If you're considering a home espresso machine, you're probably planning on starting off at the entry level price point as most people tend to do when just starting out. Jumping in with both feet with a professional espresso machine for home users is such a leap in the dark, as well as being difficult to afford and/or to justify. There are just so many unknowns, is the home barista hobby really for you, is the particular setup you're looking at, the right choice for you? What happens if there's a problem, are you going to be making a very expensive mistake? I know all of the fears as I was a be ..read more

I first bought the Sage Precision Brewer a couple of years ago initially to see what all the fuss was about, after all it's just a filter coffee machine, right, or “batch brewer” if you're more familiar with speciality coffee speak, how amazing can it be really, and is it really worth the cost?   You may find this surprising, but I'm going to answer these questions for you right now, in the second paragraph, truly breaking the mould for how blog post reviews usually go. So if you don't want to read this detailed review post, and you literally just want a quick answer from someone with a ..read more

Hopefully you landed on this post when searching for info on the new (at the time of writing, October 2023) Gaggia Espresso, although, I do think the choice of name is a bit of a problem for anyone trying to find reviews for a “Gaggia espresso machine” for obvious reasons.  I think Gaggia decided to use the “Espresso” name, simply because it was going spare. They launched the Gaggia Espresso in the 80s, it was one of the precursors to the Gaggia Classic, I've been trying to get my hands on one for ages, actually, as I think they look so cool, a bit like 80s & 90s Ferraris. There are ..read more

Sage, flippin' heck, slow down will you? I've just completed my YouTube series on the Barista Express Impress, and now you're launching yet another model, the Sage Barista Touch Impress – so that's the next few months tied up for me, playing with this machine and creating videos about it! I'm kidding of course, I'm looking forward to creating loads of content on the Touch Impress, and it's really not “work” is it ;-). When anyone tells me I appear to “work” quite a lot (every day, but I come in a bit later at weekends) I remind them that I'm not working, I'm playing, I'm just very fortunate to ..read more

I started reviewing espresso machines a couple of years after starting this blog back in 2015, and I began with the machines that caught my attention, the likes of the Sage Barista Express, Sage Oracle, Delonghi Dedica, Gaggia Classic, Rancilio Silvia, Bambino Plus, Sage Dual Boiler and so on, mostly machines I couldn't afford ;-). If your first thought in reaction to that comment is that I only started the blog as an excuse to try to get coffee stuff that I couldn't afford, for free, how very dare you ;-). Actually, being really honest, I never expected the blog to be anything but a hobby. I ..read more

Given that you've landed on this blog post about the best coffee machines from Lewis, I think it's safe to say that two things are true, firstly you're looking to buy a new coffee machine, and secondly, you want to buy this coffee machine from John Lewis. Wow, how intelligent am I? ;-). Not very, to be perfectly honest, but I do happen to know quite a bit about coffee machines, so you've come to the right place. Before I give you some suggestions for what I think may be the best coffee machines from John Lewis specifically for you (because as you'll discover, there isn't a one size fits all ap ..read more

So I'm finally getting around to writing my Sage Duo Temp Pro review, only ten years after it was released, hehe ;-). It's one of the best-selling low-cost espresso machines on the market, and writing (and talking) about espresso machines is mainly what I do, so the fact I've not given this machine much thought until now probably seems strange. All my life, I've been terrible for timekeeping, and it's a trait many of my family members are known for, “Lewis time” is the official title for this condition, so my dad tells me. He doesn't have this affliction, he's always on time for stuff,  b ..read more

The Sage Barista Express is one of Sage's game-changing espresso machines, and I say “one of” because this is what Sage tends to do, but the “game-changing” comment, where the Barista Express is concerned, comes from the fact that it was the first commercially successful integrated grinder traditional espresso machine. But there are other similar integrated grinder espresso machines on the market now, including newer options from Sage (most interestingly, the Barista Express Impress –  see below) so the goal of my Sage Barista Express review is to help you to decide whether the Barista Ex ..read more

So here you are on your quest for the best coffee beans for cafetiere, and if you got here by searching for “coffee for cafetiere” or similar, and not something along the lines of “best coffee for French Press”, or “best coffee for Plunger”, then congratulations you on your grasp of the English language, and your refusal to allow yourself to turn American! My kids grew up with the internet, a lot of which is of course American, and it always catches my attention when I hear them pronouncing words in the American way, Mayonaise for example, various other little Americanisms. Having been m ..read more

You've probably ended up here after searching for Sage Appliances discount code, or something along these lines, and I'm glad you've landed here, I think you will be too :-). The reason I say that, well there are a couple of reasons. Firstly, because I actually have a Sage Appliances discount code to share with you, one that is working now, not one that expired a year ago that I'm using as bait to pull you into the post (more on that shortly). Secondly, because I'm going to do a lot more than JUST give you the discount code, because I'm genuinely passionate about coffee, and I care about my re ..read more