KitchenAid’s New Espresso Machine Is So Quiet, It Won’t Wake a Sleeping Baby

Acts of service are my love language, so I know I married the perfect man. Almost every morning, my husband brings me hot coffee to bed, timing it strategically so it doesn’t get cold. I know I’m lucky.

There are challenges to making great coffee quickly and quietly in a house full of sleeping heads. Why are coffee grinders so loud? And why is making espresso at home so much harder than baristas make it look?

There used to be almost no affordable and reliable options for making yourself a tasty espresso at home. That’s no longer the case—now it’s easier than ever to pull an excellent shot in the comfort of your kitchen. And recently, KitchenAid entered the homemade espresso game with a line of semi-automatic and fully automatic espresso machines.

Both machines have a small footprint. They come with a whole bean hopper and built-in grinder that is notably very quiet, a steam wand for frothing milk, and the ability to create espresso-based drinks to your heart’s content. With the semi-automatic, you manually grind, dose, and tamp grounds for the machine to pull the shots. The fully automatic has a touchscreen with options that mostly eliminate the manual steps.

Simply Recipes Art Director Sarah Crowder, a coffee lover and working mom of two, got to try the new KitchenAid fully automatic espresso machine at home:

“I wish this had been around when my kids were little, both because the burr grinder is so impressively quiet it won’t wake a sleeping baby, and because at any moment I would have been two minutes away from having an Americano in hand.

“The fully automatic espresso machine told me on screen exactly how to set it up and make my first drink. Usually, I take a long time to incorporate new appliances into my life because I can’t get over the hump of figuring out how to use them, but this time I didn’t even have to open the manual.

“I usually use whole beans, but I love that if I want an espresso drink in the evening I can use the pre-ground coffee bypass chute to make a decaf beverage without emptying and refilling the bean hopper. I see a lot of dessert mochas and espresso martinis in my future.”

A good espresso machine is an investment, and KitchenAid’s new line of espresso machines is worth it.

BUY IT: Semi-Automatic Espresso Machine

• Price: $699.99
• Available colors: Porcelain White, Brushed Stainless Steel, Cast Iron Black, Candy Apple Red, and Juniper

BUY IT: Fully Automatic Espresso Machine

• Price: $1.199.99 to $1,999.99
• Available colors: Porcelain White, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron Black, and Juniper