It seems like it would have been an easy design flaw to correct with some sort of enclosed grind shoot

However it is a wasteful machine in the sense that on its lowest grinding volume it runs far too long where I have to dump about a soupspoon of grinds Speaking with customer service was useless, but it appears to be a design flaw not a defect

Now not talking about if it's a design flaw or not, this machine is less than a year old, and been used daily

However it is a wasteful machine in the sense that on its lowest grinding volume it runs far too long where I have to dump about a soupspoon of grinds Speaking with customer service was useless, but it appears to be a design flaw not a defect

One design flaw is that the water tank handle is too weak to hold a full tank

It seems like it would have been an easy design flaw to correct with some sort of enclosed grind shoot

But the bean feeding is a design flaw, which Breville should fix to perfect such an otherwise fine machine.2

This may not be a design flaw, because when you tap the filter onto the counter, the grinds settle and you do have the right amount, it's just a mess though - someone slightly OCD like myself finds that hard to deal with

well I

I love the different settings and I love that you could store the beans and the being hopper and then grind them as you use them; very convenient

We finally set up everything manually and it works great now as long as we adjust the grind setting when we add new beans

so it clogged a

I also have some pre-ground decaf and Cuban expresso that I use with the double wall filters and get very good results, although not as good as with the fresh beans

Coffee was not as good as with this

It still works as well as it did the day we got it

every time, you can grind as fine or coarse as you wish

I do the cleaning with phosphate free tabs every time the light lights up, and periodically I do a general cleaning of the machine and the burr grinder cleaning as per the

In practice this machine has delivered excellent coffee as good as that found in good commercial outlets, and better than many

and I gotta say it works great as of the day we bought it

The expresso doesn't come out quite as strong as that made by the Francis Francis.

I had fun learning and still have much to learn, but overall am so super happy that I received this (albeit exchanged but still the thought was nice), hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

Worked great for about a year but started stalling as of recently

I unpacked it, washed all the parts as they recommend.

I can't stress enough to get fresh beans, such as from a local gourmet coffee shop and look for the "produced on" date and not the expiration date

We also pretty much gave up on buying beans from local brewhouses, we found the quality and taste not as good as we could do ourselves, so off we went and bought a small roaster (Fresh Roast SR700 Home Coffee Roaster), and frankly, this make the cycle complete - not only can we buy green coffee beans via amazon very cheaply, but we can also control how much we roast, and when we use them, making it a very turnkey and enjoyable experience

I bought a basic Delonghi model, which gave me a good cup but nothing as great as I was hoping for.