Best Teal and Turquoise Coffee Makers
Brewers in teal, turquoise, aqua and mint, ranked from our reviews, and kept apart from blue on purpose. Every machine here has at some point been sold to somebody as blue: Cuisinart calls this one Robin's Egg Blue, Primula calls theirs Aqua, Stanley calls theirs Spring Green and Keurig calls theirs Oasis. Four makers, four names, one colour, and not one of the names tells you what arrives. It is a green-blue, it reads as retro rather than modern, and it is the shade most likely to look dated in a decade and most likely to be the only interesting thing on a white counter until then. If you searched for blue and meant this, this is the page; if you searched for blue and meant blue, the other one has no turquoise in it.
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
STANLEY Classic Stay-Hot French Press 48oz7.9- Brew Quality & Filtration (mesh fineness not published)
- 6.2
- Build Quality & Durability
- 10.0
- Heat Retention
- 10.0
- Ease of Cleaning
- 9.0
- Pour & Handling (weight not published)
- 5.8
- 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.
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Blue Bottle Coffee Subscription7.2- Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out
- 10.0
- Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo
- 5.2
- Freshness & Roast Dates (roasted to order only)
- 5.0
- Choice & Personalisation
- 5.3
- What Actually Arrives
- 10.0
- Delivery & Straight Answers
- 8.0
Weakest link: Freshness & Roast Dates (roasted to order only) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 16 of the 84.6 points scored here.
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Keurig K-Mini Single Serve Coffee Maker7.2- Drink Quality (pump pressure not published)
- 6.3
- Capsule System & Choice
- 8.5
- Running Cost Per Cup (cost per cup not published)
- 10.0
- Ease of Use & Speed
- 7.5
- Build Quality & Reliability
- 5.0
- Maintenance & Cleaning
- 4.5
- Machine Value for Money
- 10.0
Weakest link: Maintenance & Cleaning — 4.5 of 10, carrying 10 of the 87 points scored here.
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asobu Cold Brew Coffee Maker 40oz7.1- Brew Quality & Filtration
- 9.0
- Build Quality & Seal (replacement parts sold not published)
- 7.9
- Ease of Use & Cleaning (dishwasher safe only)
- 5.0
- Portability (weight not published)
- 5.8
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Ease of Use & Cleaning (dishwasher safe only) — 5.0 of 10, carrying 20 of the 74.2 points scored here.
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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.
6
Primula Burke Deluxe Cold Brew Maker 1.6qt6.8- Brew Quality & Filtration
- 9.0
- Build Quality & Seal (replacement parts sold not published)
- 7.1
- Ease of Use & Cleaning (dishwasher safe only)
- 10.0
- Portability (weight not published)
- 0.8
- Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Portability (weight not published) — 0.8 of 10, carrying 18 of the 74.2 points scored here.
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Cuisinart SS-10P1 Single Serve Coffee Maker6.1- Drink Quality (pump pressure not published)
- 4.3
- Capsule System & Choice
- 8.5
- Running Cost Per Cup (cost per cup not published)
- 10.0
- Ease of Use & Speed
- 4.2
- Build Quality & Reliability
- 5.0
- Maintenance & Cleaning
- 6.5
- Machine Value for Money (no price published)
- 5.0
Weakest link: Ease of Use & Speed — 4.2 of 10, carrying 14 of the 87 points scored here.
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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.
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Teal is filed under blue in this site's filters and given its own page here, because those two facts serve different people. Somebody ticking blue should still be shown a teal kettle; somebody who came looking for teal specifically does not want cobalt.
It is a small shelf, and that is the main constraint
Fewer than ten machines here offer a teal finish, so this page is a list of what exists rather than a ranking of a field. If none of them is the machine you want, the practical move is to choose on specification from the wider blue list and accept a colour close to teal rather than exactly it.
Where teal stops and blue or green begins
Teal sits between the two, and makers use the word loosely - some of what is sold as teal is closer to petrol blue and some is nearer sage. There is no standard, so judge from the photographs on this page rather than from the name on the box, and expect a teal machine to read as green in warm kitchen light and as blue in daylight.
Common questions
Is teal the same as blue?
No, and keeping the two apart is why this page exists. Teal, turquoise, aqua and mint are green-blues: beside a true blue machine they read as a different colour entirely, and somebody who searched for blue and got turquoise has been sold the wrong thing. The blue page here has no turquoise on it.
Why do makers call teal machines blue?
Because the word sells and the shade has no settled name. The machines here are sold as Robin's Egg Blue by Cuisinart, Aqua by Primula, Spring Green by Stanley and Oasis by Keurig. One colour, four names, and not one of them tells you what arrives in the box. We keep the maker's name on the card and file the machine by what the photograph shows.
Does teal date?
More than most finishes. It reads as retro rather than modern, which is exactly why people choose it, and it is the shade most likely to look of its decade in ten years. Against that it is usually the only interesting thing on a white counter. It also tends to be offered alongside a black and a steel rather than instead of them, so if you want a matching second machine later, check the shade is still listed rather than assuming.