Nespresso Gran Lattissima EN640W vs GEVI Espresso and Cappuccino Maker

The Gran Lattissima is the easier machine to live with: one button delivers nine milk and coffee recipes, and the dishwasher-safe milk jug can sit in the fridge between uses. The GEVI is a manual machine with a 51 mm portafilter and a steam wand, so you grind and tamp your own coffee and froth milk yourself. Owners rate the GEVI higher, but it asks more of you every morning. Buy the Nespresso for hands-off milk drinks; buy the GEVI if you want to control the coffee and are willing to learn.

• Choose the Nespresso Gran Lattissima if you want cafe-style lattes and cappuccinos from a capsule with one touch and no grinding or tamping.
• Choose the GEVI ECME0 if you want to use your own ground coffee and are happy to tamp and steam milk yourself.