The Bosch built-in coffee machine is sleek in design and provides a luxurious coffee experience from the comfort of your home.
- Product Type: Semi-Automatic
- Milk Frother Included: Yes
- Additional Beverages: Cappuccino; Latte; Americano; Mocha; Espresso Macchiato; Double Shot; Brews Coffee
- Built-In Grinder: Yes
- Overall: 17.875'' H x 23.375'' W x 14'' D
My background is that of using semi-automatic espresso machines, roasting and of course, grinding my own beans. It's an enjoyable process that, yes, produces better coffee that this machine does (most of the time).
But man, to be able to walk up to the machine, push the button and have pretty darn decent coffee drinks of any kind? Pretty awesome. There's a lot to like about this machine, once you get past the price. I mean, I can put together a really high-end semi-auto setup for this price. Ok, enough about that, I knew what I was getting and how much it cost.
The bean hopper is relatively air-tight and I haven't noticed an issue with beans going stale (of course I'm going through about a pound a week). There are lots of options for each drink: temp, strength, volume... Nice.
I like this machine a lot. It makes good quality espresso and does a good job with milk drinks as well. I use it all day long. That said, it isn't without it's annoyances.
- The HomeConnect is okay for downloading drink "recipes," but other than that, it's USELESS. This is the most annoying "feature." One would think that with a connected coffee machine, you could get it to turn on and wake you up with a delicious, fresh coffee? NOPE. When it starts up it insists on doing a rinse... which puts water in your cup, if you were to have one positioned. Well, I think, I'll just leave it on? NOPE. It times out at a maximum of 8 hours. So if you want coffee when you wake up (or when you unlock your door coming home), make sure you're only getting 7:55 minutes of sleep and turning on the machine is the last thing you did before you got in bed. What's the point?
- It won't integrate with your existing smart home. They say you can use IFTTT but I haven't tried it because... what's the point?
- While the HomeConnect does let you download coffee recipes, you can't add these individual recipes to your "Favorites." The consequence of this is that you can only select a single custom coffee from the panel. Favorites could have been much better.
- The control disk on the interface sometimes spins easily, sometimes not.
- It doesn't know when the milk container is empty so if you're making a series of milk drinks and don't notice, it'll spew large quantities of steam instead of warning you.
- I'm currently in "needs cleaning" mode while I wait for cleaning tablets to arrive. It would have been nice if they included a couple of samples (and a water filter) with the machine... or at least if it had warned me ahead of time.. arpad9. . 2018-01-23 03:56:04