coffee machines

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Sage by Hest on Blumenthal The Oracle Touch £1,999, sageappliances.com

The Oracle Touch looks like a barista-operated machine, it produces coffee like one, yet all the clever stuff – dosing, tamping, extraction, milk texturing, is done for you. Not cheap – but amazing.

Sage by Hest on Blumenthal Barist a Touch £999, sageappliances.com

Cheaper, faster and with better frothed milk than the Oracle, this may be the better buy for most unless being unable to make coffee and steam milk at the same time is a deal breaker.

Gagg ia Velasca £466, gaggiadirect.com

The espresso and lungo that the Velasca make are as good as anything you can buy in most coffee shops. It produces a reassuringly old-fashioned, intense flavour for your brew.

Jura S8 £1,395, uk.jura.com

The coffee is as good as you’d expect but the star here is the texturing unit. It produces wonderfully silky milk, making it the best machine for lovers of milky drinks such as cappuccinos.