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From Basic to Barista:
Profiling the latest coffee machines
Forget plungers and percolators; check out our roundup of automatic
machines to make your own barista-style coffee at home.
By Amy Brook-Partridge
Philips Saeco Poemia
manual espresso machine promises
to “deliver an authentic Italian espresso every time”. It includes
a classic milk-frother, can hold a litre of water and has high bar
pressure (15) to extract the ground coffee aroma. It doesn’t
have a cup-warmer, so drink up fast. RRP $299.
philips.com
DeLonghi’s Prima Donna XS ETAM
is its slimmest coffee machine, working
well in compact kitchens. It has automatic
cleaning, an active cup-warmer and a
pre-brewing cycle, and can be used with
beans or ground coffee. It’s probably
easier to say what it doesn’t have (a
barista chat function?). This kind of
functionality comes at a price, though.
RRP $2,499.
delonghi.com/en-sg
Bosch VeroCafe
is
for the serious coffee-
drinking household
that likes variety. It can
prepare multiple types
of coffees in consecutive
brewing cycles, can
accommodate large
and small cups, and
has a removable 1.7L
water tank,and separate
containers for beans
and ground coffee. RRP
$2,199.
bosch-home.
com.sg
Nespresso is a home-brew favourite – easy
to use, and the variety of capsules means
there’s plenty of choice. The recently
launched
Nespresso Inissia
machine
comes in black, red and limited-edition blue.
It has a 700ml water tank, a 25-second heat-
up and automatically powers off after nine
minutes. Minus points: there’s no George
Clooney to serve it to you. RRP $238.
nespresso.com/sg/en
Gaggenau
’s fully automatic
CM 450
espresso machine
has a continuous-flow heater for
immediate coffee gratification,
along with warming drawers
for your cups. There’s a
personalisation function for
up to eight brews, so you can
programme all your favourite
coffees. One small snag is that
you then need the flash kitchen
to fit around it. Price depends on
the installation option chosen.
gaggenau.com