Melitta CI

I have now had this machine over a week and I am so so happy with it. I spent weeks researching coffee machines to find the one that best suited my needs. I wanted a machine that did everything at a touch of a button. I really didn't want to do the steaming milk process and pretend I am a barista in my own home. This fit the bill.This machine offers the following coffee options; espresso, cafe crema, cappuccino, latte macchiato, hot water and warm or forthy milk. You can adjust the strength of the coffee with great ease, press the coffee button. It ranges from 1 bean to 4 beans. As a guide they say 2 is normal strength. I personally enjoy strong coffee so I leave it on 4 beans for everything unless it's evening and I might drop to the 3 bean.There are two coffee wells, so you can have two types of beans at your disposal. An ease flip of the latch and the well is swapped over.The milk container comes with the machine and is attached via a tube. You get a spare so altogether you have 2 tubes. The milk container is a brilliant size and slots straight into the side of your fridge.You can adjust the heat of the coffee through settings which are so easy to follow.You can preset 4 users which is an amazing function. This allows you to tailor your coffee so for example with a cappuccino you can set how much coffee (ml) and the strength and then how much frothy milk. Don't be scared to posh around for your optimum drink. I made terrible coffee for the first two days during my attempt to find the perfect settings. A week later and I don't have to adjust a thing.When the machine turns on it does an automatic rinse. It also does one when it is switched off. When you make a milky drink it asks you if you want to 'easy clean' which flushes the milk tube and faucet. It navigates through for you as to what you need to do so it is so easy to follow.You can adjust the grind but I'll be honest it's already set at the optimum so I've not even played with that!It looks so sleek and professional, like you're in a coffee shop. It's not loud at all. You can put coffee glasses on the top and it looks fab. There is an led under the faucet which just looks cool!The machine is easy to dismantle for eg to clean the coffee chamber. I rinse it once a week under running water and let it drip dry. The water vessel is so easy to remove and put back in.The box contains various full size cleaning fluids and there are clear instructions in the manual detailing the process but it's all automatic so it's not hard at all.I have used two different coffee beans and I can tell you now if you get bad coffee with this machine it's definitely the coffee bean. I bought an ASDA brand bean which was okay but not amazing. I wouldn't buy again. I brought it to compare it to Lavazza Espresso beans which are hands down my favourite at the moment. My parents aren't the biggest coffee drinkers but even they could taste the difference and I can say they are slowly becoming coffee converts.This is a superb buy. For obvious I cannot comment on its durability so I will just have to wait and see.I could not recommend this enough to coffee drinkers who want an easy to use machine but good tasting coffee. The crema is just beautiful from this machine.Oh before I forget there are a few comments about the drip tray. Yes it needs emptying often but when you think about how it rinses twice in one use (on and off rinsing) it really isn't that bad. I must say only those lazy folks would raise this as a complaint on a too notch coffee machine. My advice don't be lazy, get into a habit of emptying more frequently than when it tells you and if you're really lazy move the machine nearer your sink so it's closer to empty the drip tray!!! I've had it a week and I don't even realise I'm emptying when I do do it!

In short, a great bean to cup machine that has proven to be totally reliable since I purchased it in July 2016.Background: happily drank instant coffee for years and enjoyed visits to Starbucks and Costa Coffee for treats. Decided to enter the world of having nice coffee at home and purchased a bean to cup machine from a reputable brand that entered the market a couple of years ago. Alas, great coffee but it kept breaking down. I received a refund and held back from buying another. Then this machine appeared in Amazon Prime day and I decided to try again.This machine is a pleasure to use. It makes espresso, long black coffee, cappuccino and latté. Key to me is how it handles the milk based drinks, which is fully automatic and with an easy clean system that works well.Things I am especially pleased about:- great tasting coffee- it works without fail- fast start from cold- really easy to adjust to your taste- maintenance is a breeze and it guides you all the wayA really nice touch is that there is a roller under the back of the machine. This means you can slide the machine under a worktop cupboard. When you want to refill the water tank at the side, or add more coffee beans at the top, or clean the brewing unit on the other side, you simply lift the front a little and it rolls forward. Genius.I find the frequency of filling the water tank and emptying the drip tray is just right and never a chore or disappointment. It helps reduce drip tray emptying if you place a cup under the nozzles at the front when rinsing on startup or doing easy cleaning. If you have latte or cappuccino, the machine suggests easy cleaning when you've finished your run. It then rinses the milk unit and cleverly flushes steam through the milk inlet pipe.I'm really happy with this machine. It would be nice if it did flat white as well but that would mean spending even more money and I would never have made the purchase.