xBloom Studio – The Ultimate Coffee Machine – Drip Coffee Maker with Integrated Grinder, Scale, and 3 Levels of Automation, Midnight Black

This machine is really different. It's automated pour over, grinds your beans on the spot, and even includes a great quality scale to measure just the right amount of coffee for a perfect cup. It's gorgeous on my counter, and the grinder is much quieter than my-now replaced- espresso machine. You can customize your perfect cut, and though, I haven't had time to really dive into all the functions, and brews, you can go down a rabbit hole and get it perfectly dialed in. I love HOT coffee (dont come after me) and this allows me to hit boiling point. The water capacity is decent for its size, and the entire footprint of it is perfect and super compact on my counter which I love. It also allows you to use their pods/premeasured coffee or your own beans/dripper. I can go on and on with pros. There's only one Con so far, but sadly it's a big one which makes me consider returning (which I reeeeeeeeally don't want to do) coming from an all metal machine to this one, and I truly didn't think this would be a thing, I noticed I feel bad after drinking my coffee, I tried it over and over, and I don't consume anything else and felt fine before consuming, but it happened every time, I also used my same beans that I have used for years, I suspect it might be the whole hot water through plastic thing, so I decided to switch and not use it for a few days and I felt just fine every time. I went back and used it with a new fresh bag of my trusty beans and I felt sick again. could it be the plastic? Did anyone else experience this?? I found out they have a metal version of this but not sold on Amazon, so I can't do an exchange either, and I'm willing to pay more for that. All in all, this machine is amazing and I highly recommend it if you're coming from another plastic set up. I have health concerns about it and if I do return it that would be the only reason. Also, I want to mention something VERY important when buying a coffee maker which is the company you're working with, I messaged this company before buying and their customer service was absolutely AMAZING. which again makes this even harder to return.

I absolutely love this coffee maker. It is so unique and has multiple functions. Yes the initial price might seem daunting to someone newer into coffee. However, the value for what you get is great, you get a good burr grinder which is not cheap on its own and a decent scale in addition to the auto pour function. The pods are so easy to use and I love that it can be utilized with your own beans. The best pour over coffee that I have had is with this xBloom.

This is an amazing machine, and in my opinion, represents a revolution in coffee making. For just under $600 you get a programmable largely automatic machine that has a multi-speed grinder, a scale, a sophisticated water heater and dispenser, and multiple basket/filter holders. You can go the xBloom coffee bean xpod route, or just as easily use your own beans (likely fresher, better, and less expensive). Thousands of recipes for your beans and style of pour over are available through xBloom, the xBloom Studio discourse community (reddit, etc.) and Chatgpt (e.g., xBloom Master app). Or you can easily make your own recipe for whatever beans you have and and type of pour over you want to make using, for example, the xBloom Master app (accessible through Chatgpt). I sincerely doubt most pour over baristas, home or commercial, can reliably and repeatedly equal the results provided by this machine. True, it only makes one cup of coffee at a time (which is also true if you are making a pour over cup using conventional methods). With the xBloom Studio just choose your beans of the day, get the Omni-filter basket ready with a filter, pick your recipe on the xBloom app, start the brewing process on the app, dump your beans in the grinder port, and come back in 3 or 4 minutes for your perfectly made cup of coffee. The coffee this machine makes is remarkable, and it takes just about all the hassle out of the pour over process. It provides far superior coffee to a conventional filter coffee machine (and I hear in comparison to a Fellow Aiden as well), and in most cases a better cup of coffee than a pour over you make yourself. I've only had my machine for two weeks, and so I can't speak to medium or long term reliability. I'm hoping the machine will hold up since it is complicated. No problems yet though except for once the app had trouble executing (solved by unplugging the machine and powering back up). Reports regarding a difficult to use app or overly-complicated machine are IMHO biggly exaggerated. What the machine does is complicated. You'll need to spend a little time figuring out how to use it, how to add and edit app recipes, etc. Just not a big deal for people who pay attention. This is not a plug-and-play machine -- until you become familiar with it and learn how to use it. Then a whole new world of pour over excellence will be yours -- every morning in 3-5 minutes while you brush your teeth. My espresso machine has not been used since the xBloom arrived. It's a genuine game changer. Kudos to the developers of this machine. xBloom paper filters for the Omni-filter fit much better than Kalita 155 paper filters, and are well worth the extra marginal cost.