10 Best Coffee Machines In 2018

The Keurig K55 Single Serve K-Cup Coffee Machine may be the best looking unit on this list. The best part is that it’s as easy on the wallet as it is on the eye and the coffee it brews is right up there with the best coffee maker costing 2 or 3 times as much. Controls are logically arrayed and clearly marked and the whole process is simplicity in action.

All in all an excellent value that will provide you with scrumptious cups of morning coffee day after day. About the only cautionary word on this coffee maker is that you need to maintain it properly. But of course any responsible owner will do that anyway. From the helpful array of control lights to the extra deep drip tray, the Keurig K55 coffee machine is made for coffee lovers who are also human beings. A top contender for the best home coffee maker. 

As you might expect from Bunn this 10 cup home coffee machine is as thoughtfully engineered as it is tastefully designed. It doesn’t waste any time in the performance of its duties, brewing a full 10 cups of delicious, robust coffee in just over 3 minutes. When it comes to brewing coffee Bunn has been at it a long time and they’ve poured just about everything they know into this outstanding value product.

The Bunn BT is as solidly dependable as any coffee machine on the market. Some purists may object to the stainless steel (as opposed to glass) carafe but we found it kept the coffee warm longer (important since there’s no heating pad) was generally easier to maintain and removed the threat of breaking or cracking glass. Most importantly though this coffee machine makes a superb cup of coffee.

Next up in our coffee maker review, the Ninja coffee bar brew system is the closest you’ll come to turning your kitchen into a cafe. With a range of brewing options and serving sizes to choose from and a built in frother to deftly handle cafe favorites like cappuccino you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to the Latin Quarter of Paris every time you hit the ‘brew’ button. This is a high-quality all-in-one coffee machine and espresso maker without equal for the price.

If you really want to explore the wide world of gourmet coffee without having to travel or camping around the world, the Ninja Coffee Bar Single Serve System is for you. You’ll have the ability to create all your favorite cafe drinks without having to worry about wasting your expensive coffee beans. Just dial up the drink you want and relax. When the brew is finished, top it off with luscious foam at the push of a button and voila!

If waiting around 20 minutes for the coffee to brew is not something you look forward to, get the Moccamaster KBT 10 Cup Coffee Machine. Not only will you have your piping hot morning brew in front of you in just a few short minutes, but it will taste like you just ordered it from a high end Parisian cafe. Tired of the overpriced, acidic motor oil you get in most corporate coffee shops? Stay home and have a peerless cafe experience with the Moccamaster KBT coffee machine. This is one of the best coffee makers for home use. 

The Moccamaster KBT grind and brew coffee machine produces some of the most consistently excellent tasting coffee of any product on this list. Each and every cup of each and every brew cycle is top notch (provided of course you keep all the components properly cleaned). With the ability to brew 10 great tasting cups of joe in under 6 minutes it’s the ideal coffee maker for big family get togethers like Thanksgiving. If you can afford the financial stretch and you’re not a stickler for things like foam you can’t really lose with the Moccamaster KBT.

The Cuisinart DCC 3200 14 cup Programmable Coffee Machine isn’t going to win any design awards but if they gave out awards for creating large batches of delicious, cafe-quality coffee it would certainly be in the running. The DCC 3200 coffee machine presents an array of programmable features that allows pinpoint control over the size, strength and duration of the brew and the adjustable warming plate allows you to keep the contents of the carafe at precisely the temperature you wish.

The DCC 3200 coffee machine from Cuisinart is a large volume coffee machine that acts like a small volume coffee machine and the proof is in the pudding, or in this case the coffee. From first cup to last you’ll enjoy every drop you brew in the 3200 and your guests will likely be asking you if you use a coffee press or some other form of exotic brewing system to achieve such outstanding taste.

The makers of the Bonavita BV1900 TS automatic coffee machine know that the secret to a great cup of coffee is a combination of how the beans are treated and the water temperature. The Bonavita gets both aspects of the brew cycle just right by way of its Pre-infusion mode which gently moistens the freshly ground beans to enable degassing which is then followed by a temperature controlled drip that optimizes flavor extraction. That pre-infusion of water prior to brewing is handled by a beautifully designed sprayhead that distributes the water evenly.

It’s hard to find negative things to say about the Bonavita BV1900 TS coffee machine. It works as advertised which means it brews cup after cup of delicious full-bodied coffee with minimal muss and fuss and no need for an engineering degree to master the programming. It would be nice if the carafe did a slightly better job of keeping the coffee hot instead of just warm but that’s a minor quibble that only comes into play if you brew more coffee than you want or can use at a given time.

If you’re into coffee brewing as theater (and who isn’t) it’s hard to beat the KitchenAid Siphon Coffee Brewer. You’ll likely be reminded, at least to some degree, of grandma’s percolator and the experience will be just as fulfilling. But there’s more to the KitchenAid Siphon coffee machine than just “theater of life” visuals. The resulting coffee is as delicious as you hoped it would be.

In the intro at the top of the page we mentioned how coffee is as much ritual as it is beverage and there are no greater confirmations of that then the KitchenAid Siphon Coffee Machine. People will want to be in the kitchen when this unit is operating and watching their wide-eyed looks is almost worth the price of admission all by itself. But you don’t have to be satisfied simply with theater because the coffee is also excellent.

Nescafe is not a name you hear bandied about in gourmet coffee circles. They made their name producing instant coffee so it’s with a certain skepticism that we approached their Dolce Gusto Genio 2 Coffee maker. Surprisingly we found it to be a top notch small coffee maker and espresso machine which, while it perhaps tries too hard at times, nonetheless can produce an array of outstanding brewed coffee drinks.

For those who crave a recognizable brand name in their kitchen this will certainly fit the bill. Not only that, however, it will also produce a reliably excellent cup of coffee that will soon have you forgetting about the company’s less inspiring instant coffees. The Dolce Gusto coffee machine also receives high marks for style and for energy conservation, as it automatically shuts off after 5 minutes of inactivity.

The Hamilton Beach Brew Station coffee machine attempts to solve the problem of coffee getting stale when it sits on the warming plate to long. It does this by getting rid of the carafe altogether and instead opting for internal self-contained storage of brewed coffee, a system that cafeterias et al have been using for years. The more important thing to our panel though was the quality of the coffee when it’s first brewed. And that showed itself to be reliably excellent.

For about what you probably pay for Internet every month you can have this uber-dependable Hamilton Beach 12 cup coffee machine. The quality of the final product is consistently good and because that product is stored internally it’s typically kept hotter and fresher than it would be in a standard carafe. While this coffee machine doesn’t break any new stylistic ground the most important thing is that you can have really great coffee waiting for you every morning.

The cold brew process of this coffee machine is not for everyone. But for those who are drawn to the instant coffee concept (but don’t want the nasty flavor that comes with it) the OXO allows you to have low-acidic, great tasting concentrate on hand that you can use to instantly create a delicious cup of hot or iced coffee.

The OXO cold pressed coffee machine is a viable alternative to both the drip coffee machine and flat out instant coffee. It occupies a grey area but that doesn’t mean the product isn’t satisfying. For the most part the coffee you make from the concentrate produced by this coffee machine will be every bit as good as the best you’ll get from a drip machine and you’ll have the convenience of not having to drip coffee every time you want a cup.