Coffee drinkers are not exactly a niche group these days. The roasted brew has infiltrated our hearts and minds thoroughly, and a huge number of us now wake to the beloved morning ritual. But there are coffee drinkers and there are coffee obsessives, and they are not always the same. Finding the best gifts for coffee lovers that will go down as well as a cup of Java Island’s best is no easy task.
Out there are bean nerds and flat white devotees, the types who ponder on the washed-process varietals or pontificate the per-bean roast colour and chocolate-slash-toffee notes of each cup, who love to talk coffee science. For these types we need top-class knick-knacks to support the gift recipient in their coffee refining endeavours. And then there are people who love coffee, the majority of us, who love our brew and want it good, but also love sitting back and admiring the little handmade ceramic cup someone gave us.
We found great coffee gifts for Dad (after all, Father’s Day is coming right up), for Mum, for best mates and colleagues. We found heartwarming gifts for the interiors obsessed and the gadget curious, for the new-to-coffee adventurer. If they drink coffee – hello basically everyone – there’s a perfect coffee gift out there.
Scouring our best ideas for gifts for the coffee lovers in our lives, we stumbled upon many, many beautiful ideas we’re personally adding to cart. We have gadgets and items to make better brews aplenty. And there’s something fitting about taking a cue from coffee’s beautiful tones and arrive bearing gifts that bring latte, espresso, even cappuccino hues into their world.
Fuelled on caffeine, inspired by coffee-coloured decor and earthy hues, and all while seeking out the best coffee tools our there, we have found plenty of thoughtful gift ideas.
2024’s TOP GIFTS FOR COFFEE LOVERS
- Breville The Oracle Jet, $3699, Myer
- Big Grindenstein, $49.95, The Iconic
- Carson Coffee Plunger, $49.95, Bed Bath N’ Table
The best gifts for coffee lovers 2024
Electric Gooseneck Kettle in Black
$99, Amazon
Best for: Pour-over perfection
Pour-over enthusiasts need a reliable little kettle with the right slow-pour spout. This gooseneck spout is designed for 90 degree pouring, making it perfect for the job. It heats 800ml of water quickly, ready for the best pour-over coffee experiment. The kettle has four presets, so you can boil water to tea or keep your kettle hot for more cups of coffee.
Sizes: Holds 800ml water
Colours: Black
Materials: Stainless steel
Key features:
- 0.8 litres
- Stainless steel kettle
- 1000W quick heating
- LCD screen shows real and desired temperatures
- Keeps water hot up to 24 hours
MECCA Coffee, Tobacco, Bitter Dark Choc Candle
$69, Hunter Candles
Best for: Wake up, smell the coffee
Alexandria roastery Mecca takes its coffee seriously, so it’s no surprise that it has moved beyond just perfecting the cup to bringing coffee into your whole home experience. This candle is designed to immerse all your senses with a coffee, smoky and slightly bitter sweet aroma. It’s a gift for coffee lovers who just can’t get enough.
Sizes: One size.
Colours: Also available in “figgy pudding” and other scents
Materials: Biodegradable soy wax
Key features:
- Burns for 45+ hours
- Hand-poured in Sydney’s Newtown
Bodum Bistro Electric Milk Frother in White
$118.15 (usually $139), Myer
Best for: No-fuss froth
A stylish little kitchen gadget that turns out smooth, temp-perfect froth to add to the morning’s cup of fuel. The milk frother has three different settings, including a 65 degrees (approximately) froth, a hot chocolate setting, and one for cold froth. There’s also a disk attachment for no-froth warm milk. The base detaches from the frother to make cleaning easier. One (more) bonus is that the frother heats up to 400ml of milk at a time, enough for two flat whites.
Sizes: 19.3cm x 10.4cm
Colours: Barista White (pictured), Black
Materials: Stainless steel body with a non-stick interior
Key features:
- Heats 400ml milk at a time
- Stainless steel interior
- Non-stick interior
- Works on all types of milk
Pour the Coffee Necklace
AU$50.31 , Etsy
Best for: Coffee fashionistas
If they are the kind of person to wear their heart on their sleeve, they’ll love wearing their (true) love around their neck. This dainty necklace leans towards a slight rose gold colour, so it’s not too yellow. It’s subtle enough to wear with a white tee, or dressed up with other jewels.
Sizes: Necklace length: 45.7cm
Colours: Gold
Materials: Gold plated
Key features:
- Made to order
- Gold plated
- 45.7cm (18 inches) long
- Lobster claw closure
- Hypoallergenic
Big Grindenstein
$49.95 , The Iconic
Best for: No-noise mornings
When you drink a lot of home-ground coffee, you need somewhere to put all those grains. All that to-ing and fro-ing to the compost kind of interrupts the (coffee) flow. This super-sized knock box is double the volume of the original Grindenstein, made for those who find themselves the barista of the house. It has a shock-absorbing design and solid steel core, making it impossible to break. It doesn’t wobble and jiggle when you use it, and the rubber sleeve protects the inner handle so things don’t get terribly noisy when you’ve just woken up and need a brew stat.
Sizes: 15cm x 13.5cm. Also available in original size
Colours: Black
Materials: ABS, stainless steel core
Key features:
- Dishwasher safe
- Shock-absorbing design
- Durable rubber sleeve
- Holds 13-15 pucks
Gimlet Espresso Martini Candle
$39.99 , Adairs
Best for: Espresso martini lovers
You can drink your espresso martini and smell it too when you light this pretty candle from Adairs. The candle comes in a pedestal glass vessel with a charming wavy edge, so it looks pretty even when it’s not lit. We love the sophisticated edge to this night-time piece for coffee lovers.
Sizes: 230g
Colours: Also comes in Gimlet Japanese Honeysuckle Candle, and Gimlet Coconut and Lime Candle
Materials: Glass, soy wax blend, parfum
Key features:
- Subtle coffee aroma
- 230g soy wax candle
- Glass pedestal candle holder
Breville The Oracle Jet
$3899, Breville
Best for: Perfect, customised brews
It really comes down to how much you love the gift recipient. Because frankly, this might be one to keep for yourself. The Oracle Jet is the brand-spanking-new machine from Breville, and it’s become a bit of a cult product in this writer’s home. The machine grinds the beans per cup, it doses the grind, and then tamps it. Using an easy touch screen (complete with pictures), you can customise how you like your coffee and then save the setting under your name, so there’s no getting your mother-in-law’s coffee order wrong ever again (we’re only here to help). It has recommendations for making perfect flat whites and even cold crews, but if you like your hotter or cooler or strong or not, you can save your own version. This newest model has a heating sensor in the actual milk jet, so you can do more coffee making and less thinking early morning.
Sizes: 36.8cm x 38.1cm x 42.5cm
Colours: Brushed stainless steel (pictured), Black Truffle, Sea Salt
Materials: Brushed stainless steel
Key features:
- 18-22g precision puck
- Creates micro-foam bubbles
- Settings to extract cold brew and cold espresso
- 45 grind sizes
- Includes cleaning kit, 480ml stainless steel milk jug and other accessories.
Available at:
- $3899 from Breville
- $3299 from Myer
Carson Coffee Plunger in Amber
$49.95, Bed Bath N’ Table
Best for: Retro brews
It almost seems a shame to fill it with coffee and change that beautiful hue at all. There’s something very old-school and therefore cool about plunger coffee. And this amber-toned plunger made from heat-proof borosilicate glass has the perfect amount of ’70s about it.
Sizes: 21.3cm x 11.5cm
Colours: Amber (pictured), Green
Materials: Borosilicate glass
Key features:
- Borosilicate glass
- 1 litre capacity
Fressko Camino 12oz Reusable Coffee Cup
$39.95, The Iconic
Best for: On-the-go brews
There are a lot of cups out there that claim to do the same thing – promising to keep your drink hot, transforming you into an eco-warrior-slash-caffeine-drinker. But what we need above all else is a cup that doesn’t leak all over us while we’re on the commute, that doesn’t leave a coffee dribble on your crisp shirt before the 9am WIP. This is that cup. It has internal barista lines so your coffee will turn out how you like it. It looks sleek, comes in a huge range of beautiful colours. And – bonus points – it keeps your coffee hot.
Sizes: 12oz (pictured) and 8oz
Colours: Oat (pictured), Sage, Frost, Coal, Watermelon, Chilli, Bubblegum, Demin, Emerald, Clover, and more
Materials: Stainless steel
Key features:
- Lightweight
- Easy clean
- Internal barista lines
- Fits under standard coffee machines
- Fits in most car cup holders
What is the best coffee machine?
We’re flooded with brand-new sparkling coffee machines in our department stores and online, promising to make an even better brew, all the time. Which is why we need to keep really clear how we will use a coffee machine at home, who it’s for, and how serious you really are about your coffee. If you love popping up the road, chatting to your local barista or getting your first coffee when you arrive at work, there’s not much point going all out with a coffee machine at home. You can easily upgrade your morning routine with a new coffee machine and accessories, or go all-out with the coffee machine we recommend above. Our tip is not to be swayed by the next sparkly thing, but make the right coffee machine choice for you – be it plunger, top-top pot or a big machine that grinds and does everything for you.
This article originally appeared on Home Beautiful and is republished here with permission.
