Creates perfect pucks of coffee to dumb out in the trash.8

The other features are incredibly well thought out; especially the feature that removes excess water from the filter basket after coffee extraction, so the used grounds form a dry puck for quicker cleanup is incredible

and I can expel a puck by just overturning the basket and giving a shake.

This results in a nice 1 oz shot and a dry puck

As long as you are getting your pressure and grind amounts right which are adjustable (one very manually haha) then you will get perfect pucks.

I love it), press the buttons, knock out the grounds "puck", clean off the frother, empty the waste water tray,

The next issue was wet/dry puck

Breville's small knock-box (avail on Amazon - BES001XL) is the perfect size and a must-have to knock the coffee pucks out efficiently from the portafilter.

Clean up is also a breeze because the coffee grind is literally always a very dry "puck"

I do not need to buy a grinder (it is included); I do not need to be an expert on grind/puck compression (this machine has a gage to tell me if I have made a mistake).

He gets a nice dry puck

Instead, we knock the pucks in the sink (disposal) hitting it against a soft plastic DANCO disposal stuffer/guard DANCO Disposal Genie Garbage Disposal Strainer and Splash Guard, Red (10451)

Creates perfect pucks of coffee to dumb out in the trash.8

I think this is an improvement b/c the old one failed to meter the correct amount (which is why we replaced it).3