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--my coffee has to be 100% Colombian, medium roast; my espresso has to be Arabica dark roast
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but I think that was because I aaccidentally poked an extra hole in the pod and I used a very dark bitter roast
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Shots are amazing with fresh roasted and ground beans
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Recommend Illy espresso dark roast for full flavor and perfect grind.even though they replaced this item, the seals quickly wore out again and rendered it useless.
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The best results for me is with a medium dark roast organic bean that I grind myself to a medium fine powder
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Recommend Illy espresso dark roast for full flavor and perfect grind.even though they replaced this item, the seals quickly wore out again and rendered it useless.
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It also makes great espressos using Peet's medium roast ground coffee.
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Works well and makes good espresso - not as good as with a standard espresso machine, but very enjoyable.
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At first I loved this espresso maker, and if it continued to work as it did originally I would give 5 stars
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I don’t have those yet and it slows down my preparation.-Don’t bother with the pump on the Staresso to froth
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n’t fine your coffee grounds too much
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n’t recommend buying this product because of its flawed design mechanism