She looks pretty good, the machine, even if it is slightly darker red than on the product photo. Under the milk container is an extendable pedestal for smaller cups. There is a cup warmer on the machine.
The preparation is intuitive: Load Matching Espresso Machines, Coffee Filling and pressing little buttons. The rest is done by the machine alone. Settings (eg individually adjustable amount of milk), there is no. The result is an (obviously of the type of coffee-dependent) delicious coffee - whether Espresso, Lungo, cappuccino or latte macchiato. Of course you can also drag and drop only frothed milk, for example for the preparation of cocoa.
The cleaning is also done quite simple: After coffee Pull refuse the strainer and rinse under running water. The strainer can be lock by turning which is also recommended; The alternative, namely to keep him with a hook provided on the handle, the knocking stands in the way. The milk container has a clean setting. In the evening you can go with an empty screen and hot water in the milk container a bar, while all lines are flushed. The milk container can be taken apart, these parts are all dishwasher safe. Both drip inserts can be removed for cleaning.
If the machine is not used for a while, it will shut down. By pressing a button it is switched on again, then it will take somewhat until it is back to operating temperature. All 80-150 runs depending on the water hardness, is to decalcification; an indication is not designed for it.
Compared with the fully automatic one has here a little more effort in the preparation of the individual coffees; this effort (empty grounds container, clean brewing unit, etc.) when fully automatic rather periodically. All in all, it seems to me the care effort in Siebträgermaschine to be slightly lower.
All in all one with this espresso machine a pretty decent and, not least because of the possibility of using pads, a versatile device.
