Advantages: Fast, top quality espressos quickly, childs play! Disadvantages: May be a bit of an overkill for many, quite large
...This was our second Saeco purchase, we traded in the old model for an upgrade.
The big selling point is everything can be done with the touch of a button. You also don't get the mess that we've encountered with manual machines.
Here's how the process works:
Choose your coffee size (small, medium, large buttons), choose your coffee strength (by a dial) and press a bottom. The machine grinds it's own beans, tamps and extracts the coffee and then ... ...you want milk touch another button and there's a nifty little gadget on the side that sucks up the milk and heats/froths it for you. For those of you who want to froth your own milk there is also a steam wand.
Most importantly - the product
The coffee is fantastic, we experimented a bit to get a blend of beans we loved. You have to be careful with the grinder knob for the coffee beans (course to fine) as it needs to be set just right, but once ...
ang_e11 10.04.2006
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