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Add champagne-like sparkle to your tap water, fizz to your fruit-juice or carbonate your very own cola with Sodastream's Source. As if by magic, and the aid of a CO2 canister, this elegant piece of culinary kit turns all liquid into a glass of bubbly joy. Constructed in cahoots with world-renowned designer and and social entrepreneur, Yves Behar, it boasts beauty and functionality, with a touch-responsive top surface and LED display for instant visual feedback. We’ve fallen in love with it at the GearCulture office and have a feeling that you will too.

A beautiful - and useful - piece of kit for your kitchen. The Breville Motorized Citrus Press is a one-size-fits-all juicer forged from indestructible die-cast brushed stainless steel. The innovative juicing action means that no pulp goes to waste, the motor is so quiet, you won't even know it's there and it's even safe to stick in the dishwasher when you're done.

Looks as beautiful as the beverage tastes, the Blossom One Coffee Maker is forged from gleaming metals and a choice of mahogany, walnut, sapele, teak or zebra wood. It's Wi-Fi enabled with its own app that accesses a cloud system for a host of differing recipes and instructions ensuring that the coffee can be enjoyed just as the bean grower intended. It'll make a barista out of you.

We have one of these in the GearCulture office because we all take our coffee differently and seriously and it makes a sublime brew. The Philips Saeco Xelis Fingerprint ID Espresso Machine not only accommodates all preferences - strength, milk, black, with or without sugar - but will even remember each individual choice with a scan of the fingerprint for future orders. But if you do wish to show off your coffee making skills, it'll let you froth your milk and whatnot manually too.

Any gadget that saves energy is a good gadget, both for our wallets, and more importantly the planet. This Belkin Conserve Socket with energy saving outlet allows you to take charge of multiple power supplies at once, all with a single button. Once you turn off the TV, the strip will sense it and automatically power off all other appliances to which it is connected, so it's ideal both for the lazy and the eco-aware.

A gift from the Netherlands, the Technivorm Grand Coffee Maker offers a superior cup of coffee. Its innovative 9-hole spray arm evenly distributes water maintained at a perfect temperature over the ground for maximum flavor. Its 64-ounce carafe, with a travel lid, allows you to take your perfect cup of coffee wherever you go.

Experience the superior alternative generator with the Goal Zero Yeti Solar Generator. Silently drawing energy from the sun, the generator is strong enough to power household appliances or crucial health care equipment. Simple and safe, indoors or out, this generator allows continued comfort in your home or even when camping, so the rough outdoor life can be just a little less rough.

The sleek and shiny Umbra Otto Automatic Soap Dispenser is a stylish addition to the modern bathroom. Beautifully curved in an ergonomic design, the Otto uses advanced sensor technology and an automatic pump to dispense exactly the right amount of soap onto the hands, without any unhygienic touching required.

Whether you're an expert chef or manage to burn a boiled egg, the Nomiku is a precision bit of kit to aid all culinary levels. An immersion circulator, the Nomiku enables you to cook your stuff in an air tight bag within a steady and perfectly temperature-controlled water bath which ensures ingredients are cooked all the way through and to total perfection.

Have you ever wanted to brew your own lager? Well, with the Professional Microbrewery you will now be able to not only brew lager, but other brews as well. This is the same automated brewing system that is used in breweries but it is scaled down to size for home use. With the Professional Microbrewery, you may never have to buy your favorite brew again.