MARCH 2021 T3 95
Best of the best
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.
£1,999, sageappliances.com
GAGGIA VELASCA
The espresso and
lungo that the
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anything you can
buy in most coffee
shops. It produces a
reassuringly old-
fashioned, intense
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£479.00, gaggiadirect.com
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BARISTA TOUCH
Cheaper, faster
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frothed milk than
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be the better buy for
most unless being
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is a deal breaker.
£999, sageappliances.com
DELONGHI LA
SPECIALISTA EC9335.M
Solidly built using
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stainless steel
and good quality
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small version of a
professional café
espresso machine.
Dynamite coffee too.
£720, delonghi.com
MIELE K 28202 D WS
If you have the
spondoolicks and
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no cupboards above,
this cooler should be
top of your list. Its
clever cooling keeps
foodstuffs fresh
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it’s cavernous.
£875, miele.co.uk
SIEMENS IQ500
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The hugely impressive
Siemens iQ500,
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is a great option if
you’re looking to
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or in an eye-level
compartment.
£499, siemens.com
BOSCH SERIE 2 CLASSIXX
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sized larder fridge
that doesn’t cost
the Earth, provides
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quickly and is cheap
to run? Consider this
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made Bosch.
£643, bosch-home.co.uk
LIEBHERR TP 1760 PREMIUM
Arguably the only
A+++ rated under-
counter model on
the UK market.
Despite its diminutive
exterior, inside it’s
like the Albert Hall,
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£489, home.leibherr.com
NEFF N 70 B57CR22N0B
The unique Slide and
Hide door is brilliant,
the touchscreen is
handy and the oven’s
no slouch: it enables
you to cook multiple
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contamination from
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£789, neff.co.uk
AEG DCE731110M
The bottom oven
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for large stuff like
turkeys and anything
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also doubles as a
grill big enough to
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Warburtons.
£800, aeg.com
ZANUSSI ZOB31471XK
If you’re after an
oven that’s easy to
use, then this one is a
doozy. The oven heats
up rapidly (about
nine minutes to reach
180ºC, topping out
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is one of the very best
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£260, zanussi.com
AEG STEAMBAKE
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Not just for
baking, this is a
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about everything.
It has a massive
temperature range
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using grill and oven
simultaneously.
£450, aeg.com
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