Positives:
- Ceramic grinder. (Yes, very noble and durable ...)
- Taste miracle. (Coffee and espresso taste really very good ...)
- Preparation of a latte or cappuccino simple and delicious.
- Operation quite simple, many ways to personalize the settings. (5 user ..)
- Many functions in a quite small coffee machine packed.
- User profile very well adjusted. (A multi-family household will be happy about it very much.)
- Milk foam can easily be prepared (and very hot)
- Cleaning the infuser quite simple.
- Easy to understand manual. (Text + picture)
- Fairly quiet compared to cheaper coffee machines.
- Setting the coffee temperature possible.
- Just coffee quantity set.
Neutral:
- Milk foam very soft. (For me it is important that the flavor is not the foam and keeps forever)
- Cable should like to be a bit longer.
Negatives:
- Panel partially the easily scratched very sensitive plastic
- Metal cup rack scratched very quickly. (Looks after a week very used from ...)
- Water tank made of transparent plastic, although stable, but the "handle" is also made of plastic. Whether this construction keeps long I doubt it.
- Very wet pomace, which is a gray horses of the marc highly favored. (Who empties the pomace already daily ???)
- Pulp container quite quickly. (The other day, the machine has "container full" display after 5 cups of coffee ...)
- No possibility to preheat the cup.
Conclusion:
Yes, the coffee machine really has many great features that will surely make him particularly.
You also get definitely a very good device.
However, here are really price / performance not in a good relationship.
Who in 1300 paid for a coffee machine should still get it more. (Eg scratch-resistant material)
If you try to find a fair price when compared to other devices, which is undoubtedly difficult, should you find yourself in areas of max. Move in 1000. I think that would come in 1000 the actual value of the device much closer.
Update 9/23/2014:
I would like to emphasize again that I find though that the price is quite high, but the coffee is really good.
Yesterday, we visited and the machine was in full swing.
Our visit was delighted with the great taste of the coffee. The fact that the machine works pretty quietly dropped to positive.
Update 05/10/2014
We spent a week on vacation and have the machine unplugged.
All custom settings are still there, unchanged. (VERY GOOD ...)
Update 11/14/2014
In general, we are very satisfied with the machine. However, I feel that the sensor that the residue level does not work properly. Have the machine cleaned recently. Pomace and water was completely empty. After 2 cups of coffee I should empty the container (pomace). No idea why. But now came before already 3 times.
