There are the barista as "T" and "TS". The TS has a difference an illuminated coffee outlet and a level monitoring of the bean container. I opted for the TS. Power at the price then also nothing out. My comparison relates to my old AEG, which, like the Melitta a JURA brewing unit has.
Visually, the Melitta is a stunner. The design is absolutely outrageous. The operation is intuitive - I got along completely without manual.
The Barista has preprogrammed recipes for 18 coffee preparations. Since no wishes remain unsatisfied. If you do, you can customize these even his personal preferences. The preparation is no manual intervention is completely automatic, necessary. Also the result is impressive visually.
Coffee quality. Da me the bean makes up 80% of the result, I notice no quantum leap to my old AEG. The crema is quite stable and extensive. The coffee temperature is much hotter than I am used to it. The milk / dairy foam is sufficient, but the other can possibly even better. The cappuccino is best for me succeeded here the ratio of coffee aroma, crema, frothed milk and stability is just right most.
The many cleaning processes ensure always optimal hygienic conditions. The brew group and the milk unit can of course remove and clean separately - everything else is out of date.
When compared to my old AEG, the capacity of the water tank, bean hopper and drip tray has shrunk significantly. In normal use, is actually every day replenish anything or empty.
All in all, however, a product without any weak points. But it is thus the best? There are certainly cheaper machines that produce an equally good Brühergebnis. But if you stand on innovative technology, top design and uncomplicated handling, one can not help to the Barista. Whether this justifies the price difference to a Allerweltsmodell, everyone must decide for themselves. In any case, you can buy with the Melitta coffee barista a very exclusive experience. Added to this comes the long and recognized experience of JURA in the construction of brewing groups combined with the extensive experience of Melitta as one of the leading outfitters in the gastrointestinal area. Since you can not go wrong as Privatman hopefully.
Addendum on 15/11/2013
About my caffeine level I remain silent rather at the moment. Some Foristen informing me of an important fact (thanks for that), the here would like to share: The TS grinds the grinder after each reference completely empty, which is based on the change from beans compartment immediately, the new type of coffee unadulterated. This is not the case with the T and has an effect only after 2 covers. So if you like varied his coffee, is clearly better off with the TS.
And one really nice thing: The Barista is extremely polite. Located a time of day either with a "Good morning", "Welcome" or "Good evening". Not that this is somehow important, it shows but which Melitta has a lot of thinking to bring some joy into the daily lives of users.
And now I need a coffee again ....
Update 3/17/2015:
Now that some time has passed but, in my distinct routine has returned. Make now predominantly normal coffee and occasional cappuccino. The machine has been performing flawlessly - no quirks. Only the too small-scale drip tray is starting to annoy. Still, I am not inclined to deduct a point for this. I welcome that the machine is also in the field of brewing yet super-clean. Would have thought that here over time uninvited coffee crumbs their way inside the machine orbits around there to take an unwanted metamorphosis (in German: become moldy). But so far just to keep really super clean.
