When do espresso machines actually go on sale?
Most answers to this question are guesswork. This one isn’t: we track 147 espresso machines and grinders daily (42,582 price points and counting) and record every time one touches its lowest price we’ve ever seen. Here’s when that actually happens.
All-time lows by month
How many of our tracked machines and grinders have hit their all-time-low price in each calendar month:
A product can appear in more than one month if it returned to its low repeatedly. Data: our own daily tracking, not manufacturer claims.
What the data says
The strongest months in our data so far: September, July, August. The pattern behind it is boring and reliable — espresso gear drops hardest around the November sale season (Black Friday through early December), with a second wave around summer sale events, and brand-specific clearances scattered through spring as models rotate.
The practical read: if you can wait for November, wait. If you can’t, don’t buy blind — check the product’s own price history first. A “sale” that’s above the price it held for half of last year isn’t a sale; a quiet Tuesday price that matches last Black Friday absolutely is. That second case happens more often than you’d think, and it’s exactly what we exist to catch.
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