MelittaSOLO & Milk E953-102, Bean to Cup Coffee Machine, with Milk Steamer, Silver

I love coffee and over the years have had many varied machines for making itncluding cafetiere, Tassimo, Nespresso, Espresso, filter jug, etc.All of these have their strengths and weaknesses -Nespresso and Tassimo it is the cost of the posd which is a major drawback, and the others it is the mess and cleaning.I have wanted a good quality bean to cup machine for some time, but have not been able to justify the cost, so when the Melitta was featured as deal of the day I took the plunge and bought it, and how glad I am!Firstly, it produces fantastic coffee. The strength can be adjusted from 1 - mild, to 3 -strong, and the volume can be varied from a small espresso up to a large cup.As a bean to cup machine, there is no faffing about tamping, measuring, etc.. You just press a button and off you go.Cleaning is just a matter oe emptying the ďrip tray each day which is a very quick and easy job, and giving the brewing unit a periodic clean which again is not a difficult process.Unless anything goes wrong, this is the last coffee machine I will buy - I love it.

I bought this for my son and daughter-in-law. They love its minimalist looks and its maximal taste.

This is a good coffee maker and I am glad I bought it. I think it's a little on the expensive side though. That being said, I use it every day and have no regrets. Like others I find that the bottom fills up with water very quickly. The milk foamer works well and overall the machine is easy to use.

We are totally loving this, as regular coffee drinkers we have tried all types of coffee creation from stove tops to cafetiere, all are good but this takes all the trouble out of making coffee. No more grinding beans either.We chose this machine because it can make a cup of coffee, all the others around this price are espresso machines. You will delve into a bottomless pit of information if you start asking whats best as "real" coffee drinkers insist espresso is the "only way". Anyway this thing can do upto 220ml of coffee, a proper cup. We place two cups (with a dash of milk already in) under the dual nozzle press the go button twice and a minute later we have two ready to drink coffees.There are somethings to get used to, the midterm cleaning processes are a bit involved, but easy once you've understood it. And you need basic maintenance everyday, i.e. filling and emptying various parts.As we drink 220ml coffee all the time from this thing we have to fill the water container very often and empty the water tray every day.It looks great in silver, very stylish and elegant in the kitchen. Noisy when grinding but then any grinder will be. Haven't used the milk frother but according to the misses we "had" to have it!It seems expensive but beans and cleaning agents aside, if you drink two cups of coffee per day and theirs two of you, you'll pay this off in six weeks! (based on £2.20 a coffee, 2 people, 2 coffees a day each)So yeah totally love it, get one.

Stopped working after 5 weeks.Makes ok black coffee if you can get it to take the beans through ...Steamer heats the milk but regardless of setting won't froth the milk for a decent cappuccino.Previous DeLonghi machine much better.

Love it! Easy to set up, use and clean. All you have to do is choose your favourite beans! Milk frother took a bit of working out but it turns out some milks are better than others. 3 weeks in.... still loving it.

Just unpacked it and plugged it in.......well tried to, it came with a Euro plug, not very good for a UK supplier, it even had EU stamped on the box, however I found a EU to UK adapter and off we go, it seems quite simple to work, the water level seems to have dropped a fair bit. It replaced an Illi capsule machine, I think I may have to hunt down Illy beans as I am quite used to the taste.So marked down for having a EU plug and me waiting 15 minutes on the Melitta help line before I found the adapter.

Ordered the product on Saturday morning and amazon delivered it to me at 520pm the same day! That's mega.Regarding the coffee machine it's simply perfect for me. It's compact easy to use and creates some sensational tasting coffee.The choice of machines is mind boggling but I think at £370 and for the quality of coffee it makes it's a bargain. Well happy.