Good coffee, easy to use
5/5
This is my first bean to cup machine although I've used a "commercial" one at work. It is easy to set up and use, although I haven't yet set up personalised recipes or really used the Bluetooth (apart from checking it worked on setup). You can vary your coffee beans, strength, amount and milk amounts on the machine itself, which is what the family do at the moment. The two bean hoppers are great, we road tested an espresso vs a columbian bean initially (I prefer columbian, my son prefers darker roast), but now have some decent decaff beans in the 2nd hopper. Most of the family is lactose intolerant, so it was important that we could use plant based milks - we usually use oat barista milk in instant coffee/tea, and this works great in the machine giving a creamy taste and good froth. I've since decided to go low carb, so tried almond milk (quite thin, bitter after taste, but will froth, although not as well as oat milk), I've just tried pea milk and it is surprisingly good, no strange taste or aftertaste, froths well - I would say oat is more like full cream and pea is like semi-skimmed, but machine copes fine with both. Cleaning is straight forward, just plug milk hose in after you've finished and machine rinsed and steams nozzles and hose (we leave a cup under the nozzle as machine puts small rinse through on starting up and switching off and cleaning after milk). I tend to refill water in morning and late afternoon, and empty drip tray once or twice a day. I can't comment on how long water filter lasts, as didn't install as we have very soft/tasty water. Overall very happy with machine, easy to use, very tasty coffee, some people have said about temp of coffee, but I take milk out of fridge about 10 mins before 1st coffee, and give the mug a quick rinse with the hot water from the machine and temp has been fine for us. I'm sure I will start experimenting with recipes and grind level in future, but fine on factory setting for a really tasty coffee. Machine is not a cheap option, but hopefully will not take long to recoup the cost after giving up Costa/Starbucks etc... Highly recomnended.
Lynda B
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Colour: Black
Lynda B
Colour: Black
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