Jul 05 2024
If iced coffee is your go-to drink, the Keurig K-Iced Coffee Maker promises to make your morning routine considerably easier. Instead of brewing a pot of coffee, cooling it down, and hoping it does not become watery when poured over ice, the K-Iced has a dedicated setting designed specifically for brewing coffee directly over ice. …
Jul 04 2024
Breville makes some of the most recognizable home espresso machines on the market, but choosing between them is not always easy. Should you buy the compact Bambino and add your own grinder? Is the enormously popular Barista Express still the sweet spot? Is the faster Barista Pro worth spending more? Or should you jump straight …
Jul 02 2024
Buying an espresso machine for home should be exciting. Unfortunately, the terminology can make it surprisingly confusing. Semi-automatic. Fully automatic. Super-automatic. Thermoblock. Dual boiler. PID. 15-bar pump. Built-in grinder. Pressurized basket. Automatic milk frothing. How much of that actually matters? The good news is that you do not need the most expensive espresso machine to …
Jul 01 2024
De’Longhi makes everything from compact manual espresso machines to sophisticated bean-to-cup systems capable of grinding beans, brewing espresso, and frothing milk with almost no effort from you. That variety is one of the brand’s strengths—but it can also make choosing a De’Longhi surprisingly confusing. Should you buy the slim Dedica Duo? Is the La Specialista …
Jun 30 2024
Pour over coffee looks almost deceptively simple. Place ground coffee in a filter, pour hot water over it, and wait for the finished brew to drip into your cup. Yet within those few steps is one of the most controllable and rewarding ways to make coffee. Unlike an automatic coffee maker, pour over brewing puts …
Jun 29 2024
Few coffee makers have made single-serve brewing as familiar as Keurig. Drop in a K-Cup pod, press a button, and you can have a fresh cup without grinding beans, measuring coffee, or brewing an entire pot. Choosing a Keurig, however, has become considerably more complicated. The lineup now includes everything from compact brewers for tiny …
Jun 27 2024
There is a noticeable difference between coffee brewed from beans ground moments before brewing and coffee made from grounds that have been sitting open for days or weeks. The problem is that grinding beans every morning adds another appliance, another step and another thing to clean. A grind and brew coffee maker combines those jobs …
Jun 14 2024
Cold brew is one of the easiest coffee drinks to make at home, but the right cold brew coffee maker can make the process considerably cleaner and more convenient. At its simplest, cold brew requires nothing more than coffee grounds, water, a container, and a way to strain the finished coffee. Dedicated cold brew makers …
Jun 14 2024
Choosing a coffee maker should be simple. You put in coffee and water, press a button—or perhaps don’t press a button at all—and get coffee. Then you start shopping. Suddenly you’re comparing drip machines, pod brewers, espresso machines, grind-and-brew systems, French presses, pour-over brewers, moka pots, cold brew makers, thermal carafes, programmable timers, milk frothers, …
Jun 14 2024
Cuisinart makes enough coffee makers that choosing one can be surprisingly complicated. There are straightforward drip machines, compact brewers, thermal-carafe models, grind-and-brew machines, combination brewers that handle both a full carafe and single-serve pods, and even all-in-one systems that add espresso capsules and milk steaming. The good news is that you probably don’t need the …
