From ultra-luxurious to just plain weird, from insanely expensive to stunningly beautiful, these coffee makers are the coolest, most
innovative, weirdest, and most original coffee machines we’ve ever seen. This is the first in a 3 part series of posts about the weirdest, most innovative, coolest coffee makers ever.
Part one of this series has 16 of the most interesting coffee makers we could find. Now we found 45 in total, and they’re all just as cool as these (if not cooler), but we’ll be blogging about them in the coming weeks. Some of these coffee makers might look familiar to you because we’ve written about them here on TheCoffeeMakerStore, but most of them won’t. Believe me when I say that they’re really cool.
Challenge: We worked long and hard to bring you this list of insane coffee makers, but it doesn’t stop there. After the conculsion of this 3 part series, anyone who can make a list just as unique will win a free Nintendo Wii or Flip camera from TheCoffeeMakerStore. So go ahead, send us the coolest coffee makers you can find!
This crazy looking coffee maker comes from ByteMods. It’s custom made from a Compaq Deskpro. The designer floppy drives and
put in a heating element by cutting the computer open in front. Incidentally, this interesting coffee maker actually brews coffee with
a VisualBasic script that enables a COM port on the pc.
This incredible coffee maker has been making a HUGE splash in leading tech and design blogs all over the world… and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a concept motion-activated coffee maker by Douwe Egberts and was presented at Dutch Design Week in the fall of 2009. The “BeMoved” coffee machine has an iPhone type of interface that features shooter-style games and a motion sensitive camera and touch screen. Not only that, but it displays weather, stocks, and traffic info.
Just like the last about innovative and uniquely designed “BeMoved” coffee machine this single serve coffee maker called the “Caffe Inn”, was created by French designer Charles Teyssier. It brews coffee and drips it from a spout at the top. You simply put a coffee mug right below and activate it. It comes in a variety of colors and just screams “chic”. Thanks to Naresh for blogging about it.
This Nespresso Crystal coffee machine is one the goofiest coffee makers I’ve ever seen. This $4,000 coffee machine is a real spectacle. It’s made from 3100 Swarovski crystals. They basically took a regular Nespresso machine and added a ton of crystals to the front and sides. I read about it over at UberReview.
Check out these Bugatti coffee makers. These Italian beauties are dripping style and classAt $1300-a-piece beauties are THE high rollers coffee machine. With slightly more capacity than a single serve coffee maker, they’re sleek and stylish and can make two cups of coffee at a time. It uses ground coffee and coffee pods. It also froths milk and can be used for coffee, cappuccino, and tea.
Need a shot of espresso? This pocket-sized espresso maker can literally fit in your purse and be taken anywhere. It’s probably the smallest espresso maker in the world. At 30 centimeters, the Mypressi Twist espresso maker is an award winning espresso maker and becoming popular with home espresso drinkers. It’s pneumatically poweredby an air cartridge that’s artfully lodged in the handle. It can make a double espresso or two singles at a time.
The Presso espresso machine is being touted as an eco-friendly manual coffee maker (which I guess it is) This little espresso maker just needs hot water; it produces enough pressure to make high quality espresso from the comfort of your own home. Energy-consumption wise, it’s really no worse than making a cup of tea. Most coffee makers still consume energy even when they’re in “off” mode. It’s relatively easy to use also. Just pour hot water in the cylinder and lift both lever arms. Then you lower the lever, trapping air and forcing the water past the coffee. This machine costs about $100. Thanks to Re-Nest for sharing this with us.
This espresso maker is super compact, giving you a chance to make espresso in your cramped kitchen. Designer Vincent Palicki created this concept coffee machine. This device allows you to make both coffee and espresso. You can switch whether it’s a coffee maker or espresso maker by rotating the upper part. You can see more pics here.
This high-tech looking espresso maker comes from designer Adam Zerbib. Its futuristic design is really cool. Part of its design is to include the coffee cup holder. It’s futuristic and modern but its tree-like design takes up more space than usual because of its cup holder. You can read more here
The Barista espresso maker is innovative and compact. Its circular design is definitely cutting edge and makes storing the small coffee cups easy and space efficient. It includes a brewing unit, docking station, and five espresso cups. In docking mode it attaches to a wall outlet and works like a normal espresso maker. When in docking mode, this machine is attached to the wall outlet and performs like a conventional espresso machine. When in portable mode, the coffee beans remain pre-grounded and the water is kept into a thermos pre-heated in order to enhance the portability of this machine and avoid unnecessary energy consumption. Many thanks to Tuvie for writing about this machine.
This medieval looking espresso maker looks like it can do quite a bit of damage. Modeled after the mace weapon of medieval times, the top part of the Etienne Louis coffee maker actually opens up, allowing you to add hot water to it. Brewing is pretty simple actually. Read more about this weird looking espresso maker at Luxury Insider
CoffeeGeek wrote about the Bodum coffee maker, which is about as basic as coffee makers get. It has a rubber grip that keeps you from burning your hands and a spout that prevents spills. It’s easy to use and to clean. But like French press coffee makers, this machine requires a coarser ground, which can leave sediment in your coffee. All in all, its a simple, basic coffee maker. What’s even better is that since it’s glass, you can recycle it when you want to get rid of it.
The Aerobie Aeropress coffee maker is good for a few reasons. First, it makes coffee incredibly fast because water and the grounds mix together for about 10 seconds. It then uses gently air pressure to push the mixture through the filter, taking only 30 seconds to brew your cup of coffee. Apparently “total immersion” of the coffee bean and the quick brewing time, in addition to the low temperature result in a smooth cup of coffee without the acid and bitterness of coffee brewed in a regular coffee maker.
If you’re interested in ice brewed coffee, the Coffee Snob Cold Drip Coffee Maker. Similar to the Aeropress Aerobie, coffee makeryields a smoother, less acidic brew because it uses cold water. Brewing coffee with cold water eliminates the undesirable oils and acids found in hot-brewed coffee that are not extracted at low temperatures.
I don’t really want to stare at two naked aliens brewing my coffee, but whatever floats your boat, I guess. Designed by Guido Venturini, this stylish and easy to use Inka French press coffee maker is definitely unique. These little coffee machines go for about $88 a piece.
The Imo coffee maker is pretty cutting-edge. It dramatically reduces the size and completely reinvents the shape of a traditional coffee maker. It was created by designer Alisson Wilson Ströher. It was designed to push the boundaries of design and function. It’s able to make coffee with a very small, un-noticeable water reservoir. What’s really cool is that it’s arm can extend and retract as seen in the picture.It only costs about $130.
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