There is no adjusting knobs to guess how much or little you need to steam your milk, nor is there any worry over how much you should be submerging your wand into your mug.

The top-mounted, backlit buttons make it easy to choose from three different sizes of coffee shot – and if you’d like to adapt the preset quantities to suit the size of your favourite mug, it’s easy to do. The Sage SNE500BKS Nespresso the Creatista Uno has the look of a sophisticated bean to cup espresso machine whilst providing the convenience and versatility of a Nespresso coffee capsule machine.Manually frothing with a more expensive machine gives you more flexibility, but it’s a harder skill to learn. The ease of use and reasonably low maintenance involved in cleaning up afterwards left us feeling very enamoured with the Uno. However, if the wand gets blocked, the coffee machine will warn you by turning on a light at the back, and you can use the provided unblocking tool, and dismantle the wand to give it a thorough clean. Well, that’s what the manufacturers claim, so we’re always keen to see just how much that stacks up. We’re not quite sure how we haven’t hadn't our hands on the Nespresso Sage Creatista Uno before now and it’s easy to see why this is such a best seller.

There are three levels of milk temperature on offer, while the automatic steam wand proves to be rewardingly effective. Congratulations coffee lovers, Nespresso and Sage have got together and arranged a marriage between Nespresso’s easy-to-use coffee pod system and Sage’s down-to-earth design skills, to create a coffee making machine that’s sure to please anyone who enjoys their coffee to the max. Making very good coffee is therefore within easy reach of anyone from solo caffeine cravers through to families who love a brew.When the coffee’s brewed and the milk is frothed, we think you’ll soon be having a go at intricate latte art, just like the artistic baristas in upmarket café bars.