The best home coffee machines you can buy in 2020
Coronavirus doesn’t mean you have to forego the morning cup of Joe, it just means you’re preparing it at home rather than stepping out to the coffee shop.
Thankfully, we’ve got technological baristas that can froth up the perfect cappuccino while you’re waiting for the Zoom call with the team.
Whether you’re looking for simplicity or authenticity, there’s a coffee machine for you and we’ve been putting them to the test.
Read on for our pick of the best home coffee machines you can buy in 2020.
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Best for feeling like a barista: Breville Barista Max
Bit of a control freak when it comes to getting your coffee right? The Breville Barista Max is for you. With a host of commercial-style features you can tinker with to get your double decaf espresso skinny flat white exactly how you like it, this beast has all the bells and whistles to give you a café-quality caffeine fix – and without being too tricky to master. It heats up quickly too.
The best bit? The coffee shop-style steaming wand that textures milk to the desired consistency with authentic screaming sound effects.
Best for pods: Lavazza Desea
When bean grinding and milk steaming is too much effort, a pod machine is what you need. Our category favourite? The Lavazza Desea.
What makes this slick-looking machine so great is that you can enjoy five milk-based recipes or four different coffee sizes with just one touch on its easy-to follow touch panel.
With some added noise-avoidance technology, which means it won’t exceed 43 dB, the Desea is also super quiet, meaning it won’t wake up the whole household if you’re up getting your caffeine hit at ridiculous o’clock.
Best for simplicity: Bosch Tassimo My Way 2
If it’s a clean and tasty cup of coffee you’re after, then the Tassimo My Way 2 is worth a punt.
With built-in Brita Maxtra water filtration, no nasties make their way into your café au lait. It’s especially easy to use thanks to a onebutton operation panel, through which you can set intensity, size and strength with one tap.
It can also forge more than 40 preset drinks from well-known brands, including Costa, Twinings and Cadbury, thanks to Intellibrew tech, which reads a barcode from an inserted pod to create a perfectly brewed drink.
Best for automatic coffee making: Krups’ Evidence One
Feeling too lazy to make a coffee shop-style latte or cappuccino? Krups’ Evidence One does all the heavy lifting, from automatically grinding the beans to frothing the milk and even rinsing and cleaning itself afterwards.
All it requires from you is a tap on one of the five beverage buttons on the full-colour OLED control panel. It can even prepare two drinks at once. Perfect for hungover Sundays when you can’t quite muster the energy. What’s more, it’s super slim and compact, so it won’t take up too much worktop space.
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