There is nothing else A better start to the day than a cup of joe. If you’re an avid coffee drinker, now is a great time to upgrade your home coffee brewing system. It’s Amazon Prime Day and several of our best coffee items are on sale among the many great Prime Day deals. That includes deals on espresso machines, discounted coffee grinders, and even a super cheap cold brew machine — there’s a Prime Day coffee deal for everyone.
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Breville’s Barista Express has been our go-to beginner espresso machine recommendation for years. It’s reliable (the unit I bought in 2018 still works perfectly today), easy to master, and feature-rich. Place freshly roasted coffee beans into the hopper and adjust the grind setting. Pull out the magnetic tamper and gently press it onto the portafilter. Attach the portafilter and press a button—you’ve now made an espresso (as long as the pressure gauge indicated the pressure was in the “espresso range.” Use the steam wand to heat up some milk if you want a latte. We’ve seen it drop to this sale price a few times, but it’s rarely dipped lower in recent years.
Do you tend to drink a lot of lattes? You might prefer an automatic machine – press a button and it will mix the milk into your coffee for a delicious cup without any effort on your part. The Cafe Barista is our top budget recommendation in our guide to the best latte and cappuccino machines, and this price makes it a steal. It’s plastic and lightweight (hence the price), so you’ll want to hold it in one hand while twisting the portafilter into place. It can make a nice espresso, and then you can press a button to make a latte or cappuccino, provided you’ve filled the built-in milk container. Just be sure to refrigerate the container when you’re done and clean it out frequently.
Freshly roasted beans are very important in the coffee making process, which is why we recommend purchasing whole beans rather than ground beans. That means you’ll need a coffee grinder if your espresso machine doesn’t have one, and Oxo’s Burr Grinder is a great option with a scale if you’re looking for a coffee grinder that’s easy to use. In fact If you want to get deeper into brewing the perfect cup, a scale will help you get the consistency just right. Set the grind size, select your preferred weight, and press start. It will automatically shut off when it’s done. There are 38 grind settings, meaning you can grind beans fine for espresso or coarse for a French press.
KitchenAid’s new semi-automatic espresso machine (8/10, WIRED recommends) has a built-in grinder that’s wonderfully quiet in operation, so much so that it’s certified Quiet brandThe next best trick? It’s pretty compact! If counter space is at a premium in your kitchen, this espresso machine has a small footprint and has wheels on its base so you can move it around and out of the way. Great! There’s also a generous amount of space between the portafilter and the base, so you won’t have any trouble fitting taller cups. The only problem? It may take a few tries to get the grind dosage right, but once you get it right, you’ll be sipping pretty happily.
It’s a classic, but as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Oxo’s cold brew coffee maker (8/10, WIRED recommends) brews delicious, low-acid coffee with a system that seems a little intimidating at first, but is easy to master. does It takes up more space than other cold brew systems, but you can cut that in half. You can use paper or metal filters, and since it’s a 32-ounce coffee maker, you won’t be brewing just one cup at a time. The carafe that comes with it is labeled with all the necessary measurements in case you need them.
The original AeroPress was the closest thing to a perfect coffee-making device: a palm-sized syringe you can take anywhere that makes delicious coffee with ease and is also easy to clean. The AeroPress XL is more of the same — literally. It’s the same device, just twice the size of everything — plunger, chamber, lid, filter, and stirrer — and it also comes with a carafe. Admittedly, we’re not exactly sure who the AeroPress XL is for. There are probably easier ways to brew twice as much coffee, and pouring a pint of boiling water into a chamber balanced over a carafe sounds like it could end badly. However, if you’ve been waiting for an upgrade from your original AeroPress forever and you drink twice as much coffee as you did before, the 43 percent discount seems like a steal.
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