Home espresso machine the must-have item for Australian kitchens Hobart resident Tom Windsor says purchasing a home coffee machine was a "no-brainer." THE home espresso machine has taken over Aussie kitchens. And unlike other appliances, it is the men in the household that are driving this boom, according to new research released on Monday. Thirty-four per cent of households across Australia now have an espresso machine, with the largest number of households found in the ACT (43 per cent), and the lowest in Tasmania (24 per cent). "In comparison to other appliances espresso coffee machines are very much the new appliance on the block having been around for a little over 20 years," said Rebecca Logan from Canstar Blue, which commissioned the research. That's a meteoric rise for an appliance in a very short period of time and if this trend continues they will be as common as a microwave or a kettle. Tom Windsor, of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania, has been an early adopter. "My mum had one and it was making pretty good coffee, so it was a no-brainer," the 31-year-old said. Mr Windsor and his wife Susannah, 30, married last year, and purchased a coffee machine when setting up their marital home. "We wanted some kind of coffee machine at home," he said. What led us to purchase a Nespresso pod machine rather than a proper mini barista machine was that they are pretty mess-free. And I'm not a barista so I could make reasonable coffee every time. The Canstar Blue research found that 68 per cent of coffee-loving Australians say they have saved money on expensive cafe-bought coffees with the purchase of their espresso machine. For the Windsors, financial factors certainly played a part. "We did some sums on coffee that we purchased from local cafes, and we did some sums on coffee machines, both the pod variety and ground coffee machines," Mr Windsor said. We realised that while each pod is about 70 or 80 cents, a little more expensive than the other machines, it's a lot cheaper than $3.50-plus for your coffee at the local cafe. The research also suggests men are more likely to make the purchasing decision when it comes to their home coffee machine compared to other household appliances. The research looked at the involvement of both sexes in making purchases across seven different categories of appliances. "For example, when it came to air conditioner purchases, 83 per cent of men were involved in the purchase decision, compared with only 73 per cent of women," Ms Logan explained. The other appliances on which men were more likely to have been involved in the most recent purchase were the dishwasher (83 per cent to 75 per cent) and the espresso coffee machine (91 per cent to 82 per cent). Purchasing patterns in the Windsor residence supports these figures. My wife is the proud owner of a new Magimix and I had nothing to do with (purchasing) that one. She is also looking at a new oven at the moment and I'm not too heavily involved in that one," Mr Windsor said. The fridge is probably the only major appliance in the kitchen that I've had something to do with. Canstar Blue's research is the result of Colmar Brunton study of 2500 Australians.