The best gifts for coffee lovers in 2025

Miir’s New Standard Carafe is a super-charged Chemex. You get the benefits of a conical pour-over extraction, but the precious brew sits in a double-wall, vacuum insulated stainless steel vessel instead of a glass container. The carafe also comes with a lid that completely closes the spout to keep heat in. For the coffee nerd on your shopping list, this is an easy way to upgrade their pour-over setup. — Billy Steele, Deputy Editor

$80 at Amazon

The Carter Move Mug has been one of my favorite travel coffee cups. It keeps drinks at their proper temperature for hours and the lip is pleasant to drink off of. Fellow now sells an Infuser Set for the mug so that loose-leaf tea and cold brew drinkers can easily make their concoctions on the go. The set includes a 16-ounce Carter Mug and a snap-in infuser that keeps debris out of the finished product. If you’re considering giving the Carter Mug as a gift this year, take a step up to this set and give the coffee or tea lover on your list more brewing options. — B.S.

$45 at Amazon

Every coffee drinker needs a way to make a single cup at home. In my opinion, the best way to do that is with a pour-over dripper. Verve Coffee Roasters has a BPA-free silicone Dwell dripper with a unique bottomless design for a free-flowing brew session. The company says you can expect to brew a cup in less than three minutes, provided you’ve got that water kettle at the proper temperature already. Plus it comes in a variety of colors, which isn’t always the case when you’re talking about coffee-brewing gear. — B.S.

$30 at Verve

The AeroPress has been my go-to travel companion for years. It gets me through tough mornings on work trips in a more pleasant fashion than any hotel lobby ever could. With the Go Plus model, AeroPress combines a travel-size brewer and insulated tumbler for a space-saving setup. Everything is stored in the tumbler, so the Go Plus is even great for camping and other activities where the coffee lover on your list needs to pack light. And just like other AeroPress varieties, the brewer still offers the versatility of French press, pour-over or espresso depending on how you use it. — B.S.

$67 at REI

With a $25 gift, you can enable your favorite coffee fanatic to pull espresso-style shots by pushing the plunger on their AeroPress. The pressure-actuated valve allows for more pressure build up than the normal AeroPress cap, so Americanos and iced espresso drinks can become part of anyone’s travel setup. The Prismo also has a reusable etched filter, so that they doesn’t have to worry about forgetting paper filters when they’re packing for a trip or “pulling a shot” at home. — B.S.

$25 at Fellow

It’s certainly a lavish gift, but the coffee nerd on your list will be experimenting with the Fellow Aiden until next Christmas. This countertop brewer can offer assistance and run as automatically as you want it to, but there’s also ample room to tweak parameters in search of the perfect cup. It can brew a full pot or a single cup with pour-over quality, either one based on roast-specific brewing presets, customized recipes or downloaded brew profiles. Users can later temperature, bloom and pluses for the manual control of a pour-over in an automatic machine. — B.S.

$400 at Fellow

Before I upgraded to the Fellow Opus, this Cuisinart grinder served me well for years. In fact, I have family that have used them longer than I did, and the device is still a staple of their drip coffee setups. The simple, automatic operation is great for coffee lovers of any skill level, and the grind size from ultra fine to extra coarse will provide the correct setting for a variety of brewing methods. And, of course, it gives even the most boring coffee drinker in your life the ability to have freshly ground beans every day. — B.S.

$54 at Amazon

$200 may seem like a lot for a scale, and it is, but there’s no other accessory that gives a coffee nerd the info they need like the Fellow Tally. I love it for the automatic calculation the Brew Assist mode does when you select your preferred coffee-to-water ration. I no longer have to do the math myself when it’s time to brew a pour-over according to the roaster’s guidance. I’ve also come to rely on the Tally’s accuracy to the tenth of a gram when I employ the scale for baking and other kitchen tasks. — B.S.

$200 at Amazon

I feel like each year that passes I upgrade my coffee game in some way. This year’s big purchase was a fancy Fellow espresso grinder, but the most surprising upgrade was this dirt-cheap cold brew maker. It couldn’t be simpler: You get a giant mason jar, a metal filter, and a plastic lid. But everything just works, y’know? The filter is easy to fill with grounds and doesn’t let more than a light mist of sludge through. The mason jar looks nice and doesn’t take up much room in my fridge, and the plastic lid pours well. I’ve used countless fancy cold brew systems — the one this replaced literally cost four times more — and this one is truly the most effective. — Aaron Souppouris, Editor In Chief

$30 at Amazon

A good kettle is essential if you want to up your home-brewing game, and it can help make a bunch of other things too like tea, ramen and more. Cosori’s Gooseneck Electric Kettle packs most crucial features into a relatively compact kettle that’s also priced right at $70. Goosenecks can be intimidating but they give you much more control when pouring over a Chemex, and we think Cosori’s, with its matte black finish, also looks pretty nice on most countertops. It has a stainless steel interior and five presets so you can easily get the perfect temperature for things like green tea, black coffee and more. Plus, the “hold temp” option lets you set and forget the water for a bit; you can turn it on before you start your morning routine and come back to perfectly heated water, ready for whatever’s picking you up that morning. — Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor

$70 at Amazon

You don’t need to spend over $1,000 to give an espresso machine to your favorite coffee lover this year. Breville’s Bambino Plus is a perfectly capable at-home solution and you can get one for around $400. The company’s ThermoJet heating technology gets the machine ready to start pulling shots in three seconds and the automatic steam wand makes microfoam ready for latte art. You can adjust the texture of that auto foam feature, or you can bypass it entirely and manage the froth yourself. Plus, the simplified button interface is easy for beginners to master quickly. — B.S.

$500 at Amazon

If you’re unsure if the coffee lover on your list will like the look of Fellow’s Opus grinder, the Baratza Encore is a worthy alternative at a similar price. With 40 different grind settings, you can fine-tune your beans for cold brew (coarse) to espresso (fine) and everything in between. This includes pour-overs and automatic drip machines. The company promises you’ll get around 10 years of use from the Encore at home, so long as you follow its care instructions. — B.S.

$200 at Amazon

What do you get the coffee nerd who has everything? I can assure you that they’re always ready to try new beans. Most coffee roasters offer a subscription, and some even have multiple options based on the type of beans and shipping frequency. And even if your local spot doesn’t, you can still send a bag or two as a one-time gift. Some of my favorites include Vignette in Greensboro, North Carolina and Vesta in Las Vegas, which has been a lifesaver during CES for many years now. — B.S.

$17+ at Vignette Coffee