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Best coffee machines to buy right now
Pick the type before the brand: a manual espresso machine is cheapest per cup but needs practice, and a bean-to-cup machine grinds fresh beans for you every day. If you drink coffee by the jug, a filter machine with a built-in grinder is simpler still.
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Best for most people
1. De'Longhi Dedica Style EC685.M
Manual frother · 15 bar · 15cm
The sensible first espresso machine for a small kitchen, and the best seller of the machines here. It is 15cm wide, pumps at 15 bar, has a frother for cappuccinos and lattes, and takes ESE paper pods as well as ground coffee. There is no grinder, so you buy ground coffee or a separate grinder, and tamping and frothing take practice.
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Best bean-to-cup espresso
2. Sage Barista Express Impress
Temp control jug included · Conical burr, 25 settings · Impress assisted dosing
For people who want fresh-ground espresso every morning without learning to dose and tamp by hand. The Impress puck system sets the dose and helps with tamping pressure, the built-in grinder has 25 settings and PID control keeps the water temperature steady. Milk is still steamed by hand on the wand, so lattes take some practice.
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Best for learning espresso
3. Sage Barista Express
Manual steam wand · 15 bar, PID temperature · Conical burr, 16 settings
For the coffee hobbyist who wants a grinder built in and full control of every step. It grinds straight into the portafilter with 16 settings, has PID temperature control, low-pressure pre-infusion and a manual steam wand. Dosing and tamping are all by hand, so expect wasted shots while you learn, and the jug is the standard one, not the temperature-sensing jug of the Impress.
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Best for cold brew and latte art
4. De'Longhi Dedica Duo EC890.M
My LatteArt steam wand · 15 bar · 15cm
For iced-coffee drinkers and anyone keen to pour latte art at home. It brews espresso and cold brew, has a steam wand made for microfoam, fits mugs up to 13cm tall under the spout and comes with a metal tamper, all in a 15cm-wide body. Like the Dedica Style, it has no grinder, so you need ground coffee.
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Best for filter coffee
5. Melitta AromaFresh II
2-10 · Yes · Ceramic, 11 settings
For a house that drinks filter coffee by the jug rather than espresso. It grinds beans with an 11-setting ceramic grinder, brews 2 to 10 cups at mild, medium or strong, and the timer can have a pot ready when you get up. It makes filter coffee only, with no espresso or milk frothing, and it sells far less than the espresso machines here.
Nothing matches those filters. Try fewer filters, or search for a brand like "MSI" or "Crucial".
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