Espresso Coffee Makers

The coffee maker or espresso machine you decide to use in your house should be one that matches your coffee preferences. If all you want is a good cup of black coffee or coffee with cream than a simple coffee machine or french press fits the bill. If on the other hand you usually visit your local coffee house at least once a day for an espresso or latte, you should consider an espresso machine for your kitchen. Indeed many homes now have more than one coffee machine so that they can produce different styles of coffee on demand.

Here in the USA and indeed across the globe, almost every home has a coffee maker or coffee machine. They have become ever present in most kitchens. There are stove top percolators, drip coffee machines, french presses and full-fledged coffee/espresso/cappuccino makers able to produce an excellent latte or a cup of coffee. So which is best for you?

There are many types and styles of coffee makers to choose from and at vastly different costs. Just knowing what's available, your coffee preferences and your budget should help you make the best decision.

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The Stove Top Percolator - Get Your Espresso Coffee On a Budget

Traveling  through Europe and especially Italy you'll find stove top percolators in most homes. The stove top percolator is a small multi part pot that you put on the stove. It can produce an excellent cup of coffee in the espresso style but it's not strictly espresso. You may even get the crema effect using one of these coffee makers! Time wise, all it takes is five to ten minutes which pretty much matches a drip machine.

They are easy to use: just fill the bottom section with cold water, then fill the filter basket with coffee (usually with an espresso or fine grind) and put it on the stove. The hot water percolates up through the coffee grounds and collects it the top section. When the coffee percolator starts to gurgle, take it off the heat and serve straight away for an excellent cup of coffee.

These coffee makers are  easy to use, last a long time if taken care of and are cheap too. With their simple design there's not really much to go wrong. The only down side is that they produce smallish amounts of coffee - the six cup coffee maker will typically make the equivalent of three or four shots of espresso and you should take care when cleaning them.

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Drip Style Coffee Makers - Make Your Coffee 1 Drip at a Time

The most well known and popular coffee maker is the drip coffee maker. It's an ever present  in most modern hotel rooms and I'm sure you have one in your kitchen somewhere. There's a huge choice when it come to drip coffee machines there are ones that allow you to make one cup, six or twelve cup pots, semi programmable machines that produce coffee on a schedule and all sorts in between. A growing trend is the style that produces vacuum coffee pots that  keep the coffee warm without the warming plate.

Making coffee with a drip coffee maker is very simple. Coffee is scooped into the filter basket and hot water is passed slowly through the grounds to produce the coffee. The filter basket can be lined with a filter paper or there are some types that use a fine mesh basket instead. These are more eco-friendly and you'll never run out of filter papers but they sometimes let some of the grounds through into the coffee.

These machines produce a good cup of coffee (if you use good coffee to start with) reasonably quickly but you'd never mistake it for espresso.

Genuine Espresso Coffee - Making the Perfect Espresso

At the top of the coffee machines is the espresso coffee maker - such as the Francis X8 iperEspresso Machine. These coffee makers are usually the most expensive and are often the most hi tech. They range in price from about one hundred dollars to a thousand or so for a top of the range espresso maker. But is paying the extra over cheaper machines worth it? That really depends on your coffee drinking habits!

If all you drink is an espresso or latte now and then, a lower end pure espresso maker will fit the bill. If you're a regular drinker (or visitor to your local coffee house) and want a mix of coffee styles then a combination coffee and espresso maker should suit you better.

 A good espresso maker pushes hot water through the coffee at fairly high pressure so they don't last forever. This means that you should take care if you're looking at espresso makers in the cheaper range.That does not mean that they're bad or don't do a good job. In fact my espresso maker is a lower end model that works fantastically well!

In the long run, compared to buying an espresso every day, you'll save money while enjoying a fantastic espresso, latte or cappuccino in the comfort of your own home. Depending on the cost of your machine it could pay for itself in as little as a month or two!

One Cup Coffee Makers - Going it alone - but in style!

You may have noticed a growing trend in coffee drinking; solo cups of coffee. To satisfy this growing demand, more and more 1 cup coffee makers are coming on to the market. This gives you more choice and a range of prices. The majority of these coffee makers use a single serving coffee pod make one cup of coffee. This is perfect for a household with only 1 coffee drinker, or where everyone enjoys different flavors of coffee.

The downside is that the specially packaged individual pods of different flavors and styles does comes at a higher cost so using this type of coffee maker may be more expensive that the other styles of espresso coffee makers. The upside is that these machines are usually really easy to use and very simple to clean so they are certainly worth considering!