11 Food & Wine
Shop the best coffee machines of 2018 by brew strength, brew type, carafe quantity, and more.
Nutrition - Weight Loss. Demo Run First Impression: On Cloudrunner 2?
Coffee is a staple in many runners’ diets. Luckily, there’s a type of coffee maker for every type of brew you desire.
Shop these top coffee machines based on quantity—from single-serve devices to a 12-cup coffee maker that maintains the freshness for hours. Shop machines with built-in brew strength controls, because not everyone likes their roasts bold. Or shop based on style—automatic drip, pour-over, pod, you name it.
The amount of money you’ll spend on one of these machines will save you in the end, compared to making daily coffee runs. Plus, no barista can master the way you like your coffee as well as you can.
Cuisinart Stainless Steel Programmable 14-Cup Coffee Maker
Best Overall
This best-selling stainless steel coffee maker is our pick for the best of the best. We love that you can program it up to 24 hours ahead of time. It comes with a built-in cleaning feature, and a brew-strength controller that allows you to choose regular or bold flavor.
Black+Decker Brew ’n Go Personal Coffee Maker With Travel Mug
Best Budget Buy
Need a solid grab-and-go option? This coffee maker will get you out of the house in no time flat. Its compact build is great for tiny kitchens (and tiny wallets), taking up only a few inches more than a standard size travel mug—which comes with the machine itself.
Keurig K55 K-Classic Single Serve Coffee Maker
A Good Housekeeping Institute Pick
We love a K-cup machine. It’s easy for the whole family, and the classic version, in our opinion, does everything we need. It makes six cups before having to refill the reservoir, has a 48-oz carafe, and brews three different sizes.
Best Running Shoes 2025
If you’ve seen the light through a stream of pour-over coffee and are feeling ready to switch to the Chemex, we highly suggest opting for the new version with a handle, which comes in a variety of sizes. The pour over method produces the purest flavor experience of any home-brewed coffee.
Best for Basic Temperature Control
You can choose from pod-free single serve or carafe functions, and you can even customize your cup size. The Ninja system also allows you to select your brew style, with options ranging from classic to rich, or over ice. Want to make a blended, frozen coffee at home? Now you can.
Best Alexa-Enabled
If you love controlling everything you own via an app (or even Amazon’s Alexa), then you’ll love Behmor’s “connected” coffee maker. You can control everything from the water temperature to the start time, so you don’t even have to get out of bed to make your coffee.
Best for Basic Temperature Control
This coffee maker is similar to our “best overall” pick, but with the added bonus of temperature control options. Select from regular, hot, or extra hot coffee, and choose between regular and bold brew strength. Plus, it’s exclusive to Amazon, to the price is just right.
Bonavita 8-Cup Carafe Coffee Brewer
Best Budget Buy
There are two advantages to this machine worth noting. One is that the flat-bottomed filter basket helps to ensure a more even distribution of coffee grounds for optimal flavor, and the other is that it offers a “pre-infusion” mode that soaks the coffee grounds before they brew to bring out the nuanced notes of the beans.
Running in the Cold, “If you gravitate toward appliances with a bare-bones, fuss-free design, you’ll appreciate the single switch of the Bonavita One-Touch.”
Best Specialty Machine
Attention, cold brew lovers! There’s no need to spend tons of money on your favorite cold brew at the coffee shop. You can easily (and inexpensively) make it at home with this pitcher, and save yourself the extra cash.
Hamilton Beach Single Serve Coffee Brewer and Full Pot Coffee Maker
The 5 Best Folding Treadmills of 2025
If you can’t decide between a full pot or a single serving machine, and you aren’t quite ready to invest in the Ninja Coffee System, this is a great two-in-one alternative at a much more affordable price point.
OXO On Barista Brain 9 Cup Coffee Maker (8710100)
How Many Miles Do Running Shoes Last
This sleek machine mimics the pour-over coffee method—without having to spend $5 on a cup at the coffee shop, or change out of your sweatpants to get it. Using a fancy microprocessor, the flavor is seriously unparalleled.
Danielle is the former food & drink editor for BestProducts.com, where she put her knowledge as a cocktail consultant and connoisseur to use; her work can also be spotted on Other Hearst Subscriptions Delish. Prior to joining BestProducts.com in 2016, she was slinging fancy cocktails in Brooklyn, reporting on the best bars and restaurants in the country for We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back magazine, and drinking all the whiskey New York has to offer. Outside of work, you’ll most likely find her catching the end of happy hour at her favorite bars in New York or dreaming up pretty new drink recipes.
Watch Next
