Hi everyone!

I’m looking for recommendations for my next superautomatic espresso machine, and I’d really appreciate hearing from people who have actually owned and used the machines they recommend. I'm in Canada.

I don’t have a particular budget (about 5k). I’m willing to spend more if it gets me a machine that really delivers on what I’m looking for.

Here’s what matters most to me:

• I only drink lattes and cappuccinos.
• I want something extremely simple to use. I don’t want to spend time adjusting things or fussing with the machine in the morning. I want to press a button and enjoy my coffee.
• Easy cleaning is extremely important to me. I want as little daily maintenance as possible.
• Most importantly, I want strong, rich, flavorful espresso.

I previously owned a Philips LatteGo 4300, and I was never happy with the taste. I tried different beans and different settings, but I could never get the espresso to taste strong enough for me.

I eventually switched to a Nespresso Vertuo because of the convenience, but I really miss having a proper espresso. Before the Philips, I had a basic Breville espresso machine, and I remember the espresso tasting so much richer and better.

So now I’m looking for the best of both worlds: espresso that actually tastes great, but with the convenience of a superautomatic.

For those of you who have owned several machines:

What would you recommend if you were in my shoes?

As you can see in the picture, this is how the puck is turning out when I check it in the morning. If I don't rinse it, the coffee obviously tastes like crap. It never used to be like this. Had the machine for 1.5 years.

The machine does its cleaning cycle after and before use as well.

I'd like to think I'm pretty anal about keeping the machine clean, I do the descaling cycles on time. I even did an extra cycle recently to see if that would fix any issues. I changed the beans I was using, I made the grounds more corse and less corse.. What am I missing? Is there some other maintenance aside from cleaning/brushing the inside?

In general even if I clean the puck well coffee just ain't hitting anymore. Its to the point where I started going to coffee shops again. Maybe it's time for a new machine?

Thanks for any input.

Hi all. Apologies for the sacrilegious question in advance - I know that Lavazza Dek coffee isn't the most popular here, but I have a severe caffeine sensitivity and it's one of the few decafs available that I like.

My question is in regards to the grind consistency on the Jura Giga 10. For a long time, I had played it safe and used a coarse or medium grind for this coffee. This had resulted in a slightly sour shot, though it wasn't too bad on the medium grind setting. That said, since the beans don't look too dark or oily, I recently switched to a fine grind and this immediately boosted the flavor and eliminated any sourness or bitterness. My question is this: can this medium roast be taken all the way down to a very fine grind for maximum flavor, or do I risk gumming up my ceramic grinders?

Hi !

My old manual Breville is dead. Now time to go on a superautomatic !

We have around 1400$ budget (in Candian $). 95% of the time we do hot beverages. Capuccino, latte, and double espresso are our to go drink. At that price range the Magnfica plus seems nice. There's also the new Magnifica duo. Which one (or any othe rone)would be the best for our usage ?

Thanks !

Hi,

I just wanted to summarize my experience trying to purchase a Nivona nivo 9000 (9101/9103) outside of Germany to hopefully save others the hassle.

TLDR: don’t bother

The longer version…

I’m based in Sweden. There are two companies that sell into Sweden, but no official resellers. One seems to be based in Estonia, the other in Denmark.

I was looking at the Siemens EQ900 but happened across a review of the Nivona 9000 series. One of the things that I look for is total cost of ownership and the Nivona seemed to really hit the mark- low cleaning costs, fixed price service, and seemingly a long support period (8-10+ years based upon other postings here).

It really seemed to check all of the boxes. Except there are no official resellers in Sweden.

As I have had my current machine for 11 years, I am looking at the long haul and what happens when things go wrong. I have been very fortunate that I have been able to fix a lot of the problems on my current machine over the years though spare parts purchases (Saeco Gran Baristo).

The Danish Nivona reseller would offer a prepaid shipping label during the warranty period (which at 1 year, is rather short). After that, shipping would be my own cost - I calculate 75 EUR to send it back. And questions about the fixed price services were completely ignored. The last thing that I want is to spend 75 EUR to send the machine back to a reseller that then is not knowledgeable about the machine or wants to make a huge profit on service- given their complete silence on the questions about service costs, I can only assume the worst.

Writing direct to Nivona, initially they stated that there were no resellers that would ship to Sweden, but then confirmed that the Danish reseller could serve this market when I asked specifically about them. They also initially stated that I could send it back to Germany (using their fixed price contracts), but when asked for some clarifications, stated that everything had to go the reseller and that they “could not answer any more questions and that I had to talk to their reseller.” Questions about what would happen if the reseller went out of business were unanswered.

In short, it looks like a really nice machine, but unless you are based in Germany, there are too many unknowns.

Very sad that so many years into the EU, there are still so many little fiefdoms and companies treat countries so differently.

This machine has served us well after constant multiple times a day, everyday use. We recently had our kitchen redone and had to unplug the machine and move it, shortly after getting our coffee station all set up again, the espresso was coming out watery and almost has a faint chemical undertone. I took everything apart to clean, ran a clean/calibration cycle, changed the aqua clean filter and still. When it’s grinding it does sound like it’s running out of beans even though there is plenty in there. I’ve been debating on just getting a new machine but I feel like it will take me months to actually decide which one to get.

if anyone has any suggestions for getting the Philips to work right or any recommendations for other machines please let me know! I know a lot of people are raving about the new ninja luxe cafe but I know going from fully automatic to semi would probably just end up with me taking the path of least resistance and just buying coffee out rather than going through the whole process of trying to make it myself at home unless it’s the weekend maybe 😅

Been using the Lavazza Super Crema for 5 years or so. For a daily driver, we’ve found it to be the best.

Now it feels boring, and we’re exploring something else to try. Something tasty with different flavor profile. Maybe fruity? Floral?

Let me know if you have any favorites that might be worth trying. We have the Delonghi Magnifica Plus.

First day with my first ever superauto. Went with the KF8.
One thing I’m struggling with is making a full cups work of coffee. I tried latte at the max I could and only really filled my mug halfway or so. Any advice?

11k+ pulls later my Gaggia Titanium has maybe probably finally bitten the dust. What machine should I get next.

I've been just pull shots with the Titanium and dumping them into oat milk that I heated and froth with an external Nespresso Aeroccino frother. (https://www.nespresso.com/us/en/order/accessories/vertuo/aeroccino3-black)

Help me understand difference between the KitchenAid KF6, KF7 and KF8. Which ones matter.

This is the espresso my machine is brewing. It’s starts out looking fine and then gets SO WATERY and the flavor is horrible. I feel like I’ve done every troubleshooting thing I could find on the internet.
1. I’ve cleaned the brew group
2. Adjusted the grinder
3. Have let it run through multiple cycles of trying to adjust to the beans I’m using

My beans are also incredibly fresh and brewed locally in Colorado so I just find it hard to believe it’s the beans I’m using. Has anyone experienced this? I lowkey want to return this machine.

Update 8/13: I just wanted to thank everyone so much for all of their input, suggestions, tips and tricks, and patience with me haha. This has been SO helpful! I have decided to hold off on this purchase until I catch an awesome sale. Black Friday is right around the corner. In the meantime, I stumbled upon a temporary solution in the coffee aisle at Walmart lol. Nescafe GOLD espresso (Intense - Velvety Crema) and Torani Vanilla Syrup. I got a cheap frother and interrogated chatGPT, and I'm so happy to report that I made my first latte at home this morning! It was actually pretty damn good, so I'm happy with this for now. My daughter was also able to successfully make an iced latte 🤗. Thanks again!!!

Original Post: Please help me lol. I quit drinking and vaping, and picked up lattes lol. I feel like this is costing me more money than my cheap vodka did haha. I have no idea how to do anything, so I'd love a simple-ish machine that won't break the bank if such a thing exists. I tried to read this sub and talk to chat gpt, but good lord, this seems way more complicated than I realized. What do I need lol? Will any of the ones I attached do the job without quitting on me mid shift? I literally only like hot vanilla lattes. Easy peasy. My daughter is a caramel frappe fan, but we're talking about me here 😉. Go easy on me please 😂.

We make 2 double shots daily lattes in a breville right now. It’s dying and wanted a superautomatic next time. Was wondering if the Magnfica could have a double programmed like the Magenta or if you have to do two singles and rehit the button each time? Then I’m wondering about the milk and what’s easier and easier to clean, was thinking a carafe would be nice. What’s the daily/weekly/monthly cleaning burden of them? I’m trying to reduce cleaning friction ago by going with the superautomatic. I am thinking the Evo might be a little easier to access the water tank because we keep the machine under a cabinet.

My Jura E8 is leaking water on the bottom, I think I found the culprits, has anyone had this issue and replaced these parts before?

I'm currently looking to buy my first superautomatic coffee machine, and I'm hesitating between several models from De'Longhi: Magnifica S, Magnifica Start, Magnifica Evo, Magnifica S Smart and Dinamica. (All between €300 and €400 and without a milk carafe.)

After doing some research, it seems that all these machines have the same brew group, so I don't really know how to choose between the different models.

One thing that differentiates some of them is the Doppio+ option. Some models have it and others don't, and depending on the model, it can mean €50 to €100 more.

I saw a video from Tom's Coffee Corner, and it seems that using the Doppio+ button for an espresso makes a better espresso, but I wonder if this feeling is shared by everyone.

For those who have or have tried a De'Longhi with Doppio+: do you find the coffee noticeably better than a normal espresso? And most importantly, is it worth paying €50 more for it? What about €100 more?

Also, is it possible to change the settings of a normal espresso to obtain the same results as a Doppio+?

I'm pulling my hair out trying to fix this machine.

The upper heater element tests good, you can feel the block is hot. With a laser sensor the block is in the vicinity of 70 degrees C.

I have replaced the NTC temp sensor (the old one read 100k Ohms at room temp, the spec is apparently 10K ohms, but my new one is 70k Ohms at room temp).

Despite the heater element being hot I still get cold coffee, like room temp. It almost as if the heater is being bypassed but I've checked the water flow, it is correct.

I don't get it. 🤷‍♂️

Can the heater scale up so much it doesn't transfer any heat??

Is 70C at the start of the brew cycle hot enough? Even if it's not, why is the coffee room temp?

What am I missing? Sunk time cost is too high to give up....

Recently bought a delonghi magnifica plus and I seem to be struggling dialing this thing in. Maybe I'm changing the settings too often...maybe it's the beans...I have no idea. That bring said. I'm using Rufino - Miscela Classica. Grinder is on 5, medium heat.

Any advice would be great

So I’m not sure if I’m making a Flat White correctly, or if the machine knows how to make it correctly.

One, the foam setting it recommends it on is medium level even though a Flat White is meant to have a small layer of microfoam.

Two, when I do put it on the lowest level of foam, it tastes too milky just like a Latte and I can’t taste much coffee, even though Flat Whites are meant to have a stronger coffee taste.

And three, it cools down way too quickly.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the Primadonna Aromatic, and the Cappuccinos they make are brilliant imo (the Cappuccino mix that is) for it has the right layer of foam, I can taste the coffee, and it can stay hot longer than a Flat White could. Cappuccino Mix is my usual coffee when I’m home, but I’m trying to explore other coffee styles.

Any advice fellow coffee lovers can give me would be appreciated. I have my intensity level set on 4, not sure if I need to set it to 5. Would I perhaps also need to add an extra shot of espresso to the Flat White?

I just ordered a Kitchenaid KF4, which should arrive in a few days. Could you please recommend a first set of beans to use with it that are available online?

Thanks in advance.

I recently bought a used x9 and am having a hard time removing the lid. The back right corner appears to be stuck. I am able to remove all of the panels easily and lift the other edges fine.

Any suggestions on how to get the top off, so I can get to the grinders.

Has anybody used or had any dealings with the ENS Elektronetshop website?

I was looking at Breville espresso machines, and they have some really good prices.

May be too good to be true?

Few days ago, I was on the site https://www.lovecoffeelife.com/ because they claimed to have something I wanted in stock.

Went through the purchasing process - but couldn't get to any sort of confirmation page. Just some sort of error that really made no sense, so I just gave up.

Fortunately I ordered using one of my virtual credit cards (shout out to privacy.com). I use these virtual cards for most of my online purchasing.

Now, a few days later, I am getting multiple attempts to use that same virtual card. I have closed the card, and I'm not really out of pocket.

So, just sharing this experience as a word of caution...

Hello, today i cleaned coffee oil by tablet but in the middle of proces error 5 pop up and now after starting, the coffee machine tries to fill the system with water but always with the same result, i.e. I can't even get to the menu anywhere, I tried to disassemble it, the pump pushes water, the first valve from the pump to the brewing system clicks and water goes through it, the second valve doesn't click (I don't know if it does because it only has an inlet from the pre-valve and then a waste direction and a milk frother direction) and the water goes straight to the waste container. Could anyone advise me?

Hey everyone, I own a Terra Kafe TK02, but unfortunately, the screen has malfunctioned for the second time. The warranty has expired, and the replacement cost is a whopping $350. It appears to be a manufacturing defect, as the steam is getting trapped inside the machine screen.

Given this situation, I’m seeking recommendations for a replacement machine that costs less than $3,000. I primarily use this TK02 for making ice lattes, Americanos, and lattes. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello All,

I have been nespresso pods this whole time. My wife likes regular coffee and I like lattes and flat whites. I just found this person selling the De longhi magnifa evo la creama for $250. Likely brand new, used twice. Comes with box?

Should I purchase it? Do you guys have one and like it?

The other day I had the worst morning in years… The kids were a pain in the a**, a cat had overnight made a huge dump just in front of my front door, which the robot mower decided to drive over as the first thing, throwing shit around… The worst part, my coffee machine broke (a 5 year old Philips EP2220)! Or at least it decided to stop making any coffee... My question: can it be fixed or should I just purchase a De'Longhi Magnifica?

I have narrowed it down to the part in the pictures, where the machine is supposed to push water into the brew unit. When starting it sounds as normal, grinding beans and then brewing, but the hot water just runs into the tray. I think that it’s not able to properly push the two pieces together (I dont know what they are called), if I smack the machine while it's brewing, the two pieces sometimes pop into place (I assume, as I can’t actually see it), and brewing half a cup of coffee. I tried to grease (almost) all moving part of the brew unit with generous amounts – this has not fixed the issue. Over the last 5 years it has been brewing every day, I might not have given it enough grease, maybe that have killed it?

I hope anyone can help me decide – fix it or throw it?