Tesco is better known for its food selection than its coffee maker one, but it still has something to offer. Tesco direct sells everything from furniture to lawnmowers and it has a reasonable selection of coffee makers. It represents a useful number of popular brands including its own home brand. The website is a little busy with offers and advertisements but easy enough to navigate and you can narrow your search by brand or price.
Finding the website
Visit the Tesco direct home page at www.direct.tesco.com.
Finding the section on coffee makers
On reaching the Tesco Direct home page go to the Home Electrical tab on the band at the top of the page. Click on this tab to find a drop down menu. Go to ‘Small Kitchen Appliances’ and click on that to bring up the relevant page. On the left hand side of the page is a menu. Under the heading ‘category’, look for ‘Coffee Machines’ and click on that. You’ll be taken to the coffee machines opening page.
The selection available
Not being an electronics retailer you might not expect the Tesco range of coffee makers to be large but it is reasonable and most of the popular brands are available including Bosch, Breville, DeLonghi, Gaggia, Krups, Prestige and more. Items range from inexpensive filter coffee makers to mid range espresso/cappuccino machines.
Information provided on the site
On the main pages items are listed one below the other with an image to the left. Each machine is listed under name, catalogue number and price. There is a ‘more info’ button you can click on to bring up an item page. On the left hand side of the page is a brand menu to reduce your search as well as a price menu.
Click on the ‘Read reviews icon to read reviews. This brings up a separate window with ‘reevoo’ independent reviews. The item is reviewed by buyers, both positively and negatively and a score out of ten given. The item is graded on a number of factors including features, performance, ease of cleaning, design/build quality, value for money and overall rating. This is a very useful review programme and buyers should look at it before making a purchase.
You can compare up to 4 items by clicking on the small ‘Compare’ button below the item and then the larger ‘compare’ button at the top of the list.
If you’re into Tesco Clubcard points there is a link that tells you if you’ve the purchase will win you double Clubcard points. There’s also a link to a delayed payment scheme but you have to be a Tesco Credit Card holder to avail yourself of it.
When you click on the ‘more info’ link or on the image of the product you are taken to an item page where there is a larger image that you can enlarge further. Thumbnails on the right of this image include the item in situ, so you can see what it looks like on your table or worktop.
Below the image are ‘Description’, ‘Features’ and ‘Delivery Options’ tabs.
Click on the ‘Description’ tab to learn more about the machine and its capabilities. The ‘Features’ tab lists features such as colour, product dimensions, bar pressure, water tank capacity and more depending upon the model type. “Delivery options’ offers standard next day delivery depending on your post code or collection from a selected number of stores. There’s also a premium delivery service from a limited number of locations.
On the left hand side at the top of the page is a help link. You can use this to check where your order is.
Buying from the website
When you’ve decided on your purchase click on the ‘Add to basket’ button. This takes you to a confirmation page. To continue, click on the ‘Continue to checkout’ button. If you are already registered with Tesco you fill in your Email address and password to sign in. If you’re a new customer you have to register by filling in the register box. Once registered you can continue with the checkout procedure and purchase your item.
Finally
The Tesco website offers a good selection of coffee makers at reasonable prices. The website is easy to navigate although there are a lot of advertisements cluttering up the pages. Purchasing on line means registering, but once you’ve done that it’s straightforward. This website has one of the best review programmes, important if you want to know what other people think of a product. It gathers a lot of individual reviews and its grading system is more precise than the usual five star system.