Pretty much spot on!
5/5
So 5 stars (would have said 4.6) It was well packaged by manufacturer & in perfect condition except for the bit mentioned below (as you’d expect).
The appliance itself makes very respectable tasting coffee, is quite wide ranging in what it can do. (Macchiato, latte, cappuccino, flat white, expresso & more). In my case, this was a second machine to use elsewhere- and my main one is another, far more pricey brand / model - and in terms of taste - it’s a good match.
I would say that it would be nicer if it were easier to Customise the volume of milk dispensed in a drink more easily - in say millilitres rather than going into a mode where it fills a glass and you set it to stop when there’s enough in the glass / cup. My other machine allows you to dictate, in ml, how much coffee/mil individually into a glass / mug (obv we’re not talking about espresso here). I would expect it to have this functionality & perhaps have a better build quality (the shiny piano black plastici was scratched literally out of the box on mine) it’s so very easy to scratch - this is a bit of a shame.
The milk vessel is a little on the small side but that’s no real trouble. Using glasses of differing sizes is a little bit of a game - so more presetting functionality would be nice. It takes quite tall glasses which is excellent. The brewer unit doesn’t get that mucky and doesn’t throw coffee all inside itself (as my other BTC machine does - that’s a royal pain) so this is an excellent plus / tick in my book - I’m forever cleaning the interior of the other brand machine (which cost double this ones cost). You must keep btc machines clean as there are insects which love decaying coffee detritus - I’ve heard stories from coffee machine service engineering folk - so be warned!
So recommended and I would by this brand again!
Tristian Tremaine