I'm a coffee snob on a budget – Gwyneth Paltrow's surprisingly affordable European coffee machine is my secret to café-quality pour-over at home

I use Gwyneth's Dutch coffee machine every day – it's easy to use, stylish, and under $360 for rich pour-over style beverages at home

Gwyneth Paltrow for CB2
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Gwyneth Paltrow is a world-famous actress and founder of the multi-million dollar lifestyle brand Goop; I am a 26-year-old writer living in a London flat-share. Needless to say, we are in slightly dissimilar financial positions.

Despite our differences, at the end of the day, Gwyneth and I both want luxury experiences at the best price possible - this is where the Technivorm Moccamaster Coffee Maker (available at Amazon) comes in.

I have been using the fabulous Dutch drip coffee maker for over two years, since I bought it from the previous residents of my flat (who had been using it for five years prior, might I add). Throughout that time, I raved to anyone who would listen about the quality and flavor of its beverages.

Since I spotted it in an Instagram video of Gwyneth Paltrow's morning routine, I was talking about it so much that I had to write about it.

Given her propensity for luxury, I had always assumed that Gwyneth would opt for an ultra-high-end model (like Romeo Beckham's $6000 espresso machine or at least Brad Pitt's $1,800 coffee maker for her morning brews.

Although $360 is certainly still a splurge for the average person, it's a drop in the bucket compared to most luxury machines on the market. If you are a daily coffee drinker, I think the Moccamaster is worth it. If you're used to getting most of your coffee out at cafes, it will even pay for itself within a few months.

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Apart from its placement in Gwyneth's kitchen, what makes the Technivorm Moccamaster so iconic?

First, it's exceedingly easy to use. Each morning when I want my coffee, all I have to do is add water to the chamber on the left and a filter and a few scoops of coffee grounds to the chamber on the right. Then, I press the button and let the machine do its magic.

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The Technivorm Moccamaster in my kitchen

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This leads me to the next element that makes the Moccamaster so fabulous: it's the ultimate hack for making pour-over coffee at home. While I love a pour over, I can't wrap my head around the gooseneck kettle, pour over, and filter set up every morning. Luckily, the Moccamaster makes pour-over-style coffee in a drip machin,e blurring the line of distinction between pour-over vs drip coffee.

Their website explains: 'The Moccamaster is a “pour-over style” drip coffee maker because it recreates the same process automatically that a coffee lover would do manually, following the precise, scientific brewing standards defined by the European Coffee Brewing Center (ECBC) and Specialty Coffee Association (SCA).'

It continues: 'Rather than relying on a mechanical pump, natural percolation pushes the heated water through the Moccamaster brewer. As the water begins to boil, the first glugs trickle out slowly, allowing the coffee to bloom. As the water moves through the outlet arm and over the grounds, it creates the correct amount of agitation to fully extract the coffee solubles. Combined with carefully controlled water temperature and brewing time, the result is a perfect yield of coffee solubles in your final cup.'

sophie edwards making coffee with her technivorm moccamaster

My daily coffee routine, using a filter and Climpson & Sons grounds

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Finally, I love the way the hot plate on the machine keeps the coffee warm all morning. I am a multiple cups kind of girl, and the Moccamaster means an 10am cup tastes the exact same as an 8am cup. If I don't use it all, I pour the coffee into a mason jar and put it in the fridge for next day iced coffee; it's just as good then.

sophie edwards making coffee with her technivorm moccamaster

Pouring my coffee into my favorite Le Creuset mug

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Sophie Edwards
News Editor

Sophie is a writer and News Editor on the Celebrity Style team at Homes & Gardens. She is fascinated by the intersection of design and popular culture and is particularly passionate about researching trends and interior history. She is an avid pop culture fan and has interviewed Martha Stewart and Hillary Duff.

In her free time, Sophie freelances on design news for Westport Magazine and Livingetc. She also has a newsletter, My Friend's Art, in which she covers music, culture, and fine art through a personal lens. Her fiction has appeared in Love & Squalor and The Isis Magazine.

Before joining Future, Sophie worked in editorial at Fig Linens and Home, a boutique luxury linens brand. She has an MSc from Oxford University and a BA in Creative Writing and Sociology from Sarah Lawrence College.

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