Give the gift of freshly brewed coffee this holiday season with this retro-inspired Smeg machine

Published Dec 4, 2024 6:35 am ET


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The holidays are the best time to gift others and yourself with a cool new gadget. If you’re a coffee lover, this Smeg 50’s Retro Style Drip Coffee Machine is perfect for brewing all of your favorite holiday blends. Whether you’re an iced coffee person or love to sip on a simple cup of black coffee, this maker brews hot, fresh cups whenever you need one.

Smeg 50’s Retro Style Drip Coffee Machine, $199.95

I’ll start by saying I love a colorful kitchen and a cool retro design, and this Smeg coffee maker makes the perfect addition to any kitchen. If you already have Smeg appliances or just want to add some color to your kitchen, we highly recommend clearing your countertop space for one of the 10 color options it comes in.

This retro style machine is one of the best coffee makers in terms of aesthetic and use. You can customize your coffee strength from delicate or intense depending on how strong you want it. You can also set a specific time for it to start brewing so you can wake up to the smell of fresh coffee waiting for you. It’s designed to brew between 2-10 cups at a time and keeps it hot for up to an hour on the warm plate. And if you’re bringing this cool machine to the office, turn it on silent mode for a quiet brewing experience.

An Amazon best-seller, this machine will look super pretty in your kitchen. Its user-friendly control panel makes it easy to use, it brews quickly for when you’re in a hurry and the reusable coffee filter makes it easy to clean. Coffee drinkers even have a newfound appreciation for their daily burst of java jolt after gifting themselves with this machine. “Let me just tell you, I LOVE the SMEG. Yes it’s expensive. Yes, it’s a bit fussy, but as an avid coffee fan, I love it because it makes the best and hottest cup of drip coffee I’ve ever had at home,” says one reviewer.

If you have a friend, or if you yourself love quirky appliances just as much as you love coffee, this Smeg retro style drip coffee machine is one of the best holiday gifts you could give or receive this year.

Lauryn Jiles

Lauryn Jiles

Author McClatchy Commerce

Lauryn Jiles is a Content Commerce Assistant at McClatchy. She is based in South Carolina and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. Lauryn has written for numerous brands and is well-versed in the fashion, beauty, health, and lifestyle verticals. She enjoys yoga, coffee, fashion museums, sushi, and traveling.

Abby Kass

Abby Kass

Editor McClatchy Commerce

Abby Kass is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy covering kids/babies, pets, beauty, and more. With more than seven years experience writing and editing shopping content, Abby has a strong understanding of how important commerce content really is and its important value to readers. She loves browsing online and finding innovative, unique, and just down-right cool products. Before McClatchy, Abby started her career working for Parents Magazine where she fell in love with writing about products. She then spent six years at BuzzFeed falling deeper into the shopping world writing more than 1,500 product roundups and reviews. She sees shopping as a sport and has worked hard at mastering it in order to help make people’s lives easier as they find cool and useful products.