Buying guides

Shortlists by budget and by how you actually drink coffee.

• Best home espresso machineSix picks for six buyers — and the one review topic that runs negative on every machine here.
• Best espresso machine under $500Five machines, no grinders. Why the money buys two appliances, and what the box decides.
• Best espresso machine for beginnersFive steps to learn, five machines. Which ones each takes off your hands, from its own listing.