Review on ☕ Experience Excellence with the Saeco HD8964/47 Gran Baristo Espresso Machine in Black by Eric Stewart

****************** ** * * ******** Updated on 13.12.2017 ************************* Average consumption (6-8 espressos per Day) Go through full service process, used beans are recommended, filtered water is used (reverse osmosis). Every day of the week there was a complete cleaning and following the instructions. nine meters. Less than 2 years later the car started leaking and making strange noises. Take it to a Saeco-recommended service company and they'll set you back around $500 with a 90-day warranty. A very fragile device indeed. I will not go to repair and reduce my losses, what a disappointment! ********************************** ************** ** ************************************************** ************************************************** ****** ******************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************** ********* a semi-automatic coffee machine and a good grinder that made very good espresso, but the latte/cappuccino was somehow more intense. This machine requires training to set multiple parameters such as coffee temperature, grind level, coffee strength, milk temperature, etc., but once you get it right, you can get what you want with one button. Normally these machines don't heat milk very well, but I'm pleasantly surprised that I get the right milk even on medium settings (mileage varies). Drip Coffee and Americano are really good, and you feel like they were created from the start (rather than mixing water with coffee): perhaps because different pressures are used on the pump itself when preparing these drinks. If you get the first 2 or 3 coffees that aren't good, try playing with these settings (coffee strength, temperature, grind, amount of milk) and you'll probably get what you're looking for. doesn't work for you. You need something a few thousand more. For example, there are only 5 grinding degrees and most manual coffee grinders allow significantly more. They require extra maintenance (like all super machines), but it's really not that bad. I recommend cleaning the carafe after every milk drink as there are very thin holes that can get clogged. Because the super machine is really thin (only 8 inches) and you can do all the maintenance (except turning off the main power). ) front: very handy when you have a cramped kitchen. In addition, filling with water is easy and you don't have to remove the water tank. It doesn't have heating (not a big deal to me) but others might complain. It doesn't have any interior space to store a water dispenser or a ground coffee dispenser, but its small size already makes a difference. I found something annoying: once you start drinking, you can't stop. You can reduce the amount of milk or coffee spontaneously, but you cannot undo the entire process. The same goes for any cleaning process, once you start it, you can't stop it. In the case of cleaning, cleaning will continue even if you unplug the power cord after power is restored. Another downside is that it doesn't clean the carafe after a milk drink (like Saeco Xelsis Evo or Exprelia Evo or GranBaristo Avanti). . You have to clean it manually or use a long decanter cleaning cycle. I would say only software is required as GranBaristo Avanti does and is almost identical.