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Buying guides, fixes and reference charts for home baristas and small cafés in Australia. Free to read; the store opens soon.

Buying guides

An espresso machine with a built-in grinder on a white kitchen bench beside ceramic cups

Best coffee machine for home in Australia, 2026: by budget and type

Five machines by budget and how much work you want to do.

A fully automatic bean-to-cup coffee machine with a milk carafe on a kitchen bench

The best automatic coffee machines in Australia

One-button machines from De'Longhi, Philips and Jura compared.

A barista steaming milk in a stainless steel pitcher with a steam wand

Milk steamer guide: wands, automatic steamers and jugs

What gets you glossy microfoam at home, and what is a gimmick.

A compact automatic tamping machine on a café counter beside a grinder, a barista placing a portafilter under it

Automatic coffee tampers: setup, daily cleaning, and whether one is worth it

How they work, setup, cleaning, and whether one is worth it.

A heavy commercial flat burr espresso grinder on a café counter beside a portafilter

Commercial coffee grinders: a buying guide for cafés

Burr size, speed, volume and service, for café owners.

A glass cold brew jar with a mesh filter full of coffee steeping on a marble bench, with a glass of cold brew on ice

Cold brew coffee maker guide: which kind to buy

Pitchers, concentrate systems and drip towers compared.

How-tos and fixes

An espresso machine group head with a portafilter holding a blind basket and a cleaning tablet

Espresso machine cleaning: backflushing, tablets and group heads

Daily care and backflushing, where the maker permits it.

Reference

Three steel tampers of slightly different sizes beside three empty portafilters

Tamper size chart: 51mm, 54mm tamper or 58mm, which fits your machine

Every popular machine's basket and tamper size in one table.