Francis Francis for illy X7.1 iperEspresso Machine

Francis Francis brings primo espresso to my kitchen, "a first" !

Easy, simple machine to use. Beautiful Espresso in less than 60 seconds, perfect at 5AM

Update:

Challenges with machine making horrific noises during pump cycle yielded call to Illy customer support, front

Line customer support person was very helpful taking my information ,then after being passed to the Francis Francis tech support person my Illy experience slowly went downhill, repeat attempts for customer support merely made the experience worse, ie your made to clearly understand the customer is the problem and your wasting Illys time.

Net/net the Francis Francis machine is being sent back to Illy, in summary if a company won't stand behind "both" their expensive coffee and espresso machines l'd prefer to enjoy a french press and locally roasted coffee.

Next machine choice will be a Rancillio Silvia and the Rocky grinder, check out the Coffee Geek site for numerous positive reviews.

I love coffee, especially a good expresso or double shot latte. This machine is simple and easy to use. Over three decades I have nursed several different brand machines through the ordeal of giving birth to an expresso shot. This machine minimizes the variables and consistently produces a quality shot of expresso. Preheat until the light goes on, pop in an ipser cartridge, push a button, and voila, The illy coffee is wonderful. I like the dark roast. This machine offers a simple foolproof fast way to a good cup. Don't forget to warm your ceramic drinking cup before pulling the shot. This machine is "stylish" and has a small footprint. It will not hog your counter space.

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If I draw a longer espresso shot, water leaks into the shot and dilutes and cools it. The water container is a pain to remove, really, could't come up with a better engineering solution? Currently it's stuck on beeping and the red triangle of death is flashing and the solution offered in the manual does not resuscitate it.

Otherwise, it's an OK machine :)

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