Guides
Buying guides, explainers and how-tos, newest first.
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Compact coffee machines that fit under kitchen cupboards
The most compact coffee machines of each type we track, shortest first, with the space each maker asks for above and behind…
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How to descale a coffee machine in a hard-water area, and how often
Find your water hardness, set it on the machine, fit the right filter and descale with the maker’s own descaler, with part…
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Dolce Gusto vs Tassimo
Genio S Plus or Style Friendly: which pod system suits a house that wants lattes, tea and hot chocolate, and what each…
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Nespresso Original vs Vertuo: which pods and which machine?
Original or Vertuo decides which Nespresso capsules you’ll buy for years: we compare the Essenza Mini and the Vertuo Up on pod…
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De’Longhi vs Philips bean-to-cup: Magnifica S or Philips 3300 LatteGo?
The Magnifica S and the Philips 3300 LatteGo compared on milk, cleaning, water filters, capacity and size, and which one suits whom.
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Is a bean-to-cup machine cheaper than pods? Working out the cost per cup
How to work out what a cup really costs from beans and from pods, counting filters, descaler and the machine itself, with…
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The best pod coffee machines
The best pod coffee machines in the UK, sorted by pod system first: Nespresso Vertuo and Original, Dolce Gusto, Tassimo and L’OR…
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The best espresso machines for home
Seven espresso machines compared on what decides the choice at home: a built-in grinder, how the milk is steamed, portafilter size and…
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The best bean-to-cup coffee machines
Six bean-to-cup machines we would buy, ranked on how they handle milk, how much cleaning they ask of you and what they…
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Which coffee machine should you buy? Bean-to-cup, espresso, pod or filter
Decide the type before the model: what you drink, the daily effort you’ll accept, the cost per cup and the space you…