Comments on: Capresso 116.04 Pump Espresso and Cappuccino Machine EC100, Black and Stainless, 46 oz

By: M. Villarreal

M. Villarreal — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

Best espresso maker for the price
This is an easy to use machine that produces delicious espresso, lots of crema. You can use the small portafilter for a one shot espresso or for use with ESE pods (Not capsules). You also have the larger portafilter for a two shot espresso. It warms up fast. Frother works pretty well. You can easily switch from brewing to frothing (or viceversa) almost on the fly. You will need a small mug/cup as there is not much space for a standard 12 oz mug. I use a traditional Italian cappuccino mug. Had it for 2 years of daily use and still working ok. For the price, you just canât find anything better, perhaps only if you buy an unknown Chinese brand. Of course if you want to spend a lot more, you might find a machine thatâs probably more durable. Capresso is part of Jura, a high quality European (Switzerland) espresso maker, of similar quality to Italian machines.

By: Stanley H. Zisk

Stanley H. Zisk — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

i should have gotten something like this long ago!
I wanted to try a pump machine, after many years of using steam machines always with a more-or-less bitter tasting coffee. This Capresso sounded good in the descriptions, but I had some doubts because of other reviews, although several of them sounded like they might not have been running the machine properly – lots of “leaks” but never where the leak was coming from, etc. So I bought one to try it out, and have used it regularly for the past few weeks.I am VERY happy with it. It took several days of mess and experiment to understand how it works – and I actually read the manual, surprise surprise. It is well-wriiten, much easier to understand and much, much more complete than the usual foreign-languag-ey kind of thing. The machine makes excellent espresso, and its foamer works beautifully, makes a nice long-lasting foam – I don’t know how it works, my experience with the old inexpensive steam machines was pretty bad. One of the best things about the Capresso is that you can make as many capuccinos as you want, one after another, without waiting for anything to re-heat or cool down or be cleaned and refilled!! They have some kind of internal hot-block and they pump the water through it in one way to make the espresso and in another way to make the steam for foaming – there’s no “boiler”, when you shut off the steam it just stops!! And that’s where the “leak” review must have originated. Because there’s no boiler (so you can keep making them one after another until you need to replenish the water tank!) what they do when you shut off the foaming is to release the steam pressure in the foaming pipe into the drip-tray – so you get the last puff of steam and hot water into the tray. After 2 or 3 capuccinos the tray is full. Since I have to put fresh coffee grounds in for each new cup (duh!), I just empty the tray at the same time – saves thinking about it.Anyhow, I don’t know how sturdy it is, etc etc, but it doesn’t seem to be fragile or flimsy, so I have hopes that it will last. In the meantime, we’ll just enjoy the coffee!

By: Joseph Morris

Joseph Morris — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

Amazing value; accessories to consider
I worked near a Blue Bottle coffee for several years and came to appreciate the “Gibraltar”, which is basically a cortado. And I travel somewhat frequently to Europe and always come back thinking “I should get an espresso machine”. This year I actually did it. After reading too many reddit posts, I chose this machine, and after a week have no regrets (yet!). I’ve still got a ways to go on latte art and dialing my shots, but so far the cortados I make are taste approximately vaguely in the ballpark of Blue Bottle ones, which is about as much as anyone with a used $65 machine (and a $10 basket, see below) should be able to hope for.I like the simple controls — time your own shot, whether you like it or not; but I like it. Foamer works great. The only real upgrade I might want would be a temperature control but that’s some advanced-level stuff.I got an Amazon returns one for approximately half-price; it was missing original packaging and had a few cosmetic scratches to the black under-tray. The delivery was also slow; it was three days later than estimated, and kept moving back (“your espresso machine will be there tomorrow . . . no, tomorrow . . . er, no, tomorrow”). But, for the discount, I’m not really complaining. It’s here, and it works like new.This comes with pressurized baskets, which are forgiving of grind but produce mediocre-tasting shots. If you have a grinder that can dial in an espresso shot (deep rabbit hole there for you wander into; I’m using a Capresso Infinity with the burr screw slightly loosened, which works, but not sure I would recommend if you didn’t already have one), you want to get yourself this unpressurized basket:Â

By: N. Soumy

N. Soumy — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

For the price this is an outstanding espresso machine!

By: Cliente de Amazon

Cliente de Amazon — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

Todo perfecto y funciona al 100%, Con todas las piezas ademas de que es muy fÃ¡cil de utilizar y preparar cafÃ©,

By: JosÃ© Luis Soto

Todo saliÃ³ bien. Mi novia la disfruta mucho. Es prÃ¡ctica, fÃ¡cil de utilizar, fÃ¡cil de lavar y de buen material.

By: george borgida

george borgida — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

The machine met my expectations. Makes excelent espresso, lots of crema. Deliverey was fast (3 days).I will recomend it to my friends.

By: Andy Betancourt Allen

Andy Betancourt Allen — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:59:10 +0000

Works great, no problem so far!We’ll have to wait a few months to see if it keeps up!El producto es fantastico, hasta ahora no hay quejas, pero hace apenas 3 semanas que la estamos usando.