Slim espresso machine with frother, cream
$60 – $150CHULUX
Six inches wide. The machine for a galley kitchen or a bar cart, and the cream finish photographs beautifully.
★ 4.5 on AmazonSee it on Amazon
Small kitchen · about $220
The four-foot counter café
Everything a daily latte needs in the width of a kitchen drawer. Built around the slim cream CHULUX machine, which leaves room for the grinder.
Shop this picture
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AmazonSlim espresso machine with frother, cream
CHULUX
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AmazonBrew compact burr grinder, 50 g
OXO
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AmazonHandheld milk frother wand
Zulay
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AmazonWooden coffee station organiser
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AmazonSage stoneware mugs, set of 4
Ava Nord
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Amazon22 oz stainless coffee canister with date dial
Ohtomber
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AmazonBamboo mug tree, 6 hooks
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AmazonVintage café station sign
About $220 at the prices we saw when we built this set-up. Amazon shows today's price at checkout. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
The method
How to arrange it
- 1Put the machine on the side nearest the outlet, with the drip tray edge flush to the counter edge.
- 2The compact OXO grinder goes beside it at the same height; the frother stands in a mug on the organiser.
- 3The organiser sits behind, against the wall, with the canister at its front corner so you open it without reaching over anything.
- 4Hang the sign at eye level above the machine. Four sage mugs on the tree. Done.
Everything in this set-up, in detail
Brew compact burr grinder, 50 g
$60 – $150OXO
The small-space version. Grinds one or two doses at a time and takes up a mug's worth of counter.
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Handheld milk frother wand
Under $25Zulay
The ten-second latte. Keep it standing in a mug on the organiser so it is always within reach.
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Wooden coffee station organiser
Under $25The one organiser we would start with: pods, stirrers, sugar and a mug slot in a footprint the size of a sheet of paper.
★ 4.6 on AmazonSee it on Amazon
Sage stoneware mugs, set of 4
$25 – $60Ava Nord
One colour, done well. Sage against wood is the quietest combination in this whole catalogue.
★ 4.6 on AmazonSee it on Amazon
22 oz stainless coffee canister with date dial
Under $25Ohtomber
The canister you open every morning. Date tracker on the lid so beans never go stale unnoticed.
★ 4.6 on AmazonSee it on Amazon
Bamboo mug tree, 6 hooks
Under $25Eight dollars to get six mugs off the shelf and into the picture.
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Vintage café station sign
Under $25One sign, hung at eye level above the machine. This is the one.
★ 4.7 on AmazonSee it on Amazon