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To thrive and probably even survive in this life, everybody needs a good, trusty coffee machine among all the other necessities.

Coffee is arguably the elixir of life and living, so yes, I am happy with making that claim.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic has had so many of us locked out of our favourite cafes and office spaces with fancy coffee machines, we have had to consider investing in home coffee-makers.

If you haven’t already got one, or if yours is rusty and in need of replacing, then stay tuned for some of the best deals that will help you jump start your day in the best way.

CNN went through a whole bunch of home espresso machines out there to decide on the best bean-grinding, caffeine-extracting, milk-frothing machines for the most sensible amount of money.

They listed the Philips 3200 Series with LatteGo as the best superautomatic espresso machine on the market this year.

At the touch of a button, the Philips 3220 will grind and steam away to create the perfect espresso, latte or cappuccino:

The best news is that this exact machine has a reduced price worth drooling over at the @Home Black Friday sale:

This machine will streamline your stress-full mornings with the LatteGo milk system, elegantly designed with no hard-to-clean nooks, crevasses, or nozzles.

To make things even more labour-free, it is coupled with self-regulating water filtration and easy access to refill beans and water on the fly.

Just touch the button for the kind of coffee you want (espresso, coffee, americano, macchiato, and cappuccino), and how you want it (adjusting the strength, water volume and milk volume), and your morning cuppa will be in hand in minutes, no cafe needed.

Head over to @Home for more information and to seal the deal.

Now, with regards to the coffee beans to use in the machine, we can’t help but recommend Terbodore’s sustainably sourced beans from Uganda and Burundi.

These African beans might just be the best bet in a climate where coffee prices are skyrocketing due to poor weather, shipping snarls, and soaring fertiliser costs threatening to curb the global supply.

But we don’t have to worry about supply too much just yet.

If you are, however, consider this:

Terbodore’s WIN Coffee for a Year competition is in collaboration with Le Creuset, giving you the opportunity to bag three prizes.

The main prize is quite something:

• A beautiful fig colour Le Creuset Coffee Press
• 1 x Le Creuset Botanique Box Set of 4 Cappuccino mugs
• A year’s supply of Terbodore Coffee: 4 x 250g Terbodore coffee packs of your choice per calendar month

Yes, that is exactly what you read: coffee for a year.

Entering the competition is as easy as making a cuppa with the Philips 3220: there are three ways to enter, they’re all free and take just seconds, and each gains you one entry to the competition.

Oh yes, as long as there are also good deals blowing in with those strong November south-easterly winds, then we shall all manage just fine.

[source:cnn&@home]