Amazon shoppers 'save hundreds' a year by 'dropping' expensive Starbucks and Costa runs for £45 hot and cold coffee machine

Maintaining a daily coffee habit can be an expensive endeavour, especially if you like to pop to Starbucks or Costa on your way to work or while running errands. As an iced latte or hot mocha can cost well over £5 a go these days, many people are opting for gadgets that create barista-quality beverages from the comfort of their own kitchen, potentially saving hundreds on takeaway beverages a year.

One such machine is the Breville Iced+Hot Coffee Maker. It typically retails for £66.99 but shoppers can pick it up on Amazon for £44.99 ahead of Prime Day (July 16 and 17) for a limited time. That's a total saving of over £22, which isn't bad at all.

The Breville machine makes filter coffee which means you don't have to faff about waiting for it to grind beans or have to remember to buy pods from the supermarket during your weekly shop, as the Wales Online reports. If you were only into iced coffee, you could spend even less and nab the cold-only version for £31.93 (down from £46.99).

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People are clearly impressed by the hot and cold coffee machine, too, since it's attracted some 1,900 customer ratings on Amazon so far, averaging out at 4.4 stars. Some of these are particularly glowing, too, like one review that reads: "It does what is advertised. The coffee tastes excellent and is not watery, even with lots of ice in it. My opinion is that it's worth buying and is a good price for how it tastes."

That sounds like a great verdict for those who like their cold brew, and another user echoed this: "Love this - my son spends a