The best coffee machines — 2019 rating of 8 positions in the selection

Thanks to sci­en­tif­ic and tech­no­log­i­cal progress, true cof­fee lovers have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to enjoy the taste of cap­ti­vat­ing and fresh­ly brewed cof­fee with­out leav­ing home. Func­tion­al cof­fee machines will help you eas­i­ly learn the art of mak­ing this drink, as well as add vari­ety to the dai­ly rit­u­al of cof­fee drink­ing, fan­ta­siz­ing and exper­i­ment­ing, get­ting dif­fer­ent vari­a­tions of cof­fee-based drinks.

What para­me­ters should you pay atten­tion to when buy­ing a cof­fee machine for your home or office?

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How to choose a coffee machine?

When choos­ing, it is nec­es­sary to take into account the tech­nol­o­gy of prepar­ing a drink, tech­ni­cal char­ac­ter­is­tics — pow­er, reli­a­bil­i­ty, types of drinks obtained, of course, ergonom­ics and design, as well as elec­tron­ic or mechan­i­cal types of con­trol.

Accord­ing to the prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion, there are 3 types of cof­fee machines: cap­sule and grain cof­fee machines and geyser cof­fee mak­ers. Let’s take a clos­er look at what they are.

Grain coffee machine

A dis­tinc­tive fea­ture of the grain machine is the pres­ence of a built-in cof­fee grinder, which reg­u­lates the strength of cof­fee, brews it cor­rect­ly, pre­serv­ing the taste of fresh­ly ground, invig­o­rat­ing cof­fee. There are mod­els equipped with a cap­puc­ci­na­tor — a device that pro­fes­sion­al­ly froths milk into airy foam for cof­fees such as lat­te, cap­puc­ci­no, etc. The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion of the grain machine is to grind beans, tamp already ground cof­fee into a fil­ter hold­er and, as a result, steam­ing. It is pos­si­ble to adjust the degree of grind­ing of grains and pro­gram­ming the size of por­tions.

Capsule coffee machine

The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion is as fol­lows: there is a spe­cial cap­sule inside which, in a sealed pack­age, there is cof­fee pressed into a bri­quette, pre-roast­ed, ground, cof­fee. The cof­fee machine pierces the cap­sule, under pres­sure hot water enters the open­ing of the lid. The strength of cof­fee can be adjust­ed by adding water, 1 cap­sule is usu­al­ly used to pre­pare one serv­ing of the drink. Such devices are ide­al for prepar­ing: Amer­i­cano, espres­so, mocha, lat­te, cap­puc­ci­no and oth­er drinks that are pre­pared using cream cap­sules, includ­ing cocoa, hot choco­late, etc.

Geyser coffee makers

The most bud­getary and uncom­pli­cat­ed type of cof­fee mak­er for mak­ing cof­fee at home. The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion of a geyser cof­fee mak­er is fil­tra­tion. Boil­ing water, which is dis­placed by steam pres­sure, auto­mat­i­cal­ly ris­es from the low­er tank to the upper one, through the ground cof­fee com­part­ment. Thanks to water and steam, which absorb the taste of cof­fee, you get a drink rich in taste.

8 good coffee machines

8. Vitek VT-1511

An easy to use and store cof­fee mak­er that makes amaz­ing cof­fee. There is a cap­puc­ci­na­tore that whips up excel­lent foam. Cap­puc­ci­na­tore, as writ­ten in the instruc­tions, it is bet­ter to whip cream or cold milk. Warn­ing indi­ca­tors are very handy. This mod­el demon­strates the best val­ue for mon­ey. Tank vol­ume — 1.5l.

Advantages:

• Afford­able price;
• Water lev­el indi­ca­tor;
• Cap­puc­ci­na­tore;
• Mea­sur­ing spoon;
• eco­nom­i­cal;
• Cup warmer;
• Instruc­tion in Euro­pean;
• Not picky in care;
• One-time prepa­ra­tion of two cups.

Flaws:

• Plas­tic case;
• Man­u­al prepa­ra­tion of cap­puc­ci­no;
• Weak jet of steam;
• Noisy work;
• Poor cup warmer.

7. Krups EA8010 Espresseria Automatic

The auto­mat­ic cof­fee machine is com­pact in size, sim­ple and easy to use. The vol­ume of the water tank is 1.7 liters. Thanks to the ther­moblock sys­tem, the pres­sure of which is 15 bar, the cof­fee machine acts exclu­sive­ly on cof­fee from fresh­ly ground beans, result­ing in the most intense aro­ma and airy foam.

The patent­ed com­pact ther­moblock cleans itself auto­mat­i­cal­ly. The func­tion of descal­ing, clean­ing and rins­ing allows you not to think about the clean­li­ness of the device, and the water fil­ter per­fect­ly puri­fies the water, giv­ing cof­fee an inde­scrib­able aro­ma. Auto­mat­ic adjust­ment of the cof­fee strength, as well as its vol­ume and degree of grind­ing.

Advantages:

• Afford­able price;
• Met­al case;
• Cof­fee strength con­trol
• Adjust­ment of a por­tion of water;
• Dis­tri­b­u­tion for two cups;
• Self-clean­ing from scale;
• The bal­ance of the degree of grind­ing;
• Detailed instruc­tions;
• Light indi­ca­tors;
• Ener­gy sav­ing mode;
• warn­ing sig­nals;
• Adjustable water dosage.

Flaws:

• Man­u­al prepa­ra­tion of lat­te and cap­puc­ci­no;
• Dif­fi­cult to froth cap­puc­ci­no;
• Plas­tic case;
• Noisy;
• Unsuc­cess­ful cup warmer design.

6. De’Longhi ESAM 2600

CRF is a new patent­ed sys­tem that guar­an­tees an invig­o­rat­ing espres­so at the ide­al tem­per­a­ture. The cap­puc­ci­no sys­tem also works, mix­ing steam, air and milk to a gen­tle and vel­vety foam. The device is designed for grain and ground cof­fee, it has a silent cof­fee grinder with thir­teen degrees of grind­ing.

The remov­able unit and drip tray make it easy to clean the inside of the cof­fee machine and in hard-to-reach places. It is also pos­si­ble to pro­gram the amount of water and cof­fee per serv­ing. The vol­ume of the remov­able tank is 1.8 liters, there is a water lev­el indi­ca­tor.

Advantages:

• Ide­al val­ue for mon­ey;
• Con­ve­nient fill­ing of water;
• Auto­mat­ic shut­down;
• Auto­mat­ic wash­ing and rins­ing;
• Decal­ci­fi­ca­tion;
• Cof­fee strength con­trol
• Quick steam;
• Tem­per­a­ture set­ting;
• Elec­tron­ic cof­fee and steam ther­mo­stat;
• Cup warmer;
• Indi­ca­tion of the absence of cof­fee beans;
• Indi­ca­tion of lack of water;
• Espres­so cof­fee mak­er.

Flaws:

• Plas­tic case;
• Noisy work;
• Not very hot drink at the exit;
• Capri­cious about water qual­i­ty.

5. Melitta Caffeo Solo E950

Melit­ta Caf­feo Solo is con­sid­ered one of the small­est cof­fee machines in the world, but its func­tions do not suf­fer from this. Indi­vid­ual set­tings for prepar­ing a drink con­sist in choos­ing a strength and tem­per­a­ture. The machine is equipped with a pre-brew func­tion. Easy to oper­ate, com­pact size, sim­ple design and rich cof­fee. The sys­tem is easy to remove and clean.

Advantages:

• Sin­gle serv­ing for two cups.
• Adjust­ment of degree of a grind­ing of a cof­fee grinder;
• Tem­per­a­ture set­ting;
• Self-clean­ing from scale;
• Val­ue for mon­ey;
• Con­trol of the strength of the drink;
• Auto­mat­ic shut­down;
• Adjust­ment of a por­tion of water.

Flaws:

• Plas­tic case;
• There is no sep­a­rate sup­ply of boil­ing water;
• Noisy work;
• Small water tank;
• Small pal­let;
• Small waste con­tain­er.

4. Jura Impressa F8 TFT

An ultra-mod­ern Swiss-made cof­fee machine pre­pares 12 pro­grammed drinks, 4 of which are dis­played in the start menu on a col­or screen. The loca­tion of the icons can be changed, as well as rename. The ener­gy-sav­ing unit (ESM©) is equipped with a cap­puc­ci­na­tore design and an intel­li­gent pre-arom­a­ti­za­tion and heat­ing sys­tem.

Hot water is sup­plied in three lev­els, you can also pro­gram the amount and tem­per­a­ture of water, cof­fee strength, brew­ing tem­per­a­ture. Thanks to a well-designed sys­tem, the device is envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly and easy to use: built-in decal­ci­fi­ca­tion, clean­ing and rins­ing pro­gram, water purifi­ca­tion fil­ter, auto­mat­ic rins­ing and clean­ing of the cap­puc­ci­no unit. Also, the design of the device has been worked out to the small­est detail, in the form of illu­mi­na­tion of the work­ing area: white or amber illu­mi­na­tion of the cup, a sep­a­rate com­part­ment for ground cof­fee, and a con­ve­nient com­part­ment for acces­sories. The water tank is quite capa­cious — 1.9 liters and does not require fre­quent replen­ish­ment. The vol­ume of a spe­cial con­tain­er for grains is pro­vid­ed for 310 gr, and the capac­i­ty of the waste con­tain­er is pro­vid­ed for 15 serv­ings.

Advantages:

• Silent oper­a­tion;
• Aro­ma+ cof­fee grinder;
• capa­cious reser­voir;
• Swiss assem­bly;
• Col­or dis­play in Euro­pean;
• Adjust­ing the bal­ance of water hard­ness;
• For grain and ground cof­fee;
• Claris blue — fil­ter for water purifi­ca­tion;
• Adjustable cof­fee and milk dis­penser;
• Sep­a­rate hot water dis­penser;
• Tech­nol­o­gy for the prepa­ra­tion of high-qual­i­ty milk foam;
• 12 indi­vid­u­al­ly pro­grammed drinks;

Flaws:

• Price;
• scratchy mate­r­i­al;
• Expen­sive con­sum­ables;
• No milk con­tain­er.

3. Philips HD 8842

The mul­ti­func­tion­al auto­mat­ic cof­fee machine is able to pre­pare 4 ready-made drinks from fresh­ly ground beans for all occa­sions: clas­sic cof­fee, espres­so, milk-based cof­fee drink. The intel­li­gent cof­fee machine is equipped with a clas­sic cap­puc­ci­no mak­er, thanks to which an excel­lent tra­di­tion­al cap­puc­ci­no with light and airy milk foam is obtained. Thanks to the Cof­fee Switch func­tion, you can make cof­fee from fresh­ly ground cof­fee beans.

How about invent­ing a new cof­fee drink com­bi­na­tion? Easy, with the help of the appro­pri­ate func­tion, which saves the tem­per­a­ture, cof­fee strength and por­tion size in the machine’s mem­o­ry. Capa­cious water tank: 1.8 l. does not require con­stant replen­ish­ment, nor does the cof­fee bean con­tain­er.

Advantages:

• Capa­cious waste con­tain­er;
• Easy con­trol;
• Indi­ca­tion in the form of icons;
• Fast heat­ing boil­er;
• Auto­mat­ic clean­ing tech­nol­o­gy;
• Self-clean­ing from scale;
• Mul­ti­func­tion­al­i­ty;
• Remov­able brew group;
• Price;
• For ground and grain cof­fee;
• The bal­ance of the degree of grind­ing;
• Dis­play;
• Cof­fee strength con­trol
• Simul­ta­ne­ous serv­ing for two cups;
• Adjust­ment of bal­ance of a por­tion of water.

Flaws:

• Plas­tic case;
• Noisy.

2. Melitta Caffeo Barista TS

The pre­mi­um line of Caf­feo Barista Melit­ta was cre­at­ed using inno­v­a­tive tech­nolo­gies. Unique and smart cof­fee machine, brews the right cof­fee. It is a real find for cof­fee lovers. The unde­ni­able advan­tage of the ultra-mod­ern unit is the abil­i­ty to select 18 cof­fee recipes pro­grammed at the fac­to­ry, from espres­so and ristret­to to mac­chi­a­to and flat white. In addi­tion to a set of recipes in which you can change recipes based on indi­vid­ual pref­er­ences, the devel­op­ers have pro­vid­ed user pro­files (from 4–8), where you can end­less­ly impro­vise, cre­at­ing new fla­vors.

Fre­quent­ly pre­pared drinks are launched with just one touch, there are 6 direct keys: for milk, hot water, as well as espres­so, cap­puc­ci­no, lat­te mac­chi­a­to and Café Cre­ma.

Also, the cof­fee machine is equipped with a two-cham­ber com­part­ment: for beans with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of auto­mat­ic and man­u­al selec­tion, accord­ing to the recipe, the machine inde­pen­dent­ly selects the com­part­ment for cof­fee beans used. The device has a col­or screen, and touch but­tons allow you to ele­gant­ly man­age all the set­tings.

Advantages:

• Simul­ta­ne­ous­ly act­ing dou­ble dis­penser;
• Styl­ish and ergonom­ic design;
• Easy man­age­ment and stor­age;
• Mul­ti­func­tion­al­i­ty;
• Touch con­trol;
• Bal­anc­ing the degree of cof­fee grind­ing;
• Tem­per­a­ture set­ting;
• Fac­to­ry set­tings 18 and drink pro­grams;
• The cor­rect sequence of mix­ing ingre­di­ents;
• Func­tion “My cof­fee” — the abil­i­ty to con­fig­ure four user pro­files;
• “IntenseAro­ma” func­tion — excep­tion­al­ly rich taste;
• Plas­tic jug intend­ed for milk;
• 2‑chamber bunker for grains, with warn­ing sys­tem and auto­mat­ic lev­el;
• Illu­mi­na­tion of cups;
• Illu­mi­na­tion of the work­ing area;
• Self-clean­ing from scale.

Flaws:

• Unsuc­cess­ful cup warmer design;
• Plas­tic case;
• Price.

1. De’Longhi MAGNIFICA S ECAM 22.360.B

The leader of our rank­ing is the De’­Longhi MAGNIFICA S ECAM 22.360.B. Equipped with the patent­ed, lat­est one-touch auto­mat­ic cap­puc­ci­no prepa­ra­tion sys­tem, the com­pact cof­fee machine has a two-line text dis­play with icons that makes set­tings exact­ly accord­ing to indi­vid­ual pref­er­ences for each fam­i­ly mem­ber. heat­ed cup hold­er and water fil­ter. It is also pos­si­ble to adjust the para­me­ters of the cof­fee being pre­pared: the desired amount of water, tem­per­a­ture, strength.

It is very con­ve­nient in both man­age­ment and stor­age: an advanced clean­ing sys­tem, press­ing one but­ton (“clean­ing”) turns on auto­mat­ic rins­ing, and a spe­cial con­tain­er designed for milk allows you to store unused milk in the refrig­er­a­tor. The remov­able water tank with a vol­ume of 1.8 liters is equipped with a lev­el indi­ca­tor. The option of pro­gram­ma­ble amount of cof­fee and water per serv­ing is also con­ve­nient.

Advantages:

• Auto­mat­ic cap­puc­ci­no sys­tem IDF;
• Ele­gant design;
• Por­tion pro­gram­ming;
• Suit­able for ground cof­fee;
• Suit­able cof­fee beans;
• Easy con­trol;
• Fil­ter for water purifi­ca­tion;
• Water hard­ness set­ting;
• Indi­ca­tion of descal­ing;
• Two cups of drink with one brew;
• Silent oper­a­tion;
• Lack of water indi­ca­tor;
• Cup warmer;
• Auto­mat­ic rins­ing;
• Pow­er sav­ing func­tion.

Flaws:

Interesting video about coffee machines

At one time, the famous Eng­lish play­wright and prose writer John Galswor­thy not­ed, “There are things that are worth being faith­ful to. For exam­ple, cof­fee … “. Indulge in the plea­sure of being faith­ful to cof­fee. We hope our rat­ing of the Top 8 best cof­fee machines of the year will help you with this. Have you already cho­sen your cof­fee machine?