Strengths
Speed
Machines that score highly for speed, ranked by our score.
- SageBambino PlusThree seconds from cold to ready, and an automatic wand that textures milk better than most people do by hand. Buy it for the milk and the speed; buy the grinder separately, because there isn't one.Espresso8.4
- TechnivormMoccamaster KBG SelectIt does one thing and it is certified to do it properly: water at brew temperature, spread evenly, for as long as it should take. Five-year warranty, parts you can buy, and no espresso of any kind.Filter8.2
- JuraE8Sealed, one-touch and built to repeat itself for a decade. The brew unit is not meant to come out, which is the trade: you get consistency and give up the ability to service it yourself.BeanToCup8.1
- PhilipsSeries 3200 LatteGoThe milk system is the reason to buy it: two parts, no tubes, and it rinses under a tap in seconds. Note the UK code — the /50 sold here has no iced-coffee function, whatever an American review tells you.BeanToCup7.9
- De'LonghiMagnifica S ECAM22.110Fifteen years on sale and still the bean-to-cup most British households end up with. The brew group comes out for cleaning, which is the feature that decides year five, and the two finest grind settings jam it.BeanToCup7.8
- De'LonghiDedica Style EC685Fifteen centimetres wide, which is the whole point: it fits where nothing else does. It ships with a pressurised basket and a panarello frother, so it flatters the coffee and caps what you can do with milk.Espresso7.0
- De'LonghiStilosa EC230The cheapest way to own a real portafilter machine, and it makes a better shot than its price suggests. What you give up is the milk: the wand is short, slow and the reason nobody makes a flat white on one.Espresso6.8
- NespressoVertuo PopThirty seconds from cold to cup, and genuinely decent coffee for a capsule machine. The machine is the cheap part: the running cost lives in the capsules, and the tank is small enough to notice.Pod6.5
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