The perfect coffee

After many years with our espresso machines I now flirted with a Siebträgermaschine. Since the space in the kitchen, however, is limited, I did not like that you need additional parking space for a coffee grinder. By chance I stumbled on Gastroback machine that has the coffee grinder built equal last and the only (?).
We have the machine in operation for over a month and have already made a lot of coffee (espresso, cappuccino) with it.

My Conclusion:
The coffee tastes much more intense than with the fully automatic (though we now need a lot less coffee beans), but you need to invest some time to determine the correct degree of grinding, the right pressure and the right amount of water. But that's just the interest on the portafilter machines.

The machine heats very quickly, and the steam is quickly available, the milk foam succeed very well.
By double alternative portafilter coffee preparation is not science even for less experienced members of the family.
Overall, a very successful and solid construction, I would go back to buy me immediately.

A small drawback, I would note: During grinding the coffee falls not centered in the filter holder, but always in the back area, so you have to be very careful, or perform the grinding process in several stages in order to achieve uniform filling.

Power Saving Mode and pressure display, as well as quite rich accessories complete the positive picture.