This is a good option for those who want an espresso from their nightstand coffee maker rather than the drip, pour over or filter coffee that is commonly made by programmable machines.Īnother advantage is that you don’t just have to use the coffee machine in the bedroom when you wake up – if it’s a smart machine, you can ask it to make you a coffee when you’re five minutes away from home on your way back from work, for example. So why not hit the snooze button and ask your smart coffee machine to start Many of us use our smartphones as alarm clocks these days, Option 3 – Get a Smart coffee maker and programme it by phone It has plenty of good reviews for its use as a coffee brewing alarm clock, and this was one of its intended design features. This is a good example of a timed machine that will begin to grind and brew fresh coffee at your selected time in the morning.

My second choice would be this Morphy Richards Coffee Machine: Such bean to cup machines then process the freshly ground coffee and take it through the brewing process automatically. You need a sound-based alarm as well, you could always use your phone as a backup.Īlternatively, choose a compact bean to cup machine that will start grinding coffee beans at the pre-selected time, which ought to wake even the most sleepy people up. Noise of brewing coffee along with its lovely aroma is enough to wake you up. Is this strictly an alarm clock? Perhaps, if the sound of bubbling I wrote a separate article on the smallest coffee machines for compact spaces, but for alarm clock purposes, you need a timer too. It needs to be small, and many programmable filter coffee machines are the big, ten or more cup variety with a large jug or carafe, designed to sit in kitchens rather than bedrooms. The main concern is the size of your bedside coffee machine if it’s going to fit on a nightstand. One of the most highly-rated ones is made by Swan:

This is the easiest and cheapest option since there are plenty of coffee machines that have pre-programmable timers. It isn’t cheap though, which brings me to the next options… Option 2 – Bedside coffee machine with a programmable timer It’s available in black or white to suit your décor. Youĭo have to load it up with coffee grounds, sugar (if taken) and water the nightīefore, but this is true of all coffee machines intended for use in the bedroom.Īt the time of writing, Barisieurs are made to order, though they have recently launched on Amazon. Standard alarm, so you can be doubly sure to wake up and smell the coffee. It takes about five minutes to brew a coffee and also has a The latter is really clever: an infra-red detection system knows if you’ve got milk in the cooling unit overnight and switches on and off depending on whether you’ve filled it. Crucially, it completes the whole sequence (apart from grinding), of waking you up with an alarm, boiling water, brewing the coffee and chilling the milk! It measures 28cm long x 17cm wide x 30cm high, so is designed to be used as a bedside coffee alarm clock or on a desk.

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