Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most coffee brands are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, and where the same factory sells under two badges.
- De'Longhi Italy · since 1902 The default answer, and usually a defensible one 4 reviews
- Sage Australia · Breville since 1932 Breville in Europe, and the reason most people learn espresso 3 reviews
- JURA Switzerland · since 1931 The best cup from an automatic, and a machine you may never open 1 review
- Gaggia Italy · since 1947 The cheapest espresso machine genuinely worth keeping 1 review
- Philips Netherlands · since 1891 One idea, executed better than anyone else 2 reviews
- Melitta Germany · since 1908 The company that invented the paper filter 4 reviews
- Siemens Germany · BSH since 1967 BSH engineering, and the best espresso in the automatic mid-range 1 review
- Bialetti Italy · since 1919 Ninety years of the same pot, and it still works 3 reviews
- Hario Japan · since 1921 A glass company that accidentally set the standard 4 reviews
- Baratza United States · since 1999 The grinder company that sells you the parts 1 review
- Eureka Italy · since 1920 Florentine grinders, and the one that ends the search 1 review
- Fellow United States · since 2013 Design-led, and the engineering usually backs it up 2 reviews
- Nespresso Switzerland · since 1986 Two systems, and only one of them stays cheap 6 reviews
- TIMEMORE China · since 2012 The brand that made cheap grinders good 4 reviews
- Moccamaster Netherlands · Technivorm since 1964 One machine, hand-built, for forty years 1 review
- Urnex United States · since 1936 The chemistry cafes actually use 0 reviews