The design of the Philips Cafe Gourmet should actually be known to every coffee lovers, after all it is produced since the late 1980s, except for some small changes. These changes provide Unfortunately austerity measures part of the manufacturer:. So, for example, has been dispensed with the previously hinged and equipped with ventilation slots on the cover glass boiler. This cover must now be removed completely for filling the boiler and due to the lack of vents evaporate the condensation only extremely slowly. Therefore, it is advisable to remove the lid after completion of the brewing process and put on again only after evaporation of condensate.
The Philips Cafe Gourmet looks with its surrounding aluminum strips and the black casing, which is closed at the top and bottom by glass boiler and -kanne, simple and elegant. The machine requires by its high construction very little space, but it can easily due to their height of 52 cm may be colliding with wall units located above. This must be considered when choosing a suitable location.
All plastic parts of the Cafe Gourmet haptic make a good impression, even though the manufacturer to better deburring would have should emphasize. The brewing chamber is easy to open and swinging wide, which facilitates assembly with filter paper and coffee. For convenient disposal of used filter bag and subsequent purification can be completely removed, the filter carrier.
Is prepared with the coffee machine, the maximum amount of coffee cups to 12, it takes a total of 11 minutes until the coffee has finished. This pass nearly 6 minutes, brought to a boil until the water in the glass boiler. Unfortunately, the heating of the boiler is not switched off after the end of the brewing process, which leads to the forming condensation droplets and again creating a hissing noises. In addition, this state is also detrimental to the energy efficiency.
The taste of the brewed with the Cafe Gourmet coffee is really excellent, with a fine aroma and, thanks to the fully accommodated cooking water it is really hot. Here also the biggest difference to the normal coffee is then to make out. Although the machine has a drip stop, it happens that when removing the glass jug of the one or two drops of coffee lags. The spout of the jug is very well formed, leaving a drip-free pouring of black hot drink to.
I can see the Philips HD5407 / 60 Cafe Gourmet recommend any coffee lover without restriction because of brewed coffee with the machine really excellent taste and is really hot. Only the somewhat unwieldy, flat glass jug and the unclean deburring some plastic parts tarnish the very good overall impression.
