2014 coffee holiday gift guide: 5 high-tech gadgets for coffee lovers
Welcome to the eleventh installment of SiliconANGLE Media’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide series. In this series of gift guides, we’ve suggested some of the best high-tech gift ideas for your friends and loved ones this holiday season. So far we’ve given you techie gift ideas for golfers, tennis players, dog lovers, new parents, runners, better sleep, skiers, the geeks in your life, the frequent travelers, and the campers. In this gift guide, we give you five techie gadgets without which coffee lovers couldn’t make it through the day.
See our golfers gift guide here.
See our tennis gift guide here.
See our dog lovers gift guide here.
See our new parents/new baby gift guide here.
See our runners gift guide here.
See our better sleep gift guide here.
See our skiers gift guide here.
See our gift guide for the geeks in your life here.
See our frequent travelers gift guide here.
See our campers gift guide here.
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1. Mr. Coffee Smart Coffeemaker enabled by WeMo
Product Name: Mr. Coffee Smart Coffeemaker enabled by WeMo
Manufacturer: Belkin International, Inc.
Product Description: The Mr. Coffee Smart Coffeemaker enabled by WeMo lets you schedule, monitor and modify your brew from anywhere. Use your smart device and the free WeMo app to configure many weeks’ worth of brew times at once. You can remotely adjust brew times or turn off the coffeemaker. The app alerts you when you need to change the filter or empty the carafe. The double-wall, vacuum-insulated, stainless-steel thermal carafe keeps the flavor fresh and the coffee hot for hours. The coffeemaker is compatible with Apple (iOS 7.0 and higher) and Android (4.0 and higher) devices.
MSRP: $149.99
Available Colors: Black/Chrome
Purchase at: Amazon, Belkin, Kohls, Mr. Coffee
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2. Impress Coffee Brewer
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Product Name: Impress Coffee Brewer
Manufacturer: Gamily Company
Product Description: The Impress Coffee Brewer was introduced on Kickstarter and successfully reached its goal within the first week of the campaign. It is a one-cup-at-a-time gourmet coffee maker and to-go cup that brews full-bodied coffee and stays hot forever without getting bitter. You can make a cup of French press in three minutes. The travel mug has an integrated plunger and reverse-flow filter that keeps the grind separated from the coffee after you press it down. Brewing 13 ounces, the stainless steel, double-walled outer cup stays cool to the touch, insulated by the air between itself and the inner cup that doubles as the filter.
MSRP: $29.95
Available Colors: Chrome
Purchase at: Amazon, Designbox
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3. BUNN trifecta MB coffee maker
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Product Name: BUNN trifecta MB coffee maker
Manufacturer: BUNN
Product Description: BUNN is a manufacturer of commercial coffee makers but the company is bringing high-tech coffee making into the home with the BUNN trifecta MB coffee maker. It features 25 individualized settings to give you control over your coffee brewing. Its exclusive Air Infusion Technology gives you five infusion times and five turbulence cycles to extract flavors at the best brewing temperatures. Brightness and sweet and savory flavors can be adjusted to personal taste. It stands at 18 inches with the latch above the brew chamber open.
MSRP: $549.99
Available Colors: Metallic Gray
Purchase at: BUNN
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4. Phillips Xelsis Digital ID Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
Product Name: Phillips Xelsis Digital ID Super-Automatic Espresso Machine
Manufacturer: The Phillips Group
Product Description: The Phillips Xelsis Digital ID Super-Automatic Espresso Machine is a luxury item for the coffee addict in your life. It is a multi-beverage, multi-user coffee maker with a fully automated, dual-cleaning milk carafe. Using fingerprint-recognition technology, the Xelsis Digital ID will program, store and recall up to six unique, personalized user profiles that remember how each person prefers their coffee. Simply touch the fingerprint at the top of the machine to load your custom drink profile.
This machine is equipped with 100% ceramic grinders which ensure a consistent grind without overheating the bean, and the grind granularity can be adjusted in 8 settings from the finest to coarsest. It also contains two separate heating systems to let you prepare as many lattes and cappuccinos as you wish, one after the other without waiting. Finally, this machine will prompt you when descaling is needed and guide you with on-screen messages when you have to intervene.
MSRP: $4,000.00
Available Colors: Black/Chrome
Purchase at: Amazon, Houzz, Philips
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5. Scanomat TopBrewer
Product Name: Scanomat TopBrewer
Manufacturer: Scanomat
Product Description: The Scanomat TopBrewer is another luxury gift idea for those serious about giving their loved one (or themselves!) something that will last long after the holidays are over. The Scanomat TopBrewer is a coffee tap that is built directly into any countertop surface for a seamless finish. The stainless steel Scanomat TopBrewer’s free app lets you peruse and choose beverage options visually from an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet, then further customize each coffee to your liking (for example, more milk, less milk, etc.). The TopBrewer then automatically rinses itself after it makes a coffee.
MSRP: Approximately $9,500.00 (Contact St. Charles of New York or nuHaus kitchens for exact pricing)
Available Colors: Chrome
Purchase at: St. Charles of New York or nuHaus kitchens
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