Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso and Cappuccino Maker
$129.99
$200
35% off
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Color: Silver
Condition: New
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TIPS THAT WORK! From an average person, not a barista.
By The Rancher's Wife on Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016
I'll give tips after a little background info, what wasn't right and what customer service said to do, that WORKED! First off my background. I am not, nor have I every been a barista. I am an average person who likes mochas from the coffee shop, but I live 80 miles from town, so I don't get them very often and wanted to try making them at home. This is my first espresso machine. I read a lot of blogs and watched online videos from real baristas giving tips how to make good espresso drinks at home before purchasing this. I got this thing and things didn't taste right to me, bitter. So I did more research and figured out the problem, it wasn't heating up well. I checked temperature and it was only getting to 157*F on average (too cold) and took 14-15 seconds to make one shot (too fast). NOT what the online advice says you need. Online advice says 170-180*F and 27-30 seconds is about right. So I called Mr Coffee for help before I sent it back to Amazon. GLAD I did. The call: In short, customer service told me to run a cleaning cycle per directions from page 16 in the user manual. Which is 1/2 tank of white vinegar, hit the button for double shot. Repeat as many times as you need. Also run a cleaning cycle through the milk dispenser. My thought was, "what the heck, its a new machine! I did the priming as directed before use, how can it be dirty?" But I had to give it a try or send it back. Well I'll be go to heck, it WORKED! While directions said you only need to run it few times. I had the time, so I ran the whole 1/2 tank white vinegar through (double shot at at a time) since I has to toss the vinegar anyway, so why not really clean it eh? Anyway, after a couple times running the double shot espresso button the temperature went from consistent 157*F to 175-182*F. Wahoo! It seemed to matter how long I let it warm up between shots. Running two times consecutively got the 175-177*, which is just what you want. Letting it sit and warm up a few minutes before runs got it 180-184*, which is getting a little too hot. BTW, I was using a good quality quick, calibrated thermometer that I use for caramel making, which is a very exacting process to do right. So I figured it could accurately measure the espresso before it cooled from air temperature, which by the way is mere seconds I found out. NOTE: The higher temperature is NOT for drinking comfort (how hot you like it) it is what the espresso NEEDS to properly extract and not be bitter. You can let it sit a few minutes if you don't like it that hot, personally I don't want a burned tongue, so I wait a little. Coming out of the machine perfect drinking temperature is NOT a good thing. SECOND NOTE: Running the vinegar through is NOT descaling, it is cleaning. Descaling is something else you do, read the manual on how. The vinegar clean is NOT priming, it is cleaning. Don't know why you need to clean the new machine in addition to priming, but DO it anyway. Make sure to rinse the reservoir out, then run some PLAIN water through to remove the vinegar afterwards, do it as many times as it takes to get the smell out, mine took a full reservoir. Honestly though it's faster shipping it back and waiting for a replacement machine because it doesn't get hot enough, this WORKS. When I first got it, as I said it was taking 14-15 seconds to run the shots through. During the cleaning process they got longer and longer. Now that it's clean, it's about 28-30 seconds. Again, just what you want. I use my cell phone stop watch feature to be accurate. In summary, based on what I've read and how I got it to work well, at least for "normal" person standards. This a good machine. Here's my TIPS TO GET IT WORKING RIGHT: 1. Learn to grind grounds well. Do NOT buy pre-ground, buy beans and grind them yourself. It has to do with when the oil is release one how well it works. If you are going to the trouble to use a machine like this (rather than just normal a coffee machine) you can go to the effort to grind as well, it's just part of the process. You can use the hand held cone burr grinders for the most accurate fine ground. Or you can spend a bundle on an electric burr grinder. From what I read, you REALLY do need to get a good one if you go electric. In fact that is almost more important than the machine they say. Inconsistent size of grounds will yield inconsistent shots. Too fine (Turkish grind, which is like flour) and it clogs the filter making the machine unable to push all the water through. Too course (regular coffee machine grind) and the water goes through too fast making it bitter. Espresso grind has to be the consistency of table salt. I'm cheap, so using the hand grinder does work and I advise it for other cheap people. However, in the morning I am cranky and impatient, I'm also lazy, so I've ordered a couple different electric burr grinders to see if that works as well. I plan to return which ever (or both) that don't grind as the espresso NEEDS (good ol Amazon prime and their return policies). No, I did not take the online baristas advice and buy a $200 burr grinder (I am cheap after all), but I did spend about $50 on a burr grinder and $20 on a blade style. Will update when I have decided what works or not, which I kept or if I end up just doing the hand grind. 2. Learn how full to fill the cup. At least to the top of the rim, or a little higher. You want the end result about 1/8-1/4" from the top. The amount in the cup DOES matter. 3. Learn how to pack your grounds to 30lbs of pressure. How to do that, put your bathroom scale on the counter. Use your tamper to push until you get the feel of 30lbs pressure. Repeat several times until you can push it pretty accurately. This is very important. Also, but a metal tamper, the plastic one isn't sturdy enough for 30 lbs pressure, it bents and packs unevenly. You can get metal tampers cheap, it's worth it. 4. Before you make your cup each morning, warm the machine as directions indicate, but ALSO run a shot of plain water through first. The second time through will be hotter, and it only takes 30 seconds. 5. Even though it's a new machine, and you did the priming as the manual says, run 1/2 tank of white vinegar through it (directions on page 16 of manual) and it will make a tremendous difference. Don't argue, just do it. 6. You can open the lid and fill the reservoir with it ON the machine with a pitcher if taking it on and off is too hard. NOTE: I did NOT receive this at a discount in exchange for an honest review. This is a good machine for the average espresso based specialty coffee drinker. I gave it a full 5 stars because it's pretty idiot proof (I'm not the most mechanical person) and it makes mochas that are pretty darn good in my average persons opinion. I have no idea what a real coffee expert would say, and really, shouldn't they have a professional machine anyway? [...]
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Missing parts
By Fembot on Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017
Arrived today, 4/7/2017. Read reviews about milk never coming out the spout. After following the instructions to a "t" the espresso poured beautifully but no milk came out. After a bit of troubleshooting, I realized that there was no mechanism for the milk to go up from the reservoir to the frothing component. After some digging, we found reference to what amounts to a silicone straw that was missing from our package that goes in the reservoir. Additionally, instead of one single- and one double-shot basket, we received two single-shot baskets. We will be calling customer service in the morning for replacement parts. Three stars for now. Will update review after parts are received and the machine is functional. Update 4/8/2017: Called Mr. Coffee at 1-800-672-6333. After some frustration with the robot AI, I finally got to speak to a representative. Hint, just say "representative" and it will get you over to someone. The rep was quick and professional. He shipped the silicone tube and double shot basket to us; I didn't even have to prove that I had purchased it by providing the model number etc. He stated it should get to us by 2-3 business days. So far, excellent customer service. Will update after parts arrive and we can actually test it. We also purchased a Mr. Coffee grinder along with this espresso system, and will be reviewing that as well. Mr. Coffee Automatic Burr Mill Grinder with 18 Custom Grinds, Silver, BMH23 Update 4/14/2017: We received the replacement part on Wednesday, exactly 3 business days and 5 days total after I contacted customer service. Unfortunately, it was the wrong part. We received the "frothing tube" instead of the "silicone tube." Naturally I forgot to call before work yesterday, so I called this morning. I'm downgrading my review based on this interaction. Firstly, in my original call, they did not order me both parts requested and obviously because they ordered me the wrong part. Secondly, during this call, upon hearing that the double shot filter was not in stock, and the machine was therefore unusable, I was told to ship the entire machine back to Mr. Coffee to receive a whole new machine. And to call back within 48 hours... I cut her off there. Considering that I have two single shot filters that I can use in the meantime, this was outrageous. More time and effort over a machine that I purchased brand new and have yet to use. Moreover, it took considerable restraint and perseverance on my part to get the customer service representative to actually locate the correct missing part to make the machine usable, the silicone tube, despite my telling her that I had located it on the replacement website and it was in stock, and that I had the model number in front of me during the call. She had me get up and look at the metal prongs on my coffee machine to give her the code etched there prior to her taking the model number. Then when she found the part, and I asked her to tell me the name of the part that she was ordering (for confirmation) she told me the wrong part! I had to correct her. Hands down the worst customer service experience I have had in a while for a machine that came to me missing parts. I really hope this is all worth it, because we really are excited to use this machine. Update 4/19/2017: We purchased the double shot filter over Amazon, it got here yesterday. We got the shipping confirmation for the silicone tube... It was shipped 6-8 business days. Ordered 4/14, shipped 4/18, then we'll get it 6-8 business days. The first time I called they shipped it 2-3 business days... Only the wrong part. Ridiculous. Had the machine narly 2 weeks and haven't been able to use it, and it'll be another week before the part I asked for arrives. Cannot recommend at this point.
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TIPS THAT WORK! From an average person, not a barista.
By The Rancher's Wife - Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016
Verified Amazon Purchase
I'll give tips after a little background info, what wasn't right and what customer service said to do, that WORKED! First off my background. I am not, nor have I every been a barista. I am an average person who likes mochas from the coffee shop, but I live 80 miles from town, so I don't get them very often and wanted to try making them at home. This is my first espresso machine. I read a lot of blogs and watched online videos from real baristas giving tips how to make good espresso drinks at home before purchasing this. I got this thing and things didn't taste right to me, bitter. So I did more research and figured out the problem, it wasn't heating up well. I checked temperature and it was only getting to 157*F on average (too cold) and took 14-15 seconds to make one shot (too fast). NOT what the online advice says you need. Online advice says 170-180*F and 27-30 seconds is about right. So I called Mr Coffee for help before I sent it back to Amazon. GLAD I did. The call: In short, customer service told me to run a cleaning cycle per directions from page 16 in the user manual. Which is 1/2 tank of white vinegar, hit the button for double shot. Repeat as many times as you need. Also run a cleaning cycle through the milk dispenser. My thought was, "what the heck, its a new machine! I did the priming as directed before use, how can it be dirty?" But I had to give it a try or send it back. Well I'll be go to heck, it WORKED! While directions said you only need to run it few times. I had the time, so I ran the whole 1/2 tank white vinegar through (double shot at at a time) since I has to toss the vinegar anyway, so why not really clean it eh? Anyway, after a couple times running the double shot espresso button the temperature went from consistent 157*F to 175-182*F. Wahoo! It seemed to matter how long I let it warm up between shots. Running two times consecutively got the 175-177*, which is just what you want. Letting it sit and warm up a few minutes before runs got it 180-184*, which is getting a little too hot. BTW, I was using a good quality quick, calibrated thermometer that I use for caramel making, which is a very exacting process to do right. So I figured it could accurately measure the espresso before it cooled from air temperature, which by the way is mere seconds I found out. NOTE: The higher temperature is NOT for drinking comfort (how hot you like it) it is what the espresso NEEDS to properly extract and not be bitter. You can let it sit a few minutes if you don't like it that hot, personally I don't want a burned tongue, so I wait a little. Coming out of the machine perfect drinking temperature is NOT a good thing. SECOND NOTE: Running the vinegar through is NOT descaling, it is cleaning. Descaling is something else you do, read the manual on how. The vinegar clean is NOT priming, it is cleaning. Don't know why you need to clean the new machine in addition to priming, but DO it anyway. Make sure to rinse the reservoir out, then run some PLAIN water through to remove the vinegar afterwards, do it as many times as it takes to get the smell out, mine took a full reservoir. Honestly though it's faster shipping it back and waiting for a replacement machine because it doesn't get hot enough, this WORKS. When I first got it, as I said it was taking 14-15 seconds to run the shots through. During the cleaning process they got longer and longer. Now that it's clean, it's about 28-30 seconds. Again, just what you want. I use my cell phone stop watch feature to be accurate. In summary, based on what I've read and how I got it to work well, at least for "normal" person standards. This a good machine. Here's my TIPS TO GET IT WORKING RIGHT: 1. Learn to grind grounds well. Do NOT buy pre-ground, buy beans and grind them yourself. It has to do with when the oil is release one how well it works. If you are going to the trouble to use a machine like this (rather than just normal a coffee machine) you can go to the effort to grind as well, it's just part of the process. You can use the hand held cone burr grinders for the most accurate fine ground. Or you can spend a bundle on an electric burr grinder. From what I read, you REALLY do need to get a good one if you go electric. In fact that is almost more important than the machine they say. Inconsistent size of grounds will yield inconsistent shots. Too fine (Turkish grind, which is like flour) and it clogs the filter making the machine unable to push all the water through. Too course (regular coffee machine grind) and the water goes through too fast making it bitter. Espresso grind has to be the consistency of table salt. I'm cheap, so using the hand grinder does work and I advise it for other cheap people. However, in the morning I am cranky and impatient, I'm also lazy, so I've ordered a couple different electric burr grinders to see if that works as well. I plan to return which ever (or both) that don't grind as the espresso NEEDS (good ol Amazon prime and their return policies). No, I did not take the online baristas advice and buy a $200 burr grinder (I am cheap after all), but I did spend about $50 on a burr grinder and $20 on a blade style. Will update when I have decided what works or not, which I kept or if I end up just doing the hand grind. 2. Learn how full to fill the cup. At least to the top of the rim, or a little higher. You want the end result about 1/8-1/4" from the top. The amount in the cup DOES matter. 3. Learn how to pack your grounds to 30lbs of pressure. How to do that, put your bathroom scale on the counter. Use your tamper to push until you get the feel of 30lbs pressure. Repeat several times until you can push it pretty accurately. This is very important. Also, but a metal tamper, the plastic one isn't sturdy enough for 30 lbs pressure, it bents and packs unevenly. You can get metal tampers cheap, it's worth it. 4. Before you make your cup each morning, warm the machine as directions indicate, but ALSO run a shot of plain water through first. The second time through will be hotter, and it only takes 30 seconds. 5. Even though it's a new machine, and you did the priming as the manual says, run 1/2 tank of white vinegar through it (directions on page 16 of manual) and it will make a tremendous difference. Don't argue, just do it. 6. You can open the lid and fill the reservoir with it ON the machine with a pitcher if taking it on and off is too hard. NOTE: I did NOT receive this at a discount in exchange for an honest review. This is a good machine for the average espresso based specialty coffee drinker. I gave it a full 5 stars because it's pretty idiot proof (I'm not the most mechanical person) and it makes mochas that are pretty darn good in my average persons opinion. I have no idea what a real coffee expert would say, and really, shouldn't they have a professional machine anyway? [...]
Really good to start into the espresso world!
By Tatiana Fonseca - Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2025
Verified Amazon Purchase
We brought this espresso machine almost a month ago and we LOVE IT. It’s our first time owning one and it’s been so easy to learn and use it. We use it 4 times a day (literally). The quality is really good, and we love that it’s very compact so it can be lifted easily and move to another spot if needed. Me personally, I love the automatic milk dispenser/frother option. I’m a mom of 2 under twos and it saves me tons of time in the morning specially when I’m in the hurry trying to make breakfast.
Espresso, cappuccino, latte lovers
By marissa debbie - Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2025
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So far so good, been using this machine a few months now and it’s a nice machine, the automatic milk canister really helps and it’s very easy to use, waiting for it to come on sale again. I recommend
It could be better (and it is after lime cleaning), but it's a solid 4 stars for the price.
By Christopher Evensen - Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2020
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It took me almost a month to write this review. Even though this is probably the easiest latte machine you could possibly buy, there are still a couple of variables that will take you some time to work out if you've never had an espresso machine before. The variables that will affect the quality of your drink are as follows: 1. Coffee quality and grind size (please buy whole bean and grind yourself with a quality grinder). 2. Amount of espresso you try to cram into the porta-filler. 3. Temperature of the water coming from the machine. 4. Level-ness and tamp pressure you put on the espresso in the porta-filler. For #1: Buying a whole bean from a local roaster that is as fresh as possible is ideal. Buying it whole bean is even more important. The quality and taste of the coffee declines quickly as soon as it is ground, even in a bag you re-seal. In a coffee container that is air-tight like the coffee gator, it will last a bit longer, but still. Just buy whole bean and suck it up. Next, the grinder should be a burr type grinder (I bought the mueller conical burr grinder). Finally, dialing in the grind size is important. At first I went with the smallest grind setting on the grinder, but it wasn't ideal. The grounds were too small and didn't allow enough head pressure to get through the machine. Result was poor tasting espresso with no crema. I settled on '3' on the mueller which is on a 1 (finest) to 10 scale. For #2 AND #4: I battled with this for way too long. Everything online says to put 13-18 grams of coffee into a double porta-filler. The most I could ever get was 15 and that was after tamping the hell out of it so I could cram more and more in. Result was same as #1 with too fine a grind. I finally threw the common internet wisdom for grams out the window and just did it by logic and feel. Numbers wise, it's somewhere around 11g of grinds. Logic-wise it's 'fill to top of porta-fill. tap tap tap on the counter to settle and even it. Fill again from grinder to top. tap tap tap to even. Take your tamper (buy the nice heavy metal one for 15 bucks) and apply force as evenly as possible. Don't do 30lbs of pressure like they say online. With a home machine like this with 15 pressure head, 30lbs of tamp force is way too much and will barely allow the water pressure to come through making terrible coffee. Just do a nice twist/push with a LITTLE bit of weight/pressure. Try to get the puck as even as possible. For #3: This one was weird. I measured the temp of the water coming directly out of the pump with a hand held thermometer. It was consistently around 155-163d. This is not nearly hot enough. Online, the consensus is 180-190d. I thought the machine was broken, but I read a review or two that said to descale it and it would help. On a new machine? Weird, but IT WORKS. I didn't have vinegar, so I used CLR mixed with water. I ran a full reservoir of that mixed solution, then a full reservoir of just clean water. Result? Water temps were instantly 180-187d. Fixed. We are on a well on top of a mountain so we have hard minerals. I have to do this about every 2 weeks, but it's worth it. Overall I am happy. Even with the above, the consistency of my pour/shot varies (which I hate!). It's pretty dialed in where I'll only pull a crappy non-crema shot once in ten tries. When that happens, I'm still not 100% clear on if I didn't follow my own advice above closely/carefully enough or if the machine can just be inconsistent sometimes. You can tell instantly how good the shot is going to be. For a double, it should be about 5 seconds of dark coffee coming out, followed by 10 seconds of perfect looking crema, followed by 5 seconds of slightly watered down looking crema. You can kill the watery crema by hitting the espresso button on the machine again. When you are pulling a really crappy shot, you will get dark coffee followed by what looks like really watery coffee. I have no idea why this happens. Will update this if I nail it down. Otherwise, 9/10 times it makes great espresso shots! The latte portion of this machine works great and just as advertised. Sometimes if you put it on Latte as ooposed to espresso froth it can jip you a little bit on the amount of steamed milk it gives you. If this happens, just run the latte cycle again and stop it manually when you have the amount of froth you want. Cleaning is pretty easy, but takes some time. You have to keep pushing the clean cycle every time it ends. I wish it would just do it continuously until the water runs out. I tried a couple of other machines and espresso specific machines. None of them were worth the hassle and this Mr Coffee is so much easier/time saving. The espresso specific machines I tried from DeLonghi took way too much time to make myself a latte in the morning because of the separate frother. Yea, I know 1st world problems but between setting it up, making it, and cleaning it we're talking 10-15 min vs 5. When you have to run to work that time savings makes a difference. Overall, I'm really happy with it after figuring things out. Will update is something crazy happens.
Missing parts
By Fembot - Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017
Verified Amazon Purchase
Arrived today, 4/7/2017. Read reviews about milk never coming out the spout. After following the instructions to a "t" the espresso poured beautifully but no milk came out. After a bit of troubleshooting, I realized that there was no mechanism for the milk to go up from the reservoir to the frothing component. After some digging, we found reference to what amounts to a silicone straw that was missing from our package that goes in the reservoir. Additionally, instead of one single- and one double-shot basket, we received two single-shot baskets. We will be calling customer service in the morning for replacement parts. Three stars for now. Will update review after parts are received and the machine is functional. Update 4/8/2017: Called Mr. Coffee at 1-800-672-6333. After some frustration with the robot AI, I finally got to speak to a representative. Hint, just say "representative" and it will get you over to someone. The rep was quick and professional. He shipped the silicone tube and double shot basket to us; I didn't even have to prove that I had purchased it by providing the model number etc. He stated it should get to us by 2-3 business days. So far, excellent customer service. Will update after parts arrive and we can actually test it. We also purchased a Mr. Coffee grinder along with this espresso system, and will be reviewing that as well. Mr. Coffee Automatic Burr Mill Grinder with 18 Custom Grinds, Silver, BMH23 Update 4/14/2017: We received the replacement part on Wednesday, exactly 3 business days and 5 days total after I contacted customer service. Unfortunately, it was the wrong part. We received the "frothing tube" instead of the "silicone tube." Naturally I forgot to call before work yesterday, so I called this morning. I'm downgrading my review based on this interaction. Firstly, in my original call, they did not order me both parts requested and obviously because they ordered me the wrong part. Secondly, during this call, upon hearing that the double shot filter was not in stock, and the machine was therefore unusable, I was told to ship the entire machine back to Mr. Coffee to receive a whole new machine. And to call back within 48 hours... I cut her off there. Considering that I have two single shot filters that I can use in the meantime, this was outrageous. More time and effort over a machine that I purchased brand new and have yet to use. Moreover, it took considerable restraint and perseverance on my part to get the customer service representative to actually locate the correct missing part to make the machine usable, the silicone tube, despite my telling her that I had located it on the replacement website and it was in stock, and that I had the model number in front of me during the call. She had me get up and look at the metal prongs on my coffee machine to give her the code etched there prior to her taking the model number. Then when she found the part, and I asked her to tell me the name of the part that she was ordering (for confirmation) she told me the wrong part! I had to correct her. Hands down the worst customer service experience I have had in a while for a machine that came to me missing parts. I really hope this is all worth it, because we really are excited to use this machine. Update 4/19/2017: We purchased the double shot filter over Amazon, it got here yesterday. We got the shipping confirmation for the silicone tube... It was shipped 6-8 business days. Ordered 4/14, shipped 4/18, then we'll get it 6-8 business days. The first time I called they shipped it 2-3 business days... Only the wrong part. Ridiculous. Had the machine narly 2 weeks and haven't been able to use it, and it'll be another week before the part I asked for arrives. Cannot recommend at this point.
Mr. coffee
By Veronica - Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2025
Verified Amazon Purchase
Esto es lo mejor q eh comprado .. el capuchino q hace esta cafetera es como si lo comprara el latte riquísimo es muy fácil de usar lo amo no tengo ninguna queja …
Great little machine that's good for a year of daily use (see durability update at end)
By Phil Clapham - Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2013
Verified Amazon Purchase
The fact that you're reading this review means that you're looking for an espresso machine (yeah, I know - duh). The fact that you're looking for an espresso machine means that you probably want either the convenience of making fun little coffee drinks at home, and/or you want to save money because you've been spending a significant portion of your disposable income on similar concoctions at the overpriced coffee house down the street. To which concern I can most assuredly relate - we have the misfortune to live half a block from what is arguably the best coffee shop in Seattle, and I don't even want to think how much of the owner's retirement fund has come out of my pocket. Good thing he's a friend. So anyway, here you are on Amazon, trying to filter - ha ha, please note clever pun - through the endless product choices, which range from cheapo plastic crap to espresso machines so expensive and complicated that you wonder if you'll need a degree in engineering to operate them. Your head is getting ready to explode as you read about things like burr grinders, with some Amazonians subtly implying that if you don't use one of these for your home-roasted gourmet coffee beans - the ones you import weekly on a private jet from an exclusive estate in the Ethiopian Highlands - then your intellect must compare unfavorably with that of certain lower primates. And then there are the reviews that provide detailed instructions regarding this or that machine's temperamental foibles and intolerance of idiots, advising you sternly that if you don't do X, Y and Z in a very particular order, accompanied by ritual chanting and animal sacrifice, your $2000 espresso machine will never perform in the optimal way. Or so it sure seems sometimes. So here's the key question: WHY do you want an espresso machine? Do you truly want to become an espresso master, the envy and talk of all your Yuppie friends ("Wow, Bob has a Lockheed-Martin X-320 Parisian-Bistro-Espresso Cafe Super-System with built-in burr grinder and rocket launch module, and he sure knows how to use it!") Or do you just want a machine that costs (way) under a thousand bucks that'll make a tasty latté or cappuccino in the morning, and in so doing save you from supporting your local coffee shop owner's boat payments? If it's the latter, then I humbly recommend this fine little machine. It's easy to set up, and if one uses decent ground espresso (for the record, I use Lavazza) it makes excellent coffee drinks with a minimum of fuss. You don't need to fiddle with frothing yourself - just hit the right buttons and it will turn out coffee that will have you saying "Mmm, that's good!" before you proceed with your day. Unless, of course, you're a coffee snob who wouldn't dream of using anything smacking of "automatic" that doesn't involve multiple complex steps, a $300 grinder, manual frothing, a degree in engineering and animal sacrifices. But then if you're that person you're probably not looking at this machine. Put the machine through a clean cycle regularly, and DO delime it at least once in a while. It's a tedious procedure but not doing so may affect performance (we had some issues a few months in and deliming fixed them). Do follow the setup instructions carefully, especially with regard to priming the machine the first time. And don't do what I did, which is to wonder why nothing was happening - specifically, why no water was coming out - and then finally notice the sticker on the back of the water tank that said "Remove plastic plug before use". Duh. UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2021: we have now owned several of these machines over a period of 8 years, so I can tell you with confidence about their durability. Bottom line: they're good for about a year of daily use. Eventually, the frother stops working well. Despite deliming, it will have a harder time getting up to pressure and producing froth. Eventually it ceases to be functional. Since there's a one-year warranty, you might want to trigger that before the year is up - we did that with a previous machine and Mr Coffee's customer service was terrific - they immediately sent us a new machine for free. So, basically, you get two years of use out of one purchase. Key point: despite the durability issue, this machine has saved us a ton of money and I'd still highly recommend it (and will likely buy another when our current one dies next year). P.S. As some others have noted, the reservoir sometimes leaks water; we had this on one unit. My stupid but effective solution to this was to insert a strip of thin cardboard (part of the flap of a small cardboard box works) between the machine and the reservoir (i.e. behind the reservoir). Apparently this "pushes" the reservoir back enough to set it right, and it fixed the issue.
Outstanding
By Ken Davis - Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025
Verified Amazon Purchase
This is my second purchase of this cappuccino maker. the first one lasted 7 years and performed flawlessly. Add your favorite flavors and sit back. I usually run a double espresso then reload coffee and run a double latte. It takes just minutes to make and I do not have to sit in a 20 car lineup and pay out the a** to get my coffee fix, my way.
Easy to use
By Hayley - Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025
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This Mr. Coffee is the best coffee machine I have ever owned. I use it almost every single day and have even been known to drink a second cup later in the day now that I can make delicious lattes at home. It is very simple to set up and use. The cleaning setting is wonderful and allows you to clean out the milk holder with ease even right after each use, if you prefer. The only thing I would complain about is it does not get hot enough and there is no heat control. The espresso drips slightly after but nothing crazy although I do feel like you don't get enough out of the espresso shot during brewing. This is my first espresso maker though so this all might be normal. Overall, I do recommend this machine for at home, quick and easy lattes and cappuccinos.
It does work
By EJF - Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025
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Dislikes just one, It's got a issue with the Pod unit and how it fits, it is extremely hard to get the pod into the locked position hopefully it's a one off as I've ordered a new unit to see if the pod system is as difficult to lock, it shouldn't take a person the use of actual strength to lock a simple espresso pod. As it turns out after learning how to grasp the machine to keep it from spinning when locking the pod handle it does make a pretty dang good Latte and cappuccino with a little prep and patience. Make sure you don't pack the grounds and that they are ground about as coursely as salt any finer and it can't push water through the grounds I found that out with some espresso grounds I bought from a seller they are really finely ground and all the unit does is make sounds and not much else. Update: The new unit is exactly the same harder then H--l to lock the pod handle. I'll use it for the month and see if it gets any easier to lock in if not goombye and I'll start looking at different brand names.
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