Our top 10 coffee makers and machines for a stylish caffeine hit

Ah, coffee. Bringer of energy, enthusiasm, productivity… And, yes, a shaky, tear-filled meltdown mid-afternoon if you have too much. But that’s all the more reason to make your morning cup of caffeinated nectar one to savour. With all the coffee makers and machines on offer, there’s sure to be something that fits your taste and budget. Here are some of our new favourites to encourage you to take the plunge(r). 

Bialetti Moka

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Not technically new, but a design classic that’s becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Bialetti invented moka pots (also known as stove top pots) back in the 1930s and they’re the coffee-making method of choice for many European and Latin American caffeine lovers. You just add coffee and water and put the pot on the hob and as pressurised steam passes through the ground coffee, it heats it up for a flavour that’s somewhere between filter coffee and a machine-made espresso. It might not be high-tech but it’s cheap and easy to use, as long as you don’t try to heat it up too quickly.

The 6-cup model is £22.13 from Amazon.

Diane Shipley

2 comments

  • Using modern or latest coffee machine may sometimes give us headache in the operation and maintenance. Sometimes also the tastes are affected that’s why some coffee shops are using the traditional way or the old coffee machine to avoid problem in the operation and maintain customer to keep on coming back.

  • “Stylish” is just shorthand for “looks count for more than how well it works”. I’ve been able to test most of these machines over the past few years, and other than as a kitchen design centerpiece they will all end up in landfills in two years.

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