15 Best Coffee Makers to Buy in 2025 and Use Forever

We all know and love the power of the best coffee makers on the market: They’re efficient and practical for making excellent brews at home. And while we love a coffee maker that does its job, as design editors, we care about the counter appeal of these appliances (that is, how aesthetically pleasing it is in the kitchen) just as much as we care about cup capacity and self-timers. From artfully designed glass carafes to machines available in elevated earth tones, we’ve combed through catalogues of coffee makers that you’ll actually want to accent your countertop. Plus, we’ve tested what works and what doesn’t for every kind of coffee preference—drip, combination coffee-espresso machines, pour-overs, and French presses—to find out which ones truly deserve the distinction of “best.”

Added perk: Lots of the machines highlighted on this list have extra special features, like a thermal carafe that keeps coffee warm without a hot plate, built-in milk frothers, or smart features that allow you to program your coffee maker from your phone. Prefer a built-in coffee grinder? Maybe you like the ritual of scooping grounds into a filter basket? Or you want a model that lets you do both—we’ve got you covered for every approach to great coffee.

Ahead, read our thorough reviews to find out which coffee maker is right for you.

Our Top Picks for the Best Coffee Makers:

• Best Drip Coffee Maker: Oxo Brew 9-Cup Coffee Maker, $230 $197
• Best Coffee and Espresso Combo Maker: De’Longhi Magnifica Evo Coffee and Espresso Maker, $900 $800
• Best French Press: MuellerLiving French Press Coffee Maker, $50
• Best Espresso Machine: Terra Kaffe TK-02 Connected Super Automatic Espresso Machine, $1,695
• Best Pour-Over Coffee Maker: BODUM 17oz Pour Over Coffee Maker, $20 $18
• Best Single-Serve Coffee Maker: Oxo 12-Cup Single-Serve Coffee Maker, $300
• Best Pod Coffee Maker: Keurig K-Duo Plus Single Serve & Carafe Coffee Maker, $230 $169
• Best Coffee Maker for Cold Brew: AeroPress Original Coffee Press, $40
• Most Stylish Espresso Machine: Breville Barista Express, $800
• Best-Looking Coffee Machine: Technivorm Moccamaster KBGT Coffee Maker, $349 $324
• Best Budget Coffee Maker: Braun BrewSense 12-Cup Drip Coffee Maker, $100 $84

After you’ve added a coffee machine to cart, circle back to our guides on the best stovetop espresso makers and coffee grinders to shop, as well as how to clean a coffee maker (including Keurig and Nespresso models).

The Best Coffee Makers, Overall

If you don’t like punching a bunch of buttons and dials, you’ll love this drip coffee maker because it has a single button for setting the time, programming the timer, starting the coffee maker, and selecting the quantity. The digital display shows the time and the brew status, and a freshness timer will keep you aware of how long since the last pot’s been brewed. The double-wall stainless-steel thermal carafe ensures hot coffee for pouring throughout the day. For those of us who can’t wait on a full pot of coffee to brew, there’s a clever pause and pour feature at hand: When you remove the carafe before the brew time, the cycle will automatically pause for 60 seconds so you can pour a cup and place the carafe back in place for it to continue brewing. Perhaps its best trick? A rainmaker showerhead that evenly disperses water over the coffee grounds, leading to better flavor extraction. The Oxo Brew 9-Cup is the perfect drip coffee maker and consistently provides a delicious cup of joe without a lot of fuss.

If you want to hone your barista skills, impress your friends and family members, and spend less time at the coffee shop, consider the De’Longhi Magnifica Evo Coffee and Espresso Machine. Not only does it brew delicious coffee, but the high-quality machine can also make espresso, cappuccinos, macchiatos, lattes, and any of that over ice. The LatteCrema System technology uses a manual froth maker to create textured art, and the frother can be used with regular milk and alternative milks.

In addition, the coffee and espresso maker has a conical burr grinder with 13 settings, but it can be bypassed to use ground coffee instead to make a pot or cup of coffee. Even though the programmable coffee and espresso machine has a lot of functions, using it is a breeze thanks to the color touch icons on the top of the coffee brewer.

For those of us that love the flavor of the French press method, the most frustrating drawback is how quickly you have to consume the coffee before it gets cold (particularly irritating for those of us who refuse to microwave our brews). The MuellerLiving French Press has abandoned the need for immediate consumption thanks to its stainless steel and insulated design to keep your coffee hot throughout your morning. It can also make up to eight cups, a rare quality for a French press which aren’t usually the most suitable for entertaining. Its filtration method makes for a strong, balanced, and piping hot cup of coffee.

Our list includes espresso machines that can also make coffee. However, this is a coffee maker that can also make espresso drinks. In fact, it can make drip coffee, espresso, red eye, iced coffee, iced latte, and café au lait—and that’s just a partial list of the many drinks the Terra Kaffe TK-02 Connected Super Automatic Espresso Machine can whip up. The machine has an integrated bean grinder, but also accepts pre-ground coffee as well. The grinder has five settings, which is fewer than many other coffee makers with grinders, but nevertheless, provides some degree of adjustability. The grinder also automatically adjusts the grind depending on the type of drink and the bean’s weight.

Amazon’s #1 best-seller in pour-overs, this Bodum is a favorite for its ability to create a balanced taste with a low-waste approach. Its stainless steel filter makes for a rich and unimpeded flavor, and its high-heat borosilicate glass carafe keeps those flavors intact.

And while we love the Oxo Brew 9-Cup Coffee Maker for its simplicity, we love the newer Oxo 12-Cup Coffee Maker because it’s anything but simple. Oxo packed as many features into this model as possible—and we’re certainly not complaining. For starters, as a stainless-steel 12-cup brewer, it has the largest brewing capacity of any of the Oxo coffee makers on the market. And since the single-serve option is podless (instead using ground coffee), it cuts down on waste. The SCA-certified coffee maker also uses a rainmaker showerhead to evenly distribute water over the grounds and provide an integrated bloom cycle for, like the 9-cup, the best flavor extraction. In addition, it keeps water at the perfect brew temperature. When brewing large batches of coffee, the thermal carafe keeps the coffee warm (actually hot) without the need for a hot plate.

The Keurig K-Duo Plus Single Serve & Carafe Coffee Maker is versatile for a single-serve coffee maker. It has a multiposition removable water tank that can be placed on the right, left, or back of the machine and it’s programmable, so the auto brew can be set up to 24 hours in advance. It also has the capability to pull a single brew or a whole carafe depending on your company.

Although very manual, the Aeropress takes the cake when it comes to brewing a robust and well-balanced single cup of coffee. It’s highly portable, easy to clean, cheap to use and maintain (it only requires that you purchase its custom filters, but 600 are only $8), and otherwise gives your forearms a welcome light workout. Out of all our listed options, this one is the most fool-proof—simply boil water, place filter, pour grounds, pour boiled water on top, and wait a few. It’s also a great camping accessory, if you’re looking for a hot cup in the chilly outdoors.

This is the at-home espresso maker of all at-home espresso makers. We love the earth-tone colorways available, like Olive Tapenade and Sea Salt, to make this coffee maker a standout accessory in your kitchen. It has full barista-grade capabilities so you can create the illusion of an $7 latte without having to get yourself to a trendy coffeeshop. Though it might look complicated, it’s not so much harder to operate than a regular drip coffee maker, in our experience. The intelligent dosing feature automatically calculates and adjusts the amount of ground coffee based on your last grind and tamp, and the precision measurement feature autocorrects your next setup, so you don’t have to do the guesswork of manually measuring your grounds.

If you don’t like complex coffee makers, the Technivorm Moccamaster KBGT Coffee Maker is as simple as it gets. There’s only one on/off button—and when you switch it on, coffee starts brewing. The Technivorm is also one of only a handful of SCA-certified coffee brewers.

The Technivorm can brew cup sizes from 10 ounces to 40 ounces (however, the company recommends a minimum brew volume of 16 ounces for best results). It provides two coffee lids—the regular, brew-thru lid is used when making coffee but if you want to take the carafe with you, the travel lid can be used to prevent spills. It’s also important to note that the automatic drip-stop pauses the brew cycle if the carafe is removed.