This machine is not worth the money. I bought it for home and regretted it.
It takes way too long to heat up and to prepare any milky drink. 1 minute plus for a cup of cuppachino! My old Jura can do it in less than 30 seconds!
The new milk frothing system is quite restrictive, I have to pour the exact amount of milk the machine wants before it does the frothing. If I pour too much or too little, the milk foam and taste became horrible. Ridiculous !
The design of the machine is very erm disproportional. A 1.7L water tank but a pea-sized waste water tank. I have to empty the waste water after every 3 cups of cuppachino because of its automatic washing of the frothing wand which is irritating by itself. It lacks speed in preparing coffee(milky coffee), I have to wait for the wand to move up, move to the front and down to my cup, froth it, AND WAIT for the wand to move up, move back and go down before I get the espresso dispensed. I thought of moving it to my office but its just too slow and too troublesome to clean. Imagine having to pour the goddamn waste water away every 3rd cup.
The much touted self cleaning system does not inspire much confident in me at all. You can't just soak and rinse a milk wand in water and expect it to be clean. Baristas have been scrubbing it with cloth and purging it with hot steam for years, milk residue do not simply just disappear by mere rinsing. And also, its quite disturbing to see those detergent bubbles through the transparent viewing chamber and then making a cup of coffee with it.
Did I mention the heap load of consumables I have to buy just to maintain the machine.
I tried using it without the detergent(I can't find it on sale anywhere) and it refused to make even a cup of espresso(NOTHING TO DO WITH MILK). Bloody hell, I have to pay for 4 consumables month after month. Water filters, Descaling tablets, Cleaning tablets and the Detergent.
Save yourself the trouble and buy others.Krups, if you are going to plant reviews, take some effort please. They all have nearly identical language, are written in the same span of time, and are the only reviews under those user names. Pathetic.Seriously, this might be a good coffee machine, but writing your own reviews is beyond pathetic, and tarnishes your reputation.I recently purchased this Espresso Machine (my personal mood generator) and I am absolutely impressed by the technology in that went into manufacturing this fine piece of engineering. As part of my daily ritual I enjoy a nice cappuccino in the morning and a double espresso in the afternoon, I couldn't be happier with it's performance. The operating system that runs the machine is intuitive, accurate and for the most part self operating. The cleaning mechanism is impressive I am having a hard time deciding whether my favorite part is the actual espresso or watching the machine clean itself. IT'S A MUST BUY!!!Our office recently brought in the Krups Barista Coffee & Espresso maker as our new work coffee machine. It was the best surprise. The machine is beautiful. We are all fascinated by the technology behind it. My co-workers and I have been able to program our own individual coffee profiles. With the touch of a single button we get our perfect cup brewed; poured, frothed and heated just the way we like it! The Cappuccino machine is so smart, that it even cleans itself! I'm loving our coffee breaks and I'm loving our new Krups machine. I would recommend this item to anyone!
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