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.

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.

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.

Świetny ekspres. Młynek metalowy który mieli do końca i zostaje pusty. Dwa pojemniki na kawę. Dużo ustawień i możliwości personalizacji kawy.

Allt ok. Snabbt leverans. Fungerar som förväntas.

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!

Best coffee machine you can get for small office or home use. Coffee taste is amazing especially for milk coffees. 2 bean container is very convinient, as you can use 2 different type of beans. Milk froster has flexible sucking hose that can suck the milk from any bottle which avoids extra cleaning and need to use any extra bottle/tank. Only disadvantage is water tank is 1.5l only and because of self cleaning machine always keeps some water in the tank for cleaning and you have to keep feeling up the water tank every 5-6 cups of coffee. If you have a budget it is best machine you can get in the market.