To want super amazing coffee every morning

[chillimartini]

Can anyone recommend a good coffee machine (not the filter type) that will give me coffee shop coffee?! A small one as I live alone
TIA!

[howwillwedeal]

Nespresso, love it! Have a mini one in the bedroom, full size in the kitchen. Loads of pod options and the used pods are recycled.

[Cakeisbest]

Tassimo, love the Costa range of pods.

[Nanasueathome]

I second Nespresso
I’ve just bought a Vertuo machine....it’s fabulous

[TheMagicTorch]

Another vote for tassimo, easy convenient and brilliant range of pods available

[Crimson72]

Why not get the filter type? I have one and it makes very good coffee!

[foxsbiscuit]

Nespresso. The thought of it gets me out of bed in the mornings.

[Flurgle]

Aeropress.
I have a lovely coffee every morning and it makes me happy! More environmentally friendly than pods too.
I also have a frother for extra loveliness...

[crunchie12]

Another vote for Nespresso!

[Hillarious]

or an Italian stove-top coffee maker. Cheap, small, no pods. And you can take it camping!

[Littleoakhorn]

What sort of coffee shop coffee? I’d buy a filter and a milk frother. That way you can decide which coffee to buy instead of spending loads on throwaway plastic pods.

[Marmite27]

We have a nespresso and an aerolatte milk thing. We had a tassimo for the milky coffees and hot chocolates, but they’re disgusting!

[asparalite]

Aeropress totally awesome!

[Marmite27]

We do have an areolatte, but I actually meant aeroccini.

[lifetothefull]

Also an italian stove top. Perfect for one and it doesn't take up loads of space on the side. I heat up half a cup of milk in microwave to go with it.

[Marmite27]

Oh and we have stainless steel refillable pods for it, so no plastic pod waste as someone mentioned.

Though if throwaway is your thing, the Aldi compatible pods are pretty passable at £1 odd for 8 (I think, could be 10).

[Bananasarenottheonlyfruit]

Get a bean to cup machine. Probably a little pricier upfront, but much cheaper in the long run with no pods and the associated environmental waste.

[Nomorechickens]

Aeropress. Keep ground coffee in the fridge or better still the freezer to keep it fresh.

[Aquamarine1029]

Good beans and a French press is all you need. Those machines are rubbish.

[burritofan]

Seconding or thirding the Italian stovetop type! Chic, delicious coffee, dead easy & easy to clean, no wasteful pods.

[Hiphopopotamus]

Italian stovetop - best coffee ever. Blows nespresso out of the water and so much more environmentally friendly

[careermumofone]

Does the aeropress or a bean to cup machine produce the lovely crema that the Nespresso machines do? I've been meaning to upgrade my now slightly broken Nespresso machine but don't know if I'll like the bean to cup machine coffee as much...

[Bananasarenottheonlyfruit]

Ours certainly does. DH always says it was the best present I have ever bought him.

[borntobequiet]

I have a stovetop, a barista type machine and a cafetière. Each makes very nice coffee in a slightly different way. The trick is to use good quality coffee, and to grind it yourself if you can be bothered.
I was going to try an Aeropress but I Googled and it looked like too much bother.

[NannyR]

I use an aeropress and a hand grinder, it makes fantastic coffee, aldi beans are great if you are on a budget. It does take a little bit more faffing than just pressing a button but it's worth it and you can customise your coffee by tinkering about with the amount of coffee, temperature and brew time.

[MissUGirl]

Bodum, buy good coffee beans and a grinder, keep coffee beans in fridge and buy cream for the coffee, not milk.