There’s a lot of cheap Starbucks Barista coffee machines for sale at the moment, and although they’re not exactly up there with the Gaggia and Rancilio machines - they’re actually really good value, and make superb coffee. If you don’t need an Italian brand name on your espresso machine, then the Starbucks Barista is worth checking out.

The new Philips SENSEO coffee machine is one of the nicest looking coffee machines we’ve ever seen, plus is makes perfect coffee. The SENSEO uses a patented system to perfectly balance proportions of coffee and water - the mild pressure and a special spray head produce an optimally balanced coffee filtering process. Wonderful design, and superb coffee!