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Since the 16th cen­tu­ry, Euro­peans have learned about the mirac­u­lous prop­er­ties of cof­fee. Dur­ing this time, the meth­ods of brew­ing an invig­o­rat­ing drink changed many times until they reached their peak: cap­puc­ci­no. Not so long ago, its prepa­ra­tion was long and com­pli­cat­ed, but tech­no­log­i­cal progress has giv­en every­one this invalu­able oppor­tu­ni­ty thanks to the inven­tion of the cap­puc­ci­na­tore, a device for whip­ping foam.

Today, cof­fee machines with cap­puc­ci­na­tors can be found both in apart­ments, hous­es and offices. The edi­tors of the KP, togeth­er with expert Anton Ryazant­sev, have researched the mar­ket for these devices in 2022 and offer read­ers their review.

Cap­puc­ci­na­tors are auto­mat­ic and man­u­al. The for­mer pre­pare cof­fee-cap­puc­ci­no with­out human inter­ven­tion, the lat­ter require his par­tic­i­pa­tion. Auto­mat­ic options are more con­ve­nient, but you can get extra plea­sure from mak­ing cap­puc­ci­no cof­fee by man­u­al­ly froth­ing the milk to the desired con­sis­ten­cy.

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Editor’s Choice

Rondell RDE-1104 automatic cappuccinator coffee machine

The device is con­trolled via a TFT touch screen and pre­pares cof­fee lat­te, amer­i­cano, cap­puc­ci­no, espres­so, lat­te mac­chi­a­to. The Ital­ian pump ULKA ensures the excel­lent qual­i­ty of the result­ing prod­uct. The con­i­cal cof­fee grinder has 4 degrees of grind­ing of grains.

The amount of ground cof­fee, cup vol­ume from 20 to 250 mm, tem­per­a­ture from 75 to 95 °C and strength of the drink are set. 160 g of cof­fee are placed in the bean con­tain­er, 1.8 liters in the water tank. Clean­ing of the milk foam sys­tem and decal­ci­fi­ca­tion take place auto­mat­i­cal­ly.

Switch­ing on with­out water is blocked. The height of the dis­penser is adjustable with­in 80–144mm for dif­fer­ent cups.

Technical specifications

Pow­er	1350 W
Vol­ume	1.8 l
Pres­sure	19 bar

Pros and cons

Large selec­tion of drinks, touch screen

Insuf­fi­cient vol­ume of con­tain­ers for water, milk, cafe, cof­fee grinder makes a lot of noise

Coffee machine with manual milk frother De’Longhi Magnifica ECAM 22.110

The cof­fee machine allows you to get an invig­o­rat­ing drink with­out spend­ing time and effort on mas­ter­ing the art of a barista. It is pos­si­ble to use grain and ground cof­fee, by turn­ing the knob you can set the desired strength of the drink. Press­ing the but­ton selects the amount of water to be dis­pensed. It is pos­si­ble to brew two cups of cof­fee at the same time, which is very use­ful for hur­ried morn­ing break­fasts and roman­tic din­ners.

The built-in cof­fee grinder has 13 grind­ing lev­els. The bean con­tain­er has a tight-fit­ting lid to pre­serve fla­vor. The cap­puc­ci­na­tore tube is made of stain­less steel. The device is equipped with an on/off timer, an auto­mat­ic clean­ing and decal­ci­fi­ca­tion sys­tem.

Technical specifications

Pros and cons

Top 5 best coffee machines with automatic milk frothers for home in 2022 according to KP

1. Garlyn L70

A device with a quick warm-up starts with just one touch. A pow­er­ful Ital­ian pump and two replace­able met­al fil­ters allow you to con­trol the strength and por­tion vol­ume of ready-made milk and cof­fee drinks. The auto­mat­ic cap­puc­ci­na­tore is built into the body. The mod­el has two horns for pour­ing ready-made cof­fee, both cups can be filled simul­ta­ne­ous­ly or in turn.

It is pos­si­ble to use a cup up to 11 cm high. The vol­umes of the water and milk con­tain­ers allow you to pre­pare sev­er­al serv­ings of cof­fee with­out refill­ing. The “Quick Clean” func­tion sim­pli­fies the main­te­nance of the cof­fee machine and frees the inter­nal parts of the device from scale.

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2. VITEK VT-1517 BN

The unit quick­ly pre­pares cof­fee cap­puc­ci­no, espres­so, lat­te from ground grains. The vol­ume of the inter­nal cap­puc­ci­na­tore is 300 ml. Unique­ly designed fil­ter cre­ates thick foam. Addi­tion­al equip­ment: drip tray, cup warmer, water lev­el and pow­er indi­ca­tor, cup light­ing.

Decal­ci­fi­ca­tion and clean­ing of the mod­el are car­ried out auto­mat­i­cal­ly. There are man­u­al adjust­ments for the vol­ume of a por­tion of water, the inten­si­ty of the foam and the angle of the cap­puc­ci­na­tor tube. The set comes with a mea­sur­ing spoon with a seal­er por­tion of ground cof­fee. The horn is met­al. If the cof­fee mak­er is not work­ing, it will auto­mat­i­cal­ly turn off the pow­er.

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Cof­fee beans

Rat­ing from KP and roast­er’s advice on choos­ing qual­i­ty beans

3. De’Longhi ECAM 23.460

The cof­fee machine quick­ly pre­pares fra­grant strong cof­fee. It is even pos­si­ble to pro­gram an author’s recipe, which is not in the reg­u­lar menu. The vol­ume of the serv­ing and the strength of the drink are select­ed. Time is saved due to the fact that two cups of cof­fee are pre­pared at the same time, which is very impor­tant in the morn­ing when there is a short­age of time.

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The cof­fee grinder with stain­less steel burrs has 13 gra­da­tions of bean grind­ing. The con­trol is elec­tron­ic, the absence of water and cof­fee grains in the con­tain­ers is indi­cat­ed on the front pan­el, a sig­nal is giv­en about the need for clean­ing. The Lat­teCre­ma sys­tem con­trols the cre­ation of airy milk froth. It is pos­si­ble to turn the device on and off by timer.

Technical specifications

Pros and cons

4. Siemens TE651209RW EQ.6 plus s100

The high-tech unit pre­pares rich cof­fee in sec­onds. The Sen­soFlowSys­tem is inte­grat­ed into the elec­tron­ic con­trol via touch-screen LED dis­play to con­trol the opti­mum brew­ing tem­per­a­ture. 8 types of drinks and three tem­per­a­ture gra­da­tions are avail­able in the iAro­ma Sys­tem.

The ratio of milk and cof­fee is adjust­ed step by step. The Aro­maDou­ble Shot mode makes it pos­si­ble to pre­pare dou­ble-strength cof­fee to cheer you up in the morn­ing. One or two cups of drink are being pre­pared at the same time. The inno­v­a­tive cap­puc­ci­na­tore cre­ates rich and firm foam. Decal­ci­fi­ca­tion is auto­mat­ic.

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5. REDMOND RCM-1512

The device pre­pares cof­fee sim­i­lar in aro­ma and taste to that which is obtained in a pro­fes­sion­al cof­fee machine. The front pan­el indi­cates the lev­el of fill­ing of the drip tray and the lev­el of water for mak­ing cof­fee in the tank. The 400 ml milk tank is enough to pre­pare two cups of cof­fee at the same time. The vol­ume of the por­tion of the sup­plied water is also adjust­ed.

Milk is fed through a wide tube, so the foam is airy and resis­tant. The set includes a mea­sur­ing spoon for cof­fee. An unused device is auto­mat­i­cal­ly dis­con­nect­ed from the net­work. The case has a lock­able com­part­ment for a 1 m pow­er cord.

Technical specifications

Pros and cons

Top 5 best coffee machines with manual milk frothers for home in 2022 according to KP

1. Nivona CafeRomatica NICR 520

The unit is able to brew cof­fee-cap­puc­ci­no or black from whole or ground beans. It is pos­si­ble to set three gra­da­tions of grind­ing, strength and tem­per­a­ture of the drink, the vol­ume of one serv­ing, water hard­ness, on and off time. The dis­play is back­lit, and the case has a com­part­ment for a rolled-up pow­er cord. Ready cof­fee is poured into one or two cups at the same time.

The height of the horn is adjustable. The unit is equipped with a cof­fee grinder, a remov­able drip tray, a waste con­tain­er. The water lev­el in the tank is dis­played. Clean­ing and decal­ci­fi­ca­tion are auto­mat­ic. The set includes a mea­sur­ing spoon for dos­ing ground cof­fee.

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2. REDMOND RCM-1521

The device has two modes of oper­a­tion: brew­ing cof­fee and foam­ing milk. The choice is deter­mined by a switch on the case. Only one cup can be filled at a time, there is only one horn with a built-in fil­ter. There­fore, the set includes a spe­cial jug made of heat-resis­tant glass. The vol­ume of the water tank is equal to the vol­ume of the jug, the fin­ished drink is auto­mat­i­cal­ly poured into it, and then man­u­al­ly poured into cups.

The built-in man­u­al cap­puc­ci­no mak­er opens up the pos­si­bil­i­ty of quick­ly heat­ing and foam­ing milk and cream of any fat con­tent. The device is a white met­al tube with a larg­er noz­zle that can be eas­i­ly removed for clean­ing.

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The best cap­sule cof­fee machines

The best choice for those who love cof­fee but don’t want to spend time mak­ing it

3. Kitfort KT-702

The semi-auto­mat­ic unit pre­pares two por­tions of lat­te, espres­so or cap­puc­ci­no at the same time, warm­ing up the milk with a steam jet. The drink is made from ground beans. Water tem­per­a­ture is con­trolled by a built-in sen­sor, pres­sure — by a manome­ter. Instru­ment read­ings are dis­played on the front pan­el, plus the water lev­el in the tank. The design uses a fil­ter made of high-strength stain­less steel.

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The holes in it are made by laser, which guar­an­tees the dura­bil­i­ty of its use. After mak­ing cof­fee, the machine switch­es off auto­mat­i­cal­ly. Comes with a drip tray and a dos­ing spoon for ground cof­fee.

Technical specifications

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4. VITEK VT-1519

The unit is designed for mak­ing hot choco­late, brew­ing espres­so cof­fee, which the man­u­al cap­puc­ci­na­tor will turn into an excel­lent cap­puc­ci­no. Ground cof­fee is used, the set comes with a dos­ing spoon with a sealant. Two serv­ings of cof­fee are being pre­pared at the same time, the cups are placed on a heat­ed stand, thanks to which the tem­per­a­ture of the fin­ished cof­fee is main­tained and its aro­ma and taste are more ful­ly revealed.

The design of the water tank makes it easy to add liq­uid or remove and wash an emp­ty tank. The Quick Steam sys­tem deliv­ers the steam need­ed by the Cap­puc­ci­na­tore almost instant­ly. It is pos­si­ble to pour the fin­ished cof­fee into tall glass­es.

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5. Gaggia Classic

The gad­get uses ready-made pressed tablets from mix­tures of dif­fer­ent cof­fee vari­eties with extra fine grind­ing for ground cof­fee drink or pods. The chrome-plat­ed brass ther­mogroup ensures the opti­mal tem­per­a­ture dur­ing the prepa­ra­tion of the drink. Three bas­kets are includ­ed: with a sin­gle or dou­ble fil­ter, plus for tablet cof­fee of dif­fer­ent brands.

The man­u­al cap­puc­ci­na­tore with pro­fes­sion­al noz­zle guar­an­tees a rich and sta­ble foam. The retro design with stain­less steel body and vin­tage illu­mi­nat­ed con­trol switch­es looks very styl­ish. The cup tray is also made of stain­less steel and is heat­ed. Two cups are poured at the same time.

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How to choose a coffee machine with a cappuccinatore

The choice of cof­fee machine depends on the taste pref­er­ences of the own­er. For cof­fee lovers, just like a drink, auto­mat­ic cof­fee machines with already built-in modes are suit­able. This is a cheap­er option, an auto­mat­ed process will make life eas­i­er, but it will not change the taste of the drink.

You can change the set­tings and taste of the drink in cof­fee machines of a high­er rank — they are bought by “pro­fes­sion­al cof­fee lovers”, who care about the taste of cof­fee, cof­fee notes and nuances. In such devices, you can man­u­al­ly adjust the degree of cof­fee grind­ing, water tem­per­a­ture, foam den­si­ty, which will make the cap­puc­ci­na­tore.

Also, when choos­ing a cof­fee machine, you should take into account the labo­ri­ous­ness of prepar­ing a cap­puc­ci­no. Auto­mat­ic cof­fee machines are suit­able for those who do not want to spend time brew­ing, they are only ready to fill con­tain­ers with ingre­di­ents (cof­fee, water, milk) and select the desired mode on the con­trol pan­el or sub­sti­tute a milk car­ton under the remote cap­puc­ci­na­tore.

Anton Ryazant­sev, head of the Inter­net project of the CVT Group of Com­pa­niestold KP what you need to pay atten­tion to first of all when choos­ing a cof­fee machine with a cap­puc­ci­na­tore.

There are two con­di­tions for mak­ing deli­cious cof­fee. First: wash­ing the cap­puc­ci­na­tore after prepar­ing a drink, if cof­fee is con­sumed infre­quent­ly. Sec­ond: if the machine has a built-in milk froth­ing con­tain­er, then milk must be added before each brew. The best cap­puc­ci­no foam is obtained from cold whole milk with a fat con­tent of more than 3.5%. And if you poured milk in the morn­ing and brewed cof­fee, and then decid­ed to make anoth­er cup for din­ner, then the foam from the same milk poured in the morn­ing will no longer be so lush and will set­tle faster. And in the warm sea­son, milk can even turn sour.

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Man­u­al cof­fee machines are a more dif­fi­cult option to use, the entire process of mak­ing cof­fee will have to be con­trolled. Such machines do not have a built-in milk con­tain­er, the liq­uid is poured into a pitch­er (spe­cial glass) and foamed using a mechan­i­cal cap­puc­ci­na­tore or panarel­lo. But you don’t have to wor­ry about the tem­per­a­ture — each time the milk will be cold, because it is stored in the refrig­er­a­tor. It takes some prac­tice to get a strong cre­ma in a man­u­al cof­fee machine, but it’s worth it to get what you real­ly want.

The size of the sur­face where you plan to install the cof­fee machine also plays an impor­tant role. A remote cap­puc­ci­na­tore will require addi­tion­al space for a milk car­ton or oth­er con­tain­er. An auto­mat­ed cof­fee machine with a built-in glass has even larg­er dimen­sions.