Espresso Series 1

It has only been a 2 weeks so I can't say anything about the durability but I am loving the ES1 so far. I am upgrading from a Breville Express and the difference is night and day when you can control the pressure. I am no espresso aficionado so I don't care much about extraction. However I have a certain taste profile I like when it comes to coffee and I know what parameters to tweak to get it. Because of that my methods are not conventional and this machine allows me to do that at half the cost I originally probably had to pay. When experimenting one of the most important things is that the shots are consistent and the machine is precise. Notice I didn't say accurate because all the values the machine shows me can be false for all intents and purposes but as long as they are consistent I can work with it. For example 5 bars does not really need to be 5 bars but as long as every time I pick 5 bars it gives me the same 5 bars is what I am after. For that the ES1 did great both temperature and pressure wise. That said this machine has its problems that will hopefully be fixed with firmware updates. The group flush for example is 3 seconds no matter how many seconds you set it to and that is just not enough water to do anything. Side note: this might void my warranty or something but if you put a tea basket in this thing it can brew very tasty tea as well. My wife doesn't like coffee but she likes tea and that really got her approval. Just thought that you guys should advertise that if this won't break the machine since what I do is set the pressure to 3 bars on the profile for 60 seconds and then set it to 7 to release the tea with the tea basket set to release at 6 bars.

I bought my ES1 almost a month ago now and so far I'm loving it. It's definitely taken some time to get a similar output as my bambino plus, but I can say it was well worth it once I figured it out. With firmware improving the consistency more and more. I seem to be getting a better extraction and a better tasting coffee each time. Happy to see how much it improves as the team works harder on the firmware.

I bought my ES1 almost a month ago now and so far I'm loving it. It's definitely taken some time to get a similar output as my bambino plus but I can say it was well worth it once I figured it out. With firmware improving the consistency more and more. I seem to be getting a better extraction and a better tasting coffee each time. Happy to see how much it improves as the team works harder on the firmware.

This is a huge upgrade from my Breville machine. I’m an early adopter here, and expected a few hiccups, but they have been fairly minor and software related. The espresso is excellent, the control options are fantastic, and there is plenty of room for changing variables which many espresso enthusiasts will love. Steam power is great as well. I think this machine will only get better with time and software updates. Hopefully they can include a Bluetooth scale feature in the future.

This is a huge upgrade from my Breville machine. I’m an early adopter here and expected a few hiccups but they have been fairly minor and software related. The espresso is excellent the control options are fantastic and there is plenty of room for changing variables which many espresso enthusiasts will love. Steam power is great as well. I think this machine will only get better with time and software updates. Hopefully they can include a Bluetooth scale feature in the future.