There’s never been a better time to invest in a new home coffee maker – I’ve been fortunate enough to test over a dozen new models this year, and there’s a lot to be excited about, for all budgets. At the budget end of the market, machines like the De’Longhi Dedica Duo have proved that quality, consistency, and style don’t have to cost the earth, while at the premium end, super-automatic machines like the Jura J10 and Siemens EQ900 are the next best thing to having a tame barista on your kitchen counter.
Cold-brewing was the hottest development, with machines at all price levels promising smooth-tasting chilled drip coffee and espresso in as little as two minutes – and many delivering exactly that. A couple of brands cheated by creating ‘cold brew’ options that simply dump a shot of hot espresso over a cup of ice (absolutely not the same thing) but for the most part, the results have been nicely rounded and mellow.
In fact, there have been so many excellent new coffee makers released this year that it was hard to narrow down my favorites. However, after poring over my reviews from throughout the year, there are three that really stood out, and that I’d gladly give a place in my own kitchen – and here they are…
Best espresso machine
Jura J10
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I’ve been lucky enough to test a huge assortment of espresso machines throughout 2025, but if money was no object then the Jura J10 is the one I’d most like to give a home in my kitchen. When Is say this is a premium coffee maker, I’m not kidding – it has a list price of £1,795 / AU$3,990 (about $2,300) and the review sample arrived in a rigid plastic flight case lined with foam rather than the usual cardboard box. My expectations were high, and the J10 met them with ease.
First of all the J10 brews exceptional espresso with minimal input, calculating the optimum grind size and brew time for your beans, grinding surprisingly quietly, and dispensing a perfectly extracted shot every time. My usual beans have never tasted so good.
If you want a shot of espresso or an Americano, place your cup under the main dispenser in the center of the machine and the menu will display a list of drinks without milk. Place it under the milk dispenser on the right, and the menu will change to show a full array of lattes, cappuccinos, and other dairy delights. It’s a system called Coffee Eye, and it’s a great little addition.
You can also choose to filter the menu by hot and cold beverages. Cold-brew was the hottest thing in home coffee machines this year, and the J10 is the best around, infusing the puck of freshly ground coffee with cold water straight from the tank, then finishing the job by pushing more water through in high-pressure pulses. The result is mellow but still full-bodied, and absolutely delicious.
Finally, we come to the J10’s party piece: the SweetFoam system, which infuses milk (plant or dairy, hot or cold) with any kind of syrup as it’s dispensed into your cup. It works fantastically well, and because the syrup is evenly distributed throughout your drink, you don’t need very much to get the full flavor with every sip. During my tests, adding syrup seemed to make the foam even more stable too, which is great for tricky plant alternatives that usually have a tendency to collapse.
It’s very expensive, but if your takeout coffee order is so complex it makes baristas cry, this is the coffee maker for you.
Read my full Jura J10 review
Best budget coffee maker
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The Jura J10 blew me away with its performance and price, but not all of this year’s best coffee makers will require you to take out a second mortgage. The little De’Longhi Dedica Duo (a successor to the excellent De’Longhi Dedica Style) can be yours for a tiny fraction of the price, and punches well, well above its weight.
The Dedica Duo has a list price of just $299.95 / £279.99 (about AU$600), and can now be found even more cheaply if you shop around (or just check the list below for all today’s best offers). Most espresso machines in this price range are, frankly, quite awful, but De’Longhi has a reputation to uphold and top-rate engineers at its disposal, and has managed to make a sub-$300 espresso machine that actually works well.
The problem with most budget coffee makers is consistency. You might manage to brew a perfectly good espresso once, but inconsistent temperature and pressure can mean that your next drink turns out over- or under-extracted for no good reason. You can be using exactly the same beans and the same grind size on the same day, and have totally different results.
That’s not the case here. The Dedica Style does an admirable job of maintaining both heat and pressure so your espresso is extracted consistently every time. The steam wand is excellent too, and despite the machine’s small boiler, generates enough steal to give you plenty of time to create creamy microfoam for your coffee creations.
The Dedica Duo looks frankly adorable too. De’Longhi has stuck with a similar look to the Dedica Style, but given its slightly sleeker lines, nice touches like a knurled dial for the steam wand, and a top-mounted control panel. The drip tray is wider too, meaning we no longer struggle to fit two espresso cups under the portafilter handle at once.
Rad my full De’Longhi Dedica Duo review
Best drip coffee maker
Breville/Sage Luxe Brewer Thermal
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The Breville Luxe Brewer Thermal (known as the Sage Luxe Brewer Thermal in the UK for complicated reasons) is a five-star drip coffee maker, and one that I thoroughly enjoyed using.
As much as I love a good shot of espresso or a lovely layered latte macchiato, sometimes you just can’t beat a big pot of pour-over, and that’s exactly what the Luxe Brewer Thermal delivers, with only a couple of optional adjustments if you want to tweak the flavor of your brew (temperature and brew time, specifically).
Like all good drip coffee makers, it has a timer so you can prepare everything the night before and wake up the smell of freshly brewed coffee, and since it’s 2025, there’s a cold-brew mode that allows water to sit in the brew basket for 24 hours before dispensing it. Old school.
The star here, however, is the thermal pitcher, which keeps your coffee at the ideal temperature for over five hours. Yes, really. It doesn’t need to be completely full, either. During my tests even half a pot stayed hot for half a day. Naturally it will work just as well with iced coffee too (in fact, it will keep your cold brew chilled for even longer).
The Luxe Brewer Thermal isn’t the only excellent drip coffee maker I’ve tested this year though, and the Ninja DualBrew Pro deserves an honorable mention. This unusual-looking machine has a great filter coffee maker on one side, and an espresso machine on the other, which accepts Nespresso Original style pods, and will prepare you a short, strong coffee in around a minute. It’s a great way to get your morning coffee with virtually no effort, whether you use an espresso pod or set up the drip brewer the night before. Its smart hotplate is another nice touch, and helps avoid accidentally stewing your fresh brew.
Read my full Breville/Sage Luxe Brewer Thermal review
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