Breakroom, cleaning & safety
In short
Best overall: Moccamaster KBGT Select Coffee Machine - Polished Silver, £277.99 at Back to the Office. Best value: Nescafe Piccolo XS Pod Coffee Machine Black EDG110AB, £90.42. Premium pick: Moccamaster KBG Select Coffee Machine - Brushed Silver, £267.99.
Across the 32 matching listings we screened from 4 UK suppliers, most cost £137–£278 and the middle price is £260. Prices checked 27 October 2026.
Office coffee guides are mostly written by companies that lease bean-to-cup machines. If you are a smaller team buying a machine outright, the questions are simpler: how many cups a day, who cleans it, and what the pods, beans or filter papers will cost over a year.
This shortlist covers filter brewers and pod machines from UK trade catalogues, which suit small offices that do not want a lease. The notes below help you size and run one.
| # | Product | From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best overall Moccamaster KBGT Select Coffee Machine - Polished Silver | £277.99 | Details |
| 2 | Bosch Tassimo My Way 2 Black Coffee Machine | £156.08 | Details |
| 3 | Best value Nescafe Piccolo XS Pod Coffee Machine Black EDG110AB | £90.42 | Details |
| 4 | Premium pick Moccamaster KBG Select Coffee Machine - Brushed Silver | £267.99 | Details |
1 · Best overall
Moccamaster · Sold by Back to the Office
Fast: a full jug of coffee in 6 minutes. Hot coffee: perfect brewing temperature of 92-96°C. Practical: drink hot coffee anywhere thanks to high-quality thermal jug. Safe: the coffee brewing process only works when the thermal jug is in place.
2
Bosch · Sold by UK Office Direct Limited
Set the intensity, size and strength as you like it. Deliciously easy, your coffee shop favourites at the touch of a button. Ability to make over 40 big-brand hot drinks, including : Costa, L'Or, Kenco, Twinings, Cadburys. Touch sensor interface.
3 · Best value
Nescafe · Sold by UK Office Direct Limited
Nescafe Piccolo XS Pod Coffee Machine Black EDG110AB. Water tank: 0.8L. Pump pressure: 15 Bar. Includes: Over 45 coffee pod beverage varieties . Easy to clean - Coffee grinds stay in the pods.
4 · Premium pick
Moccamaster · Sold by Back to the Office
The KBG Select is the successor to the KBG741, which had the same iconic design since 1974.. The KBG Select has been ECBC approved for both 10 and 6 cups of filter coffee.. Thanks to the new Select switch you will always have great-tasting coffee.
A filter brewer makes a jug at a time, so it suits a team that drinks coffee at set times such as a morning meeting. A pod machine makes one drink at a time with no grinding or measuring, which suits small teams with mixed tastes; work out its cost per cup before you commit. Bean-to-cup machines grind fresh for each drink and are often leased with servicing from specialist suppliers.
Lease suppliers quote daily capacities for their machines. Liquidline, for example, lists compact bean-to-cup models at up to 60 drinks a day and larger ones at up to 250. Use your own headcount and cups per person to see which class you need.
Tassimo pods can be recycled through Podback. Tassimo says its plastic pods go in a green Podback bag and aluminium pods in a white bag, and that the two must not be mixed. Its page covers household collection, so if your office gets through a lot of pods, check Podback's options for workplaces before you choose a pod system.
On our shortlist, the Moccamaster KBGT Select Coffee Machine - Polished Silver is the best overall pick at £277.99 from Back to the Office. For a tighter budget, the Nescafe Piccolo XS Pod Coffee Machine Black EDG110AB (£90.42) is our best-value choice.
Most of the 32 UK listings we screened sit between £137 and £278, with a middle price of £260. Trade suppliers often show prices before VAT, so add 20% if you can't reclaim it.
A VAT-registered business can usually reclaim the VAT on equipment bought for business use, as long as it holds a valid VAT invoice from the supplier. Ask the seller for one at checkout.
The picks here come from Back to the Office, UK Office Direct Limited. Most UK trade suppliers offer next-day delivery and VAT invoices; some offer credit accounts for regular orders.
A filter machine suits teams who drink coffee at the same times, as it brews a jug at once. A pod machine suits teams who want different drinks through the day. Compare the cost per cup of each before deciding.
You can, but check the warranty covers workplace use, include it in your portable appliance checks and agree a cleaning rota.
HMRC's exemption for meals and light refreshments covers drinks provided on the employer's premises where they are available to all employees, or all employees at that location.
Tassimo pods can go through the Podback scheme. Tassimo says to keep plastic and aluminium pods in separate bags and drain them first.