This item is poorly made About two years ago we purchased one of these Espresso machines and loved it! For two years it faithfully made our coffee. Recently the seals began to fail so we figured it was time to replace it. We purchased this one the same model and threw the other one in the dumpster. We immediately wished we had not thrown it out because it worked better than the new one! The seals on the new one are already leaking. The knob that turns on the steam fell off and it takes 20 minutes for your coffee to drip.
Great little espresso maker I have had this Espresso machine for five months now and still love it! I use it every day and save a ton of money making my own lattes. Also I save on calories because I control how much sugar I add. I found a Pumpkin spice latte recipe online and now I can have them year round as opposed to the seasonal offerings of coffee shops.
Espresso Review The first machine we recieved was broken. The steam spout would turn on even when the option wasn't selected. Called the company and they handled it great. SShipped it back for a brand new one! The second machine works amazing. Brews strong espresso quickly with little work. Easy clean up and set up. The only issue i have is the position of the steam spout. It is hard to get deeper into milk when heating it because of a short down stem. also when on a flat surface the frothing pitcher has to be tipped in order to get under steam spout. Which isnt difficult just something to complain about. I would reccomend this for someone who would like to use it once in ahwile.
Capresso 303.01 4Cup Espresso and Cappuccino Machine Salutations everyoneI bought the Capresso 303.01 4Cup Espresso and Cappuccino Machine machine almost 3 months ago now through Amazon and have tested it sufficiently to give my expert opinion at last. First of all I was taught a lot about coffee by a certified master who actually went to College for coffee studies didn't know there was such a thing and worked under her at Gloria Jean's Coffee Bean for quite a long while back in the 90's so I know how to make a REALLY GOOD Cup of jo. I also have many Italian contacts of which virtually all of them are coffee connoisseurs. I have Cappuccino recipes that even those who DesPISE coffee love or at least enjoy and can thereby get almost anyone to at least try a cupper. Now that this understanding is out of the way let's talk shop. The budget was low and I was desperate for an espresso/cappuccino machine so after several months of searching and trying to save for a good machine I had to bite the bullet and boy what a nibble. This model from Capresso is a very nice Looking machine and is decently made but only 4 bars of pressure?? Come on now any good cup is made 68 bars or actually even better 10 bars of pressure.. All this machine does is made decent espresso and only if you stop the brew part way through and save the Crème. The frothing attachment is decent save that the rubber piece is a Horrible Joke that sprays milk everywhere and that the hole in the pipe is too small and had to be widened just a bit in order to even get a proper froth without the bacteria trap of rubber ridiculousness they call a frothing attachment. This machine cuts off just as it begins to get hot enough to make coffee thus keeps you from getting a good brew. It is little more than a glorified auto drip machine to me and I am very disappointed and feel that my money was almost totally wasted except for the fact the machine is at least what it is. Capresso should be TOTALLY Embarrassed about selling this neightohunkofuselessjunk. It sure does heat up quickly but it also shuts off just as fast and right in the middle of the best part of the brew.As with all machines of this type and build you must froth your milk first and then do a bit later toward the end of the brew to keep the milk moving.
Bad coffee broke too soon. This was another try at a lowend machine but a mistake. We had bought a better one that died within a few weeks so went back to a cheaper one but the coffee never tasted any good and now after less than 6 months the steamer no longer works. As my grandmother used to say cheap is cheap.
A good machine overall I have been using the machine for about a month and have had no issues.Pros 1. Cost Relatively inexpensive versus the cost of buying Starbucks everyday 2. Quick Takes about 5 minutes to make a coffee start to finish including clean up. 3. Simple Easy to setup use and clean 4. Repeatable Consistent results each time I use it. You will need to get acclimated to it but it will only take a few practice tries.Cons / Quirks 1. Put the slider on steam and let it heat up until you hear the water bubbling inside. You can then slide over to the espresso setting to pull a shot. I found that there is a burnt taste if you let the water heat up and drip through the coffee for an extended period of time. 2. Make sure you put enough water in the tank. Otherwise you will be waiting for the machine to cool to get a coffee. DO NOT try to take the top off before it has cooled trust me.Remember that you will need to grind the coffee beforehand and need to purchase a pitcher for frothing. If you use a tamper don't go crazy with it. The tighter you pack the grinds the longer it takes to pull a shot and you can get a burnt coffee taste.
Worked for less than a month This product worked great when I first got it. It does not brew the espresso as hot as I would like it and it takes a long time to steam milk but for the price it was great. Unfortunately after about 34 weeks about 1012 uses the steam wand gave out. Hardly any steam at all comes out. This seems to be consistent with some of the other reviews I read.
not working at all thuis machine look good but my was not keeping the temperature for that reason i send a back well maybe because i bought in the warehouse used.
Nice consumer machine! This thing works great! The only issue I have is that the steamer doesn't work as well as the steamers on commercial machines do. I wish it didn't take so long to brew and steam one latte but it is definitely awesome for a $50 machine! I haven't had any problems with it.
Makes a weak espresso. I bought this machine to replace the now unavailable Krups Espresso Bravo Model #87142 we have been using daily for the last decade buying the last two out of three we have owned at a yard sale and on eBay. Using the same weight of beans ground by the same grinder the Capresso machine even at the highest strength setting makes a much weaker espresso. The filters appear identical though it's hard to gauge the filter hole diameter by simple observation and I have not yet checked the water temperature on the Capresso. Frothing is good and I like not having to retighten the water reservoir which would leak steam on the Krups machine as it heated.Besides the weak espresso I don't care for the Capresso's nonstandard carafe shape which is tapered at the bottom as is the Capresso's receptacle niche preventing the use of my collection of spare untapered fourcup carafes.
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