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The best UK BBQs for every budget: six gas, electric and charcoal grills – tested

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So, I took on the gruelling, pitiable task of eating a lot of burgers – and in doing so tracked down the best affordable, straightforward barbecues that just make great food. If you need something simple for grilling a few bangers, you’ll find it here.
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Is your at-home coffee coming out bitter? It could be down to these coffee machine mistakes – I've seen them all in my time testing coffee makers for a living

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After far too long testing these machines for a living, I’ve made every mistake in the book, so I know exactly what can go wrong. If your coffee isn’t quite right, you may have fallen for one of these common coffee maker mistakes - but they’re all easy to fix. 1. The wrong beans Let’s start with the beans. Unless you’re an obsessive, you don’t need to worry about the difference between arabica and robusta beans - most wholebean and ground coffee sold in supermarkets is arabica anyway.
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What I look for when buying a coffee machine, as an expert reviewer who’s spent hundreds of hours testing different coffee makers

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The result is that I am, frankly, jaded about this stuff. Whether Lattissima, Latticia, or Baristina, I've seen innumerable machines marketed with a vaguely milky, suitably pseudo-Italian name. After a while, they all blur into one, but my years as a product tester have turned up a handful of remarkable machines for the money. All this means I’ve turned the art of finding a good coffee machine into a faff-free science.
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