Mr. Coffee Programmable Espresso & Cappuccino Machine with Automatic Milk Frother & 19-Bar Pump, Stainless Steel

Some context. Started with and cut my teeth on a Gaggia Classic years ago. Still have it. Did various stovetop espresso thingies too, my missus did a variety of pour overs other thingies, and 2 years ago sprang for a Gaggia Brera.So, ok. Definitely learned all along the way. Had hoped the Gaggia Brera would be a nice semi auto experience. It kind of was, until it wasn’t. It just dwindled into unusable pretty quickly. We both found ourselves becoming disinterested in the espresso experience. Wasn’t keen on going to another machine, preferring a hand press espresso, but thought why not give another espresso maker a go, mainly for my missus.Enter Mr Coffee.From the start, it has been GREAT. It took one test drive double shot to then redial to a successful grind. And have to say, I am impressed. Of all my experiences with various machines, Mr Coffee produces the most crema hands down. Began with some older beans just to get started and by crackie, Mr Coffee extracted some very nice flavor and crema from the very first.Quite surprised. But then I wasn’t when I found how easy it is to navigate the various functions. And when I made my sweetie’s first coffee drink, I didn’t ask but she remarked, “this machine definitely extracts more flavor than any other machine we’ve had.” And she’s right.As said, easy and intuitive to navigate. The setup is intuitive. Even the power switch on the side, thank you Mr Coffee. Every other machine we’ve had the switch has been inconveniently in back. The milk and water reservoirs works well too. Nicely placed. Every function, from shots to cappuccinos to lattes that we dialed up came out like really nice, balanced, and at the core of it is… I am really impressed with the shots that we are producing. No machine, including the various Gaggias I have had in the past, did what this little guy is doing.Hands down this is outproducing, outperforming, anything we’ve had in the past 2 decades. To cut to the chase, I love the shots we are pulling. Across several beans now. So happy because we're into a whole new experience. Reinvigorated.It inspires me to get cracking on roasting several bean types now. Had become quite proficient on roasting and I have no doubt this Mr Coffee is going to elevate the experience. All the other machines and devices we’ve had.. home roasting definitely elevated the experience. But we never felt we were attaining the full experience. But there is no question from what I have seen so far, Mr Coffee is going to do a better job than anything else we’ve had. Am looking very much forward to new roasts now.So yeah… am now a fan boy of Mr Coffee. But for good reason. As said, was able to dial in a grind very quickly and from the start, the pulls have been pleasing, producing more full body experience than anything before, and this includes appearance. Beautiful depth-y crema.. surpasses anything we’ve had before.Oh, may as well add... I read many reviews and am always amused when some are stark smack downs on this and that machine out performs, out produces, that and this other machine. Having worked with some wonderful high end and highly touted machines... I find little difference in the espressos thus far and in many cases, Mr Coffee is simply doing a better job at just a straight up single or double espresso.A+++ to Mr Coffee. I was very surprised until I am not any more. Love the machine and experience. X'd finger that the build is substantial enough to last awhile. That would be the berries if yes.. we get some mileage from it.

This is the second espresso/frothing machine I’ve owned. The other one was a fairly high end unit that I’ve not used for many, many years. It made great drinks IF you adjusted all the settings just right and held the frothing pitcher just so. Cleaning it was a chore unto itself. Normally I’m pretty savvy with technology and gadgets, but making a great latte or cappuccino was real hit or miss for me. It also just took up a huge amount of real estate on my countertop.Fast forward to my last few weeks with the Mr. Coffee machine....I LOVE this machine. The design is pretty slim. It takes up no more room than my regular coffee maker. It’s super easy to load the water and milk for drinks. It’s very easy to program, with 2 settings apiece for espresso, lattes, & cappuccinos. It also has manual settings for espresso and frothed milk. This makes creating your drink to taste so simple. - Choose a preprogrammed setting, manual setting, or a combination of the two.And to top it all off, the machine is SO easy to clean. There is even a cleaning setting for the frother. - Seriuosly smart design because cleaning steamed milk out of and off of a metal tube is no joke. Normally, I let my freshly prepared drink cool down a bit while I quickly clean up the entire machine. There are also some other great design features that make the unit easy to clean. - The water and milk tanks slide off, the drip tray slides off and can be taken apart. The filters are also easy to clean. The brew head is the most difficult bit to clean, because it doesn’t detach in any way, but a couple swipes inside with a white cloth will easily tell you if there is any residual coffee left behind.The porta-filter & both (single & double) filters are of good, sturdy quality. Everything on the unit is of good quality. There is a fair amount of plastic, but it’s all sturdy.There is also a good bit of helpful information in the instruction manual about settting up the machine for the first time, using all the features, and even how to grind your espresso beans. (If you don’t already have a coffee grinder, you may want to purchase one, as fresh ground espresso beans give the best and strongest flavor.)

Purchase this espresso machine in July of 2022. I was totally in love with it till one day it wouldn't brew the coffee and all of the lights on the front of the machine started blinking. The machine got extremely hot and wouldn't shut down. I had to unplug it and let it cool down. After the cool down it did it again. I contacted Mr Coffee by telephone. Told them what happened and the girl told me I was under warrantee and they did not want the machine back. She told me she was sending me a new machine and it would arrive in about 6 days. Then I received an email saying they wanted it back and were issuing me a return label which never came. Still waiting for my machine that I was told was coming , I received another email saying I needed to return it before I can have a new one sent. Ok, this is all fine except I have to be without a coffee machine till they receive the defective one and they would send it 2 day delivery so I didn't have to wait. The mail in Ca in my rural area never makes it in two days. Anyway, ther were so many names and directions for this warranteed product that I just gave up. I am going to purchase a new espresso machine however it will not be Mr Coffee simply because of their incompetence in their warrantee deparment. It's a sad day we live in when no one is trusted anymore and the help is not geard towards the customer. I will say it made great coffee, but it over heats and that would be a fire hazzard so I am using it but, I un plug it after every use as not to burn my house down. MrCoffee didn't care about that. Best of luck and just to note, It was cleaned regularly so that was not an issue.