MARCH 2021 T3 95Best 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
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lungo that the
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buy in most coffee
shops. It produces a
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fashioned, intense
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BARISTA TOUCHCheaper, faster
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most unless being
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is a deal breaker.£999, sageappliances.com
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professional café
espresso machine.
Dynamite coffee too.£720, delonghi.comMIELE K 28202 D WSIf you have the
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no cupboards above,
this cooler should be
top of your list. Its
clever cooling keeps
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it’s cavernous.£875, miele.co.ukSIEMENS IQ500
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is a great option if
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or in an eye-level
compartment.£499, siemens.comBOSCH SERIE 2 CLASSIXX
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sized larder fridge
that doesn’t cost
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quickly and is cheap
to run? Consider this
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made Bosch.£643, bosch-home.co.ukLIEBHERR TP 1760 PREMIUMArguably the only
A+++ rated under-
counter model on
the UK market.
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exterior, inside it’s
like the Albert Hall,
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Hide door is brilliant,
the touchscreen is
handy and the oven’s
no slouch: it enables
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also doubles as a
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Warburtons.£800, aeg.comZANUSSI ZOB31471XKIf 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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using grill and oven
simultaneously.£450, aeg.comCOFFEE
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