Grounds for celebration: these 6 coffee machine deals are too hard to resist in Afterpay Day sales

De'Longhi, KitchenAid, Breville and Lavazzaa coffee machines on a pink background with "Don't miss" text in white. — (Image credit: Future)

I’m sure I don’t need to say this, but where would we be without coffee? I’m well aware there are many people who don’t drink the good stuff, but for those of us who do, I reckon we can all agree it’s something we could never live without.

And no matter if you have a couple of cups in the morning or spread a variety of coffee-based drinks over the course of your day, if you’re getting your caffeine hit from a cafe, then I can only imagine what your yearly expenditure would look like. Fortunately, that’s where a home coffee machine can come into its own, as they’ll slowly but surely earn their price tag back in the amount saved from avoiding takeaway.

That’s especially true right now, as there are several excellent espresso machines discounted for Afterpay Day, from a variety of retailers. I’ve used my fair share of coffee machines in recent years, from fully-automatic bean-to-cup machines, to convenient capsule models and even cafe-level machines that deliver the true crema de la crema (see what I did there?) of at-home espresso — so safe to say, I know which machines are most worth your money.

I’ve picked out my six favourites below, but make sure to follow my live coverage of the Afterpay Day sales for a more comprehensive selection.

Receiving rave reviews the world over and regularly selling out, this bean-to-cup coffee machine is the must-own kitchen gadget if you’re a lover of coffee. Key to its success is its ease of use – in our Ninja Luxe Cafe review, we said it was "an espresso machine anyone can master" – with plenty of help coming from various technologies that will determine the ideal grind size and automatically froth milk for you. The Good Guys only has the stainless steel and black colourways in stock, for AU$589 with code DEAL. If you want the navy blue ‘Cyberspace’ colour, that’s at Amazon for AU$594.97.

Of all the coffee machines I’ve come across, this is probably the one I wish I owned the most. Not only do I think it looks fantastic and is small enough to easily place on a kitchen counter, but its semi-automatic nature and touchscreen control mean you can have as much, or as little, input into your coffee as you'd like. It can do an awful lot awfully well, and I’m actually surprised it isn’t far more expensive than this. I’d avoid using the DEAL code with this one, as hitting the Price Beat button will actually get you the best price.

Max is a senior staff writer for TechRadar who covers home entertainment and audio first, NBN second and virtually anything else that falls under the consumer electronics umbrella third. He's also a bit of an ecommerce fiend, particularly when it comes to finding the latest coupon codes for a variety of publications. He has written for TechRadar's sister publication What Hi-Fi? as well as Pocket-lint, and he's also the editor of Australian Hi-Fi and Audio Esoterica magazines. Max also dabbled in the men's lifestyle publication space, but is now firmly rooted in his first passion of technology.

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