this one’s for the self-confessed pedantic people among you. Smeg’s design allows you to constantly monitor the brewing pressure carried out by pulling down the lever.
So you’ll get a certain freedom allows for even the most demanding user to brew a truly customised espresso.
La Pavoni Esperto Lever Machine, £1,349.95, BUY NOW
Photo by Unsplash, Isaac Matthew.
