10 Best Manual Espresso Machines (Review) In 2020

Let’s start off with our personal Best Choice manual espresso maker: The Aeropress Coffee Maker. This already massively popular coffee press allows you to make smooth, full-bodied, and bitter-less coffee by merely pressing down and activating the total immersion brewing process. The rapid filtering time and immersive mechanism guarantee the lowest level of acidity.

Ideal for home brewing or on the go, this travel size manual espresso machine masterfully extracts the best flavor out of your coffee beans, allowing you to make 1 to 3 cups of Americano or an Espresso brew to enjoy as it is or to add as a base to your favorite beverages. This handy device comes with 350 microfilmers and a filter holder as well as several useful accessories which include a funnel, scoop, and stirrer.

Straight into our Best Value pick! The Minipresso GR is an extremely simple and intuitive coffee maker for bean amateurs wanting to enjoy their brew on the go! Incredibly easy to use, the Minipresso GR only requires you to add ground coffee to the filter basket, level the grind, and add hot water to the tank before unlocking the piston and pump that allow you to press the coffee out.

This Manual Coffee Maker is compact, lightweight, and allows you to use your favorite coffee beans, ground to your liking, to brew the perfect, creamy, and tasty espresso every time. Once the coffee is set in its filter basket, it takes about six pumps to get the water to fill it in, and then it starts pouring out into the handy cup which is provided.

And to make it three in a row here is our Premium Pick: The Flair Signature Espresso Maker. This Manual Espresso Maker is undoubtedly an eye-catcher! Its elegant design makes it the perfect complement for a stylish kitchen and will definitely spice up any existing decor. looks aren’t everything though and luckily this machine doesn’t disappoint when it comes to efficiency either. This is a high level, professional style coffee maker engineered to deliver the perfect espresso shot every time.

This marvelous, lever-operated coffee machine can brew a top-notch, creamy, thick and rich espresso cup without needing any electricity, pods, or capsules. Al you’ll additionally require is a high-quality grinder to produce your desired ground thickness, boiling water, and love for handcrafting state of the art espresso. Add 60ml of boiled water and up to 18 grams of your favorite blend to yield a 40 ml shot with a finger of cream at the top.

This portable manual espresso machine is compact, lightweight, and easy to use. A small size that can fit on any kitchen top and is also perfect for carrying around, the STARESSO Portable Espresso Machine allows you to enjoy a full-flavored rich coffee experience anywhere.

Easily brew espresso to enjoy its full, round flavor or use it as a base for your favorite beverage. This one of a kind portable coffee maker doesn’t require electricity or batteries. Intead, it’s  conveniently operated via a pumping system of 15 to 20 BAR pressure to produce the perfect cup of espresso every time. You can brew your own coffee easily and manually and can even froth your own milk with this portable espresso maker!

An Italian beauty, La Pavoni PPG-16 Professional Espresso Machine is a high-quality and extremely reliable manual espresso machine. It is a durable and sturdy machine made of chrome-plated brass, steel, and copper plating on the outside and features solid wooden handles. Stylish and appealing as you’d expect from an Italian designed product, it also benefits from being fully functional and practical too, and is equipped with all the necessary accessories you should ever require.

You can efficiently operate the machine by lifting the lever which raises a piston, allowing pressurized water to infuse the coffee in the filter holder. You can then lower the lever which will cause the piston to force the water through the coffee and into the cup. You have complete flexibility to select your preferred speed of infusion so you could make a more robust and aromatic coffee or a lighter and more delicate brew. The choice is entirely yours. You can also master an ideal frothy foam, matching your tastes, thanks to the steam jet, as well as craft the perfect cappuccino with the automatic cappuccino maker. This really is a versatile machine. This lovely manual espresso machine can pull up to 16 espressos thanks to the one-liter boiler, even making one or two shots at a time. It is portable, but not as lightweight as some others; however, you can always take your drink anywhere in one of these top coffee thermoses.

This portable espresso maker will help you make the creamiest of espressos and also create the perfect cold brew coffee as well as delivering wonderful frothy foam to top off your cappuccinos. Thanks to the advanced pumping technology, the Moocoo Portable Espresso Machine can reach 20 BAR stable pressure during extraction, ensuring a cafe-like Barista style experience at home.

This easy to use, compact and manageable coffee maker allows you to use both ground coffee and espresso capsules and it lets you build your favorite custom drink by selecting the water amount as well as adding foam to your coffee. In less than a minute, you could be sipping and savouring your favorite drink any time, any place!

Another La Pavoni model, the EPC-8 Europiccola includes a cappuccino attachment to make deliciously frothy and creamy cappuccinos. An all Italian stylish machine built to last and designed to give you a perfect espresso with each pull, this is one stylish yet practical machine that you will get so much use out of.

This manual machine utilizes steam pressure alongside being piston operated and has internal thermostats that constantly monitor its pressure to ensure the perfect brew is delivered every time. It can make up to two cups of espresso at a time and a total of 8 cups with one tank fill.

Elektra Microcasa a Leva Espresso Machine is a little gem of a coffee maker resembles an original Belle Epoque espresso machine. This unique design makes it very appealing for those with a retro taste in decor. It will look very much at home within any discerning and stylish kitchen setup.

This lever operated machine comes in three versions: Copper Brass, Chrome and Brass, and features a professional coffee grinder, available in a matching color alongside a wooden base with a drawer. The convenient sight glass allows for easy water level control, while the pressure gauge shows the steam pressure within the boiler for accurate results. This unit also benefits from featuring a needle which clearly indicates the optimal time to extract the espresso.  This durable and stylish manual coffee machine also features dry steam to produce lovely microfilm for your custom drinks.

This easy to use Fortune Candy Manual Espresso Machine has the added feature of being Nespresso pod compatible, making it even more convenient, and a perfect unique gift for coffee lovers. A patented pumping system allows for 15 BAR pressure that can make a rich and creamy 60 ml coffee in one go.

Made with stainless steel and BPA free, food-grade materials, this coffee maker is easy to clean and perfect to carry to work or outdoors. It also benefits from requiring no batteries or electricity to operate. 

Another handy and compact Portable Espresso Maker by STARESSO. This coffee maker features a stainless steel bracket that gives it a sturdy and durable build. Perfectly sized for travel, this Mini Espresso Maker has an enhanced personalized pump equipped with an innovative pressure regulating valve which allows for perfect 15 to 20 BAR of pressure to make the perfect espresso cup. 

It can make two Espresso shots at one time, and with its 180 ml water tank as well as a large filter basket, you have a choice of any kind of coffee drink you desire. This machine is straightforward to clean thanks to its modular design which allows for quick and effortless disassembling to rinse out your espresso machine when you’re done. If you are a true coffee addict, don’t forget to check out our list of the best cafetieres, too.