Unlike some others here I find the build quality very good. The design is elegant and timeless elegance, it could also be described as classic.
The coffee flavor with "Dallmayr Crema d'Oro Mild and Smooth" (available at Lidl) is in my opinion very well (of course a matter of taste). The coffee is pleasantly hot. Good also that you can adjust the amount of water continuously. The same knob is also used to provide the desired amount of hot water or frothed milk to prepare.
The milk foam preparation is very simple and effective. The foam can spoon up from the empty cup yet, even if one has previously stirred so much.
If you only need a short cable length, as the appliance is very close to the wall outlet, you can lay the cable in a groove provided at the bottom. A very practical detail.
Compared to Bestseller Philips Senseo you get for the same price a device that offers more features (variable amount of water, milk froth, Heiswasserzubereitung), the coffee brews pretty hot and requires only 0.3 watts in standby.
What bothered me was the name Petra (sounds somehow after women's magazine), so I researched and found that the Fa. Petra-Electric is in the Bavarian town of Burgau at home on the Internet. For me, another reason this device to buy. And in fact is on the bottom, "Made in Germany" - a good feeling!
Conclusion:
Highly recommended! I'd go back to.