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If you want a coffee machine that will do everything but make your bed for you in the morning, Miele is here to help. The CM coffee machine grinds your beans, makes coffee and froths your milk just so, and all you have to do is tap a button.

It’s almost impossible to include here all the things we liked about this machine. There’s the cup warmer on top, which you can set to work every time. You can adjust just how hard your water is, and the machine tweaks itself to produce the best coffee. It’s also insanely easy to set up, and links via wifi to an app on your phone, from which you can switch on and control the appliance. This means you can ask your machine to have a cup of coffee ready for you in the morning when you come downstairs, or when you get home from work.

At a tap of a button (or click on the app) this appliance delivers perfect coffee-shop quality drinks. From flat whites to cappuccinos, lattes, long coffee and even herbal teas – the Miele machine can make it all. Milk is done via a container on the side, steaming and frothing, so you don’t have to worry about barista training. You do have to remember to remove the leftover milk afterwards, though, to avoid it going grim on the side. Another thing that’s smart is, that after making milky drinks, this machine automatically takes itself through a cleaning process.

The proof is in the cup of coffee, and this machine makes a perfect one. The price is going to be the sticking point here. Even if you’re looking to save money spent at a coffee shop every day, you’re going to need to make a lot of cups of coffee to recover the cost. However, we think this machine would be perfect for office environments, too – you can put it in entertaining mode, so it can gear itself towards making lots of coffee in quick succession.