Best Blue Coffee Makers
Brewers in blue, ranked from our reviews. Blue is the colour makers reach for when they want a machine to look considered rather than loud, which is why the names run to Navy, Midnight Blue, Ultramarine and Aegean rather than simply blue. It behaves like a dark neutral in most kitchens and like a statement in a white one. As with every colour here, availability moves: blue is frequently a seasonal finish on a model sold year round in black, so check the listing before you set your heart on a shade.
Ranked by our review score, which is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes rather than from opinion, so you can open the arithmetic on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Ranked, and why
scored on what the maker publishes · open a row for the working1
YETI Rambler 34oz French Press7.9- Brew Quality & Filtration (mesh fineness not published)
- 6.2
- Build Quality & Durability
- 9.1
- Heat Retention
- 10.0
- Ease of Cleaning
- 9.0
- Pour & Handling (weight not published)
- 7.5
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money (no price published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 82.1 points scored here.
2
AeroPress Clear7.8- Brew Quality & Filtration
- 9.5
- Build Quality & Seal (replacement parts sold not published)
- 7.1
- Ease of Use & Cleaning (dishwasher safe only)
- 10.0
- Portability (weight not published)
- 3.3
- Value for Money
- 7.4
Weakest link: Portability (weight not published) — 3.3 of 10, carrying 18 of the 74.2 points scored here.
3
Bee House Ceramic Pour Over Dripper7.7- Brew Quality & Consistency
- 8.5
- Flow Rate & Control (hole diameter not published)
- 7.1
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.5
- Filter Availability & Cost (filter cost per 100 not published)
- 10.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Value for Money (no price published) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 75 points scored here.
4
Ninja Single Serve Coffee Maker PB0516.9- Drink Quality (pump pressure not published)
- 6.7
- Capsule System & Choice
- 8.5
- Running Cost Per Cup (cost per cup not published)
- 10.0
- Ease of Use & Speed
- 6.5
- Build Quality & Reliability
- 5.0
- Maintenance & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Machine Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Build Quality & Reliability — 5.0 of 10, carrying 14 of the 87 points scored here.
Read review →PricePricing N/A5
Gaggia E24 RI9380/46 Espresso Machine6.5- Shot Quality & Extraction (non-pressurised basket, bottomless available and pump not published)
- 6.5
- Steam Power & Milk Texturing
- 5.6
- Build Quality & Durability
- 7.2
- Ease of Use & Learning Curve (shot timer, pressure gauge and pressurised basket not published)
- 3.1
- Maintenance & Cleaning (plumbable and bottomless not published)
- 7.5
- Workflow & Ergonomics (tank, footprint only)
- 10.0
- Value for Money
- 7.1
Weakest link: Ease of Use & Learning Curve (shot timer, pressure gauge and pressurised basket not published) — 3.1 of 10, carrying 12 of the 70.1 points scored here.
Read review →PriceFrom $4496
MARADO Electric Turkish Coffee Maker MA-16886.5- Brewing & Foam Control
- 6.0
- Overflow & Safety
- 9.0
- Capacity & Servings
- 6.0
- Handling & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Materials & Warranty
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Materials & Warranty — 5.0 of 10, carrying 12 of the 100 points scored here.
Read review →PricePricing N/A7
Clever Coffee Dripper Large 18oz6.2- Brew Quality & Filtration
- 8.0
- Build Quality & Seal (replacement parts sold not published)
- 7.1
- Ease of Use & Cleaning (dishwasher safe only)
- 5.0
- Portability (weight not published)
- 3.3
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Portability (weight not published) — 3.3 of 10, carrying 18 of the 74.2 points scored here.
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Breville Bambino Plus BES5005.8- Shot Quality & Extraction (non-pressurised basket, bottomless available and pump not published)
- 7.3
- Steam Power & Milk Texturing
- 6.2
- Build Quality & Durability
- 4.4
- Ease of Use & Learning Curve (shot timer, pressure gauge and pressurised basket not published)
- 6.2
- Maintenance & Cleaning (plumbable and bottomless not published)
- 5.0
- Workflow & Ergonomics (tank, footprint only)
- 6.7
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Build Quality & Durability — 4.4 of 10, carrying 16 of the 70.1 points scored here.
Read review →PricePricing N/A9
Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV Select 10-Cup4.0- Brew Quality (SCA certified and brew temperature not published)
- 5.0
- Brewing Control & Programmability
- 1.2
- Build Quality & Durability
- 6.5
- Ease of Use & Cleaning
- 3.0
- Carafe & Heat Retention
- 3.5
- Capacity & Flexibility
- 5.0
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Brewing Control & Programmability — 1.2 of 10, carrying 16 of the 84.6 points scored here.
Blue is the most common of the uncommon colours - around forty machines here offer one - and almost all of them are a colourway of a model that also comes in black. That single fact shapes everything about buying one.
You are choosing a finish, not a machine
Because blue is nearly always an alternative colour rather than a separate product, the specification is identical to the standard version and the price usually is too. There is no performance reason to prefer or avoid it. What you are really choosing between is a small set of machines that happen to be offered in blue, which is a narrower shelf than the category as a whole.
Blue covers a very wide range
Navy, cobalt, powder blue, denim and the various named blues that makers invent are all filed as blue, and they have almost nothing in common visually. Teal sits at the edge of this family and is listed separately, because somebody matching a kitchen cares about the difference even though a filter does not. Judge these from photographs rather than from the colour name.
A fashion colourway can disappear
Limited colours are produced in shorter runs, and when a run ends the spare parts for that finish end with it. For a machine with no user-replaceable panels this does not matter at all. For anything with a coloured carafe, lid or water tank - the parts most likely to be dropped - it is worth checking that spares exist in your colour before buying, because a black replacement on a blue machine is what you will otherwise end up with.
Common questions
Is teal a blue?
Not on this page. Teal, aqua and mint photograph and live as green-blues, and a reader who searched for blue and got turquoise has been given the wrong machine. Every machine here is photographed in a true blue; the green-blues are kept separately.
What do makers call blue?
Classic Blue, Damson Blue, Peacock Blue, Royal Blue, Glacier Blue and Robin's Egg Blue are all in this catalogue, and the last of those is not blue at all: it is a pale turquoise wearing the word. Naming is where blue goes wrong more than any other colour.
Does a dark blue read as black?
In a photograph, often. Navy and damson blue both go nearly black under shop lighting and come back as blue in daylight, which is why the machines here are checked against their own photographs rather than their names.
Are blue coffee makers more expensive than black ones?
Usually the same price, occasionally a few pounds more. Because blue is nearly always an alternative colourway of a machine that also comes in black, the manufacturing cost is identical and the price follows. Where a blue version does cost more it is generally a retailer exclusive or a limited edition rather than a different machine.
Which blue works with a stainless steel kitchen?
Cooler, greyer blues - denim, slate and navy - sit comfortably beside brushed steel because they share a cool undertone. Warm or bright blues such as cobalt and turquoise fight it, and read as an accent rather than a match. If the kitchen is mostly steel, treat a bright blue machine as the one deliberate spot of colour.