Best coffee machine
1. Delonghi Dedica
This is most affordable and compact machine of Delonghi, just weight around 4.6kg. That will suit many kitchen benchtop or small living area like apartment, caravan and easy for travel.
Pros
- Most affordable
- Very compact & light weight to carry
- Very fast machine for hurry morning
Cons
- Thermal coil heating, not boiling
- Fiddly trick to make good coffee
- Steam wand upgrade or expensive model
Basic model Dedica 685 and upgraded steam wand model Dedica 885
Delonghi Dedica 685 https://amzn.to/3YGt6tq

Delonghi Dedica 885 with more powerful and better steam wand for milk based coffee like latte, cappuccino.

This machine may be work best with a good coffee grinder and upgraded accessories
- Affordable Neouza portafilter https://amzn.to/4dyfJ2q
- Premium Normcore portafilter https://amzn.to/4ck8iLs
- IMS 51mm Basket https://amzn.to/4div1sy
Tip and trick to make best coffee with Delonghi Dedica
2. Breville Bambino
A little bigger than Delonghi Dedica but still very compact machine Breville Bambino weight 4.9kg. It is thermal heating coffee machine with 54mm coffee basket.
- Breville Bambino https://amzn.to/4cok9bk
- Breville Bambino Plus with auto milk steam function https://amzn.to/4dEnzaR

Breville Bambino Plus with auto steam milk function and button

Upgraded accessories to make better coffee
- Affordable Neouza 54mm bottomless portafilter https://amzn.to/4dyfJ2q
- Premium Normcore 54mm bottomless portafilter https://amzn.to/3SLV9nd
- IMS 54mm Basket https://amzn.to/3YEp5FC
3. Gaggia Classic
The popular Italian made Gaggia Classic is an icon of home compact coffee machine with boiler (pretty small 100ml Classic and 140ml on Classi Pro Evo) and commercial standard basket 58mm.
Gaggia Classic Pro https://amzn.to/3M2Dswc

Upgraded accessories to make better coffee with Gaggia Classic
- Affordable Neouza 58mm bottomless portafilter https://amzn.to/3WJPM9g
- Premium Normcore 54mm bottomless portafilter https://amzn.to/4dBjG6y
- IMS 58mm Basket https://amzn.to/3AmtumI
- PID for boiler temperature stability https://amzn.to/3AhiqqJ
Alternative machine with bigger boiler 150ml and more affordable Delonghi ECP 35.31 https://amzn.to/3Am0FXx