Melitta Bean to Cup Coffee Machine, Barista TS SMART Model F85/0-102, 1450 Watts, 1.8 Litres, Black

Over the years, I've owned (and still own) many types of coffee maker. My espresso needs have been met, for the last 10 years or so, by a Sage machine but it had become a chore to have to do every single aspect from grinding to pulling, manually. My wife also refused to get involved, so the coffee making always fell to me. As a result I was looking for a bean to cup machine for a while, but hadn't really thought about a fully automatic until I looked at the Barista TS SMART. I compared it to a number of others, and the fact that it was on offer at the time sealed the deal. I'll start with all the good bits, and there are many. Firstly, it makes really great coffee in no time at all, and with almost no input from me. If you're not getting good coffee out of the Barista TS SMART, look for better beans and thank me later. The self-cleaning processes that run at both startup and shutdown mean one of the biggest drawbacks of any espresso machine are removed immediately. Yes, it increases your water consumption but, take it from me, the alternative is much worse. The range of drinks it can make are extensive and, if we're honest, probably overkill. Out of the 20 listed, I've probably not used more than half a dozen of them. Better too many than too few, though. The "obvious" drinks like espresso, cappuccino, and latte are available from a row of buttons on the front of the machine. The rest take a bit of work to get to, but you soon get used to it. The ability to adjust every aspect of the recipes is excellent, and makes a huge difference if you have two people who like their drinks prepared differently. These variations can be stored in up to 4 separate profiles, for ease. Another good example of this being very useful is that we have 340ml cappuccino cups, and the "milk only" programme defaults to 120ml. What I do is set the default cappuccino recipe to get to 220ml total milk/coffee, then simply hit the milk button to top up to the 340ml level. The Barista TS SMART is smart enough to know what needs cleaning and what doesn't. I mistakenly turned it off, and triggered the shutdown flushing process, without running the milk easy cleaning programme first. Not wanting to leave milk in the system, I turned it back on and ran the easy cleaning. When turning the machine off again, it knew it didn't need to run the shutdown flush again, as no drinks had been made. A small thing, but welcome nevertheless. Being able to use 2 different types of coffee beans has been useful, but the ability to turn off the feature and let the machine use whichever side of the hopper has beans in, is very nice if you only tend to use a single variety. The water tank is about as big as it can be without increasing the size of the machine significantly but, as I mention above, you do go through a lot of water so expect to fill it twice a day if you're making 10/12 cups. Cleaning is easy and quick, and the Barista TS SMART prompts you to run the milk cleaning process, both the easy cleaning every time you use milk, and then the full programme with the cleaning solution periodically. It also prompts you to empty the bottom container where the waste water goes, but I'm in the habit of emptying it at the end of every startup flush process. Overall, several weeks in, it's a purchase I'm still really pleased I made, and have absolutely no regrets. But, as the title of this review suggests, the machine is not without its flaws. First, the milk foaming is great apart from the milk is just not warm enough coming out of the machine. This is not unique to this brand/model, it's a drawback of fully automatic machines and the balance between convenience and speed. The solution is just to microwave it for 30 seconds to bring it to the desired temperature. Don't microwave for too long, or you will burn both the milk and the coffee. A bit less is better than too much. The process for accessing the recipes that aren't on the front of the machine is also a little unclear and awkward at first, even with the included card, but a bit of trial and error does get you there in the end. The included milk container has, so far, remained unused, mainly because it's quite big, and doesn't keep milk cool. I simply use a small stainless steel jug together with the optional milk wand that you can buy (£10). You soon learn how much milk to pour without wasting any, and it's much easier. And now I'm going to save you some time. Just ignore the fact there's a Bluetooth app for this. You can't power on the machine with it, and you can't keep your milk cool unless you pay over the odds for the stainless steel model, so you need to go and stand in front of it anyway unless you're making drinks constantly. I've never even downloaded it, and I'm 100% convinced I neither need nor miss it. The only use the app could have, but which is very unlikely given it wopuld need to be built into the machine itself already, would be to update any firmware. The very slight niggles aside, I have no complaints about the Barista TS SMART. Making 2 drinks used to take me about 20 minutes and involved a lot of mither. I can now do it in 5 minutes and without breaking even a mild sweat. The fact the drinks taste so good is almost a bonus, although it's obviously the main point! I highly recommend the Barista TS SMART. Learn to live with the quirks, and you'll love it.

Firstly, forget about the Bluetooth connectivity as this is an unreliable gimmick, but the Melitta App is highly useful for the maintenance and cleaning of the machine. Each part of the cleaning process is explained in the simplest way, a must have if trying to see the instructions on the machines screen is hard for you. Ok, on to the machine itself. Unpacking the machine is easy enough, but you do need to read the instructions carefully to ensure you have the hardness of your water and other information as and when needed. On first use I did an extra 2 coffees to flush the machine before actually drinking what it makes to ensure that it is only coffee you’ll be drinking and not lubricants. For drink preparation the machine can make 4 coffee variations from the front panel, but there are many more available from the menu system on the machine. The ability to save your favourites by person is useful to a certain extent and is extensive in the options for each coffee type but is limited to 1 setting per person per coffee option. To use a mycoffee option, you first press the mycoffee icon then select cappuccino or latte and the machine starts straight away. I mostly use this due to a set coffee cup size and bean settings for latte and cappuccinos. The grinder is not silent but it is quiet enough not to be annoying, the bean hoppers hold enough for 15 - 20 cups in a single coffee dose setting and the machine is conservative in warning you about the hopper being empty and on swapping brands or strengths you do get a mix of beans for a couple of cups. As far as cleaning, the machine rinses itself on startup and shutdown and after each brew it asks to easy clean which sterilises the milk tube and milk system. The biggest thing that you do need to do every day is to empty the drip tray, I find this fills up after only a few cups have been made, else water will spill over and onto your counter top. For the cleaning of the machine and brew components it is easy to do and I do it every 10 to 12 days, it says a weeks interval but the machine doesn’t get that dirty inside. My conclusion with owning the Melitta Barista TS Smart is that if coffee is an important treat that you want to enjoy at home, this is the Bean to Cup machine for you. I am very pleased with the speed of warm up to coffee production is mere seconds and the taste of the coffee it produces. The coffee is hot enough to drink shortly after being made but hot enough not to go cold straight away. The cost and maintenance needed to actually own one of these machines should be considered, as pod machines can give close to bean to cup performance as a better price point. But this machine is a good balance of value for money and the production of great coffee at home.

UPDATE: Well, I did learn to love this machine but, after only 18 months it has stopped making coffee. Instead of dispensing coffee through the nozzles on the front of the machine… the coffee just goes straight into the drip tray! And, yes, I run the cleaning routines whenever prompted, sometimes even sooner. And that includes taking the brewing unit out and giving it a thorough wash. I called the UK Melitta support line… which just rings indefinitely with nobody answering. I sent them an email, which has not been acknowledged. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Having previously owned (and loved) the Melitta Caffeo Bistro, I though this would be a fancy upgrade. Unfortunately, they’ve added a load of fancy-looking features that work incredibly unreliably. Instead of mechanical buttons, you have a touch interface, that’s horribly unreliable. Sometimes you tap on the -/+ symbol and it does what you expect, most times it does nothing. It’s designed primarily for use with dark roast beans in the left hopper and mild beans in the right. If you want to use the dual hopper for car vs decaf, then you’re going to need to remember to use the bean selector before making any coffee… otherwise the machine will automatically select them based on the recipe. “Cafe Crème”, “Cafe Latte” and “Cafe au Lait” use the right hopper (“Beans 2”) by default, unless you select “Beans 1” beforehand. “Red Eye”, “Black Eye” and “Dead Eye” (seriously… who’s heard of these?) use beans from both hoppers, so these recipes rather depend on the hoppers being filled with dark and medium roast beans rather than a caf/decaf split. Although maybe shots of espresso in a decaf would give the same visual effect? The portions you get from the recipes are rather random and extremely stingy… a standard home coffee mug is typically between 200-300ml. Yet the Americano recipe only dispenses 150ml and the Cappuccino a miserly 130ml! I’ve included a photo of a cappuccino to show (to scale) how absurd that is. Even the latte is only 180ml. The largest recipes are the “Americano Extra Shot” and “Latte Macchiato Trip’e Shot” which are 210ml each. These amounts may be fine for your local overpriced coffee shop, but they’re too small for home use. You can override this and use the slider on the machine to adjust the total amount… but (and this is incredible) you can only do this AFTER starting the recipe but BEFORE the coffee starts dispensing. That’s a 10 second window to make the adjustment. But it gets worse: the machine display does not tell you what the total amount will! Instead it tells you “Coffee 65ml Milk 115ml” and you have 10 seconds to add that up in your head and decide whether that’s suitable for your chosen mug, adjust, repeat. If you want to tinker further with the recipes or create your own, you can do so via the iOS app; however, I found that it does not reliably select the beans you asked for. Instead it seems to select whatever was chosen by the last person to use the physical controls. Also, it does not have the option to adjust the total amount while keeping the coffee to milk ratio consistent. I used the app for a few days, then went back to the standard machine controls. I do find it astonishing that such a computer-based machine does not have any means for the customer to upgrade the firmware. I did ask Melitta support and they told me if there is a firmware issue, it has to go back to the manufacturer to be updated. Let’s finish with some positive saving graces though, as you’ll be wondering why I gave it 4 stars. The coffee this machine makes (from the recipes, using good quality beans) is delicious. I was particularly impressed at the 3-layered Latte Macchiato… make that in a glass for the full effect! The flat white and cappuccino are especially tasty. I source my beans from CoffeeLink, who also do really good decaf beans. If you know for sure that the total will fit in your mug, then you can simply choose “2x” to make double the amount (which is actually intended for making two tiny coffees side-by-side). I use that setting all the time. The milk container that comes with the stainless steel model (which I got) is a proper flask that keeps the milk fresh and cold for ages. I definitely recommend you purchase the milk “lance” (it’s about £10) if you only intend to make a single milky coffee, as it’s quicker and easier to clean than the flask and no milk is wasted. You simply stick that in your milk bottle/carton. It should really be bundled with such an expensive machine though, shouldn’t it? So, overall, I’m happy with the machine, despite all the shortcomings above.

Have owned this for over a week. Bought as a replacement to a DeLonghi PrimaDonna S Evo machine, which, despite high cost, failed outside of warranty within 2.5 years. This is a superb machine, which rewards time and effort spent in adjusting the various settings to help produce excellent coffee. There was, however, a notable improvement in espresso quality out of the box from the Delonghi, with a much better extraction with a more persistent crema and a better mouthfeel. Milk quality is excellent, which was a surprise, as I expected the Delonghi with its patented LatteCrema system to be considerably better (but it is not, from this experience). Great range of default recipes and all aspects can be tweaked, the dual grinder is fab (have configured it to have decaff beans in one of the hoppers) and the ability to set up to 8 user profiles is superb (I have all drink set as a decaff option, for example, in one user profile). Other plus point are the app (when it works, see below), the look of the machine (good quality plastics used and looks good in place in the kitchen) and the easy cleaning regime (screen or app take you through the processes, step by step). Downsides? Given that this is a single heater based machine (same heating system used for milk temperature and espresso), production of drinks can be slow. This may just be my own impression, coming from the Delonghi which had a dual heating system, but there is an appreciable delay in milk based drinks as the machine gets up to milk steaming temperature or comes down to espresso temperature (depending on the recipe as to whether milk or espresso is made first). The app is also temperamental, in terms of bluetooth range and it often crashes or looses connection. To be fair, the Delonghi app (also BT) had similar issues, but felt a bit more polished (eg the Melitta connect app displays an error message when a bean hopper is empty, but does not say the bean hopper is empty, while the LCD screen does). The drip tray needs emptying often (this is also because I make a lot of milk based drinks, and the auto cleaning of the milk tube dispenses water directly into the drip tray). Finally, sometimes the sensors in the bean hopper report that the hopper is empty when there are beans left in it. This is easily resolved by putting a finger in front of the sensor and grinding the remaining beans as normal. That's about it, and none of these issues are huge compared to the advantages of the machine. Excellent BTC coffee machine, with consistent results at the touch of a button (or two). Highly recommended.

A lot of Amazon product reviews seem to be written by those with box fresh products who are over the moon to have them so hope this review, after a couple of weeks of using it will be a little more critical and of use to somebody. There are plenty of reviews of this product on the internet so suggest reading those for further guidance. Also note I'm reviewing this in the light of paying £730 for the black model in Dec 21, it never came below £700 anywhere (genuine) in the black friday sales but would be a different proposition at full RRP of over £1200. Coffee quality. Without going into the detail that some of the coffee specialist website reviews do, this machine makes good coffee but if you are wanting more control over the process to obtain better results then a fully automatic machine like this may not be the best option. You may get better coffee from a machine which allows you a little more control and at a similar price point the Sage Barista touch may be worth looking at (I'm not picking something at random, a friend owns this so I have used it). Of course if you are looking for this level of control and actually learning some barista style skills then you probably shouldn't be looking at Amazon reviews for guidance. You can tweak plenty of settings on this machine to try to get the coffee closer to your liking but all of this is within the bounds of it's preset coffee recipes. You can save your personal preferences to one the user profiles on the machine so they are easily accessible. Unfortunately one of the settings that will make the most difference to your coffee flavour, the grind fineness, is a manual setting that you have to unclip the side of the machine to adjust. This isn't difficult but you can't set it on a per-recipe basis like other settings. This may be particular issue if you want to use the 'cafe creme' recipe which, in theory, should be with a lighter roast of bean and a coarser grind, although I suspect Melitta have accounted for this in the factory settings. The two bean chambers on this machine and automatic chamber selection on the TS model could be a key feature for this machine and was one of the reasons I selected it. If you have two or more coffee drinkers in your household with different preferences for coffee style this can be useful, you can assign bean type to each recipe you customise on a per user basis or use one for decaff beans. You can build your own coffee recipes with three 'ingredients' (1-3 shots of coffee, water and milk froth) and save them in the smartphone app but these can only be activated in the app and not transferred to the machine and the absence of hot milk rather than froth may bug some. Its worth noting you cannot change add new ingredients to the built in recipes only alter qualities, temperature and coffee strength. Finally worth noting that the steamed milk is good compared to other bean to cup machines I've used but not as good as a practiced hand will get with a decent machine with a separate milk wand. Build quality and appearance The machine certainly doesn't feel cheap and is well put together but the silver trim around the front panel of the machine is painted plastic rather than metal, I have the black model but suspect this is the same on the more expensive 'stainless steel' model as well. I think for the money it's not unfair to expect a little more and certainly some rival manufacturers do a better job here but I chose the machine for its features rather than it's appearance and it manages not to look cheap and is easy to clean external to keep it looking good. Operating and cleaning The machine is definitely more suited to an average household than a small office, the grounds container only holds 6-8 shots worth of grounds, which could be 3-4 coffees worth depending what you drink, and the drip tray is shallow and needs emptying frequently. Otherwise the cleaning isn't too difficult, it runs a rinse at start and shutdown and recommends that you plug the milk hose into the drip tray and run a quick clean after making any drinks with milk, this is all automated and other than meaning it fills the drip tray (which you can work around to an extent by keeping an empty container, such as a milk jug, under the dispensing head when the machine is not being used) is no hassle at all. The machine recommends you clean the brew unit weekly, which is just a case of running it under warm water and leaving to drip-dry and you'll find that you are filling the water tank and emptying the drip tray daily but other than that you can just follow the on screen prompts for periodic cleaning actions using recommended cleaning agents (samples of which are supplied). Having read around, it seems that this is a fairly straightforward cleaning routine for this type of machine and I can't argue with this so far. The shortcut buttons on the machine for particular types of drinks are configurable per user but each only lets you select from a subset of the recipes available which is frustrating and some drinks remain only selectable by accessing the full list of recipes on the machine however once you are used to it, it's hardly complicated. The options for tweaking on the fly are a little confusing, with some drinks allowing you to up the quantity based on ratio and some requiring you to adjust the coffee and milk volumes separately and the manual isn't particularly helpful, you are generally better advised to use the phone app if you want to play around but realistically, how often are you going to be doing this once you have initially set your preferences unless you have a lot of very fussy guests. Feedback on other reviews and conclusions Having read a lot of reviews there seem to be some common bits of feedback I'll respond to. The drip tray does require a little care when carrying over to the sink to empty to avoid spillage but if you empty when the machine asks you to it shouldn't be an issue. The drinks come out at an immediately drinkable temperature, my wife finds some too hot by default, and whilst a lot of reviewers/commenters indicate they prefer their coffee hotter and you can adjust temperature, this may affect the taste of the coffee you are preparing. This is probably largely down to the milk temperature which as far as I can see cannot be set. The bluetooth on the machine doesn't have a huge range and the machine needs to be turned on with a physical button so don't get any ideas about ordering coffee from bed (as some reviewers suggest) but I have had no issues using the app or connecting via bluetooth once it was initially connected. The milk container is quite large and takes up a lot of room in the fridge, about the same footprint as a 4 litre milk bottle, there is a optional milk lance available separately (£15) which you can drop into any milk container which may be handy if you want have multiple milk types in use, although I'm relatively sure you could just drop the hose into cup of milk/milk-alternative at a pinch as long as you cleaned it afterwards. Overall this machine makes as decent a coffee as you'd expect for the price. The question isn't really 'is it a good machine', it is, it should be 'is this the right machine for me' and if you are a house hold of 1-4 coffee drinkers who don't want to get too involved in the coffee making process but do want to have some flexibility then this may be ideal. If your household are always drinking the same one or two styles of coffee there may be a much more economical option out there for you which works or if you want total flexibility or just to 'play around' a bit more then a bean to cup machine may not be the answer.

This is not my first Bean to Cup Machine and in the last years I mainly used a Nespresso Latissima which now became quite dated and faulty, so I got this one when it was on sale and it is one of the expensive buys I do not regret a bit. The coffee tastes amazing and the milk froth and crema it creates is outstanding for a home machine. Before I purchased it a read a lot of reviews about it and some are mentioning that it does not make hot coffee, well this is true in standard-setting but you can set it to a hotter temperature that solves this problem easily. Most important for me was the taste and with the right coffee beans, you get a really good result and a nearly perfect latte, as perfect as it can get at home I think. The important part for the taste is the right coffee beans, not every coffee is suitable for such machines so a bit trial and error is needed to get an amazing taste out of this best, I personally use coffee beans from insomnia coffee shops, which taste on this machine nearly as good as on the highly professional ones in their shops. But the Melitta does not only for me a good job, we also use it for the Mocca from my wife and the hot chocolate for our little one and it is just super easy to use and also super easy to clean as it basically cleans itself, especially after you use milk. If you although only buy it because it is smart, then don't, while the app is quite decent, it only connects via Bluetooth, and that lasts around 5 meters, while BT standard is usually at least 10 and the app disconnects quite frequently. It is sad to see that Melitta has not gone for a wifi connection and maybe also provide an Alexa skill, this would have made this machine really smart and not pseudo smart. I do like though very much the possibility to create own recipes, so we can have both a latte programmed with different strength and volume which is super handy. All in all this Melitta is one of the best coffee machines I have ever used and we really enjoy it a lot! My Pros: - on sale a really good price for such a high-quality machine - high-quality material - tons of features - can make all kinds of different coffee, hot milk, and water - easy to clean - very good readable display - takes amount adjustments ( milk, coffee ) on the fly during the process - option to set up own recipes - 2 different bean containers and 1 for ground coffee - easy to disconnect milk container for keeping it refrigerated My Cons: - Machine is huge, takes nearly the whole depth of a kitchen worktop - Smart function could be improved by a lot - short-range of Bluetooth - needs some adjustments in settings to get hot coffee, milk - bean container lid is weird to close with the rubber lip All in all I purchased it with a price of 750£ and it is definitely worth the price and I would highly recommend it if you a coffee lover like me.

Ok, let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. 1) It's massive. Even in our generously sized kitchen it looms out of the counter, it is not an inconspicuous item. 2) It's hard to keep looking clean. The gloss black plastic and chrome elements are a magnet for fingerprints and oils. 3) The consumables and waste bins and frustratingly small for such a large machine. Only 1.8 litres of water (a considerable amount of which is used to the regular rinse/clean cycles) means you're going to be filling it up on a daily basis. The bean hopper and the grounds waste are also smaller than you'll find on many similar or smaller machines. 4) The drip tray is the most annoying design I've ever come across, it's shallow with an internal divider that acts like a dam and suddenly over-spills when you're pouring it out, it is almost impossible to empty it without sloshing it and spilling brown watery dregs somewhere. 5) If you're not going to use two different types of beans, the dual hopper with 'auto-bean-select' is the most annoying thing in the world as it means one side of the hopper empties and has to be refilled much sooner than the other, I wish it were possible to just remove the separator and have one big hopper. You can sort of work around this by making your most popular coffee choices pull beans from different sides, however you'll always run out on one side before the other and be shouting "JUST USE THE BEANS FROM THE OTHER SIDE!!" at the machine as it tells you to 'Fill Hopper 1' again. 6) It's quite slow! It seems to spend a lot of time 'warming up' and making myriad internal noises before it actually extracts the coffee. Much slower than the old Delonghi we had. 7) The menu system is extensive but cumbersome, taking a long time to navigate and the text is tiny considering the generous size of the screen. 8) The Bluetooth ‘Smart’ app feature is a gimmick at best and you won’t use it more than a handful of times (once you realise you can pair any of your favourite recipes to the ‘one touch’ buttons on the machine). That’s quite a list of negatives... but I've still given it 5 stars. Why? BECAUSE IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COFFEE. All design faults are forgiven when you sample a rich espresso, perfectly layered macchiato or balanced Café Crème. The milk system is amazing and the advanced cleaning cycle means you never have to worry about hygiene. Using the same beans, the taste of our coffee went from a 7 using the Delonghi to a straight 10 using the Melitta. It really managed to extract the best from every single bean. For pure coffee indulgence I simply can’t fault it. If you love coffee, this is the machine to buy.

Believe it or not, I've not always been an avid coffee drinker. Only in the last 4 years have a I really been drinking coffee and now pretend to be a coffee snob! Even though I know nothing and most of them taste the same - except with this machine I do actually taste the difference between different coffee beans! Having always been a Nespresso follower I decided to upgrade to a Bean-to-Cup machine instead of pods. I got tired with trying to recycle the many green bags of aluminium pods which tended to end up in the garage or shed before I could muster going to a Collect+ point! So I thought Bean-To-Cup would be better for the world (We have food waste bins and apparently coffee grounds can go in them - my annoying local council only took the bags once then left them in the bin the 2nd time - this is more a reflection on the poor council refuse service!) So the good things of the machine - its relatively quiet, I mean in a sort of as quiet as a coffee machine that grinds might be. It makes an audible grinding noise which is loud enough, but not so loud to wake the whole house like you were axel grinding in the kitchen. You can adjust the grind size on the side inside and I choose the fine setting and you can make lots of different coffee recipes (even some I've never heard of!) and the milk frother attachment is good quality, looks great and always froths the milk properly (the old metal Creatista jug was hit and miss with the foaming ability..). The coffee looks and tastes good and you can have various clean settings. There are lots of controls to fine tune how you'd like your coffee, strength and water amounts so worth giving them a play! And it does just hot water and just milk foam or just hot milk which is very handy! It also has two bean reserves, for holding two different types of coffee... good if you find two coffees you want to use - I was doing this, then I got tired of it and at the moment they both have the same amazon brand brazil coffee beans in them (tastes good and definitely more cost effective than some other speciality brands which I found bitter/sour and not so nice). The more annoying features are that when taking the side of to clean each week, there are often just dry coffee grounds which have fallen from somewhere and sit in small piles (which I hoover out!) . The machine has this auto rinsing feature before and after making a coffee/turning the machine off... if you don't have a cup under the spout, then it tends to splash and make a bit of a mess so I turn this off and keep a cup by the machine for when it rinses. After using the milk frother attachment, the machine asks to do an easy clean (sounds great I hear you say... steam and cleanliness and killing all those germs and bacteria)... well, its great if you have a cup underneath the spout and you've disconnected the tube from the attachment and put it back in its tray hole... if not and you leave the tube attached when cleaning, it tends to suck the milk out the attachment and spurts out a milk and water combination which leaves an annoying mess. Oh and if you try and change your mind when starting a coffee... the machine just continues then spits out the coffee puck and wastes it, which I really dislike... would be great if Melitta had the opportunity to update the software to prevent some of these annoying features! So I guess the question is, would I buy it again... sadly probably not - I'd probably want something that doesn't make so much mess but it makes great coffee and I'm sticking with it most because I'm not about to buy something else which probably has much the same features good and bad and waste another £700..

La macchina è fantastica, materiali premium (sia alla vista che al tatto - è "bella" anche vista da dietro), silenziosa, caffè veramente ottimo (avevo un vecchia delonghi autentica S e *con lo stesso caffè* si sente un salto incredibile), buona la schiuma di latte. La personalizzazione non è solo sulla quantità e ordine di montaggio di caffè-latte ma anche su aspetti importanti come la quantità di caffè, temperatura dell'acqua, aroma (non ho ancora capito cosa cambi). Vengo da una superautomatica delonghi: ero diffidente e l'ho comperata solo perchè avevo la garanzia del reso Amazon. Ora me la tengo stretta. Immagino vorrreste una recensione più completa con tutti i pregi ma preferisco dedicare il tempo a bermi una tazza di caffè. Sui pregi potrei andare avanti per ore. Ve lo riassumo con un " non avrei mai pensato che una macchina del caffè tedesca fosse così top" ma forse può essere più utile se mi soffermo sui difetti: - è per persone che non litigano con la tecnologia, soprattutto il setup delle varie ricette non è idiot-proof. - le impostazioni di default sono tutte da cambiare per noi italiani: giusto per darvi un esempio, l'espresso è impostato a 70ml: una bestemmia da Bolzano (inclusa) in giù. - Il limite minimo è comunque di 25ml sia per caffè che latte: il più piccolo espresso macchiato è riempie al limite una normale tazzina. Per me va bene ma per i più esigenti potrebbe essere troppo. - La app ogni tanto si inceppa e va resettata. Anche se è totalmente inutile far partire il caffè dallo smartphone è comunque utile per la personalizzazione dei programmi e delle ricette. - Il contenitore del latte per quanto bello (in acciaio inox spazzolato) e facilmente lavabile, non fa vedere la qta di latte all'interno. - Il contenitore del caffè è molto isolante (contrariamente alla mia vecchia delonghi) ma è relativamente piccolo. Il meccanismo della doppia miscela ha impatti anche sulle ricette (cosa che personalmente non approvo: se ci metto un caffè decaffeinato, vorrei le stesse ricette) - Ho un po' di paura per la cannettina del latte per quando si romperà (non sembra indistruttibile) e dove troverò il ricambio. - La navigazione nei menù è macchinosa: Melitta dovrebbe mettere due pulsanti per "menù" e "ok", non assieme. - Dalle foto sembra gigante, e confermo che non è piccola. Con le forme arrotondat, una volta posizionata non sembra neanche così grossa. Comunque mi raccomando di valutare bene gli ingombi per capire se ci stà.

La cafetera en general funciona muy bien, mejor que la Melitta caffeo que tenía anteriormente y me duró 6 años Consigue un café más intenso y con más aroma. Las elaboraciones con leche salen exquisitas La bandeja inferior que recoge residuos es bastante grande La única pega que la pongo, aparte de ser cara es que no es nada silenciosa, es menos ruidos que la anterior que tenía pero comparativamente con la competencia a este nivel es ruidosa

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Leider hatte ich zuvor für eine andere Maschine entschieden. Die ging aber im ersten Jahr der Garantie kaputt. Nach langem suchen kam ich auf die Melitta Maschine . Mein eigenes Budgetlimit lag bei 1000 € . Schon beim ersten durchlesen der bereits hinterlegten Kundenbewertungen kam wieder der Webeslogan von "damals" in meine Gedanken Melitta macht Kaffee zum genuss. Eine absolut gelungene Maschine. Die Bohnen werden relativ leise gemahlen, 2 Bohnen behälter stehen zur Verfügung mit einer schönen Abdeckund. Der Wassertank übertrifft alles was ich bis dahin im dem Preissegment gesehen habe. Einfache und parktische Entnahme mit großem stabilen Griff. Nach den ersten 2-. 3 Kaffees fällt auf das die Maschine doch mit sehr viel Wasser spült. Das ist auch gut so, damit alles gut gereingt wird. Tropfschale ist öfters voll , aber auch hier wurde mitgedacht: einfach nach vorne ziehen und im Spülbecken ausleere. Auuch die gesamte Reinigung stellt kein Problem da. Brühergruppe im Ganzen komplatt entnehmbar und leicht zu reinigen. Auch hohe Tassen ( Kaffeepötte ) passen problemlos unter den verstellbaren Auslauf . Der extra Milchbehälter hat auch eine gute Größe und kann nach Gebrauch in den Kühlschrank gestellt werden. Der Milchschaum ist ok aber kein Highlight. 3-4 Sterne. Den Milchschlauch zieht man einfach ab, verbindet man mit der Tropschale und die Maschine spült alles nachdem man im Display bestätigt hat vollautomatisch. Eine Entkalkung habe ich noch nicht durchgeführt. Ein absolutes Highligt ist die einfache Bluetooth Anbindung und die Slider Schieber im Frontbereich. Hier kann man noch während das Mahlens die Kaffeestärke und die Wassermenge verstellen. Per Handy kann man Personen mit Namen hinzufügen und individuell den Kaffeewunsch oder die Spezialität fest einstellen. Ein kleiner Nachteil ist maximal Wassermenge von 230 ml. Aber auch hier kann man sich behelfen indem man einfach auf 180 stellt und dann 2 x drückt. Dann hat man auch wirklich 360 ml oder max halt 460 ml Kaffeegenuss. Alles individuell und relativ leicht verständlich einstellbar. Menüführung auch gut durchdacht und eigentlich selbst erklärend. DAS WICHTIGSTE: DER KAFFEEGESCHMACK. Kommt ja auf die Sorte an. Ich habe Feine Milde von Tchibo und auch edlen teuren Kaffee getestet. Mein Geschmack ist getroffen. Das kann man auch schlecht beschreiben. Auf jeden Fall hat man guten heißen Kaffee. Gesamtbewertung von mir 5 Sterne da es absolut passt Preis / Leistung scheint mir hier zu stimmen und Melitta versteht es Kunden glücklich zu machen.

J'avoue avoir un peu hésité, après lecture des avis très divergents sur ce produit. J'ai donc sauté sur une "super offre" et plongé. Craintes fort probablement infondées. J'ai préféré attendre deux mois avant de rédiger mon commentaire. Une fois correctement réglée et surtout une fois trouvés les grains adéquats selon votre goût (il m'en aura fallu quatre ou cinq différents), les résultats sont excellents, la machine est simple d'emploi et avertit très clairement lors des (fréquentes!) interventions d'entretien. Je n'ai rencontré aucun problème avec l'application Bluetooth, bien conçue. Je m'en sers à environ 9 mètres de la machine, tous les matins (iOS). Minimes bémols: - la machine est assez lente. Cela peut déranger les anciens utilisateurs de machines à capsules, surtout au début. - la consommation d'eau tient du délire. Je ne vois pas d'autre mot. Cela rend l'usage de cartouches de filtration quasi obligatoire. Elles ne sont pas gratuites... Enfin on peut certes regretter qu'il soit possible de programmer l'extinction... mais pas l'allumage! Un petit effort, Melitta!