OMG. I am blown away by this machine. Prior to this I had a DeLonghi espresso/coffee maker. It lasted about 10 years until it started having circuit board issues. It cost 3 times the amount of my new ChefRobot. First, the packaging on this machine was outstanding. Espresso machines are notoriously heavy. This was strapped onto two cardboard pallets. The straps were blue heavy duty nylon for easy lifting from the box. 👍 As for setup, easy peesy! Right out of the box (after a short cleaning cycle), I was able to enjoy a latte. Now I am drinking a cappuccino. I never have two cups of coffee in the morning. So that is saying a lot about how great the coffee tastes. Thank you ChefRobot. I hope to have many enjoyable years with this machine. Read more
The media could not be loaded. It makes Greatest coffee ever I had, but take really long time to turn on and be ready to use, also sometimes grander randomly doesn’t work. Also milk part isn’t fit easy. Read more
We love the Chef Robot. It truly is automatic and it takes the hassle out of making coffee drinks. However, the directions were a bit too brief. I had to watch a video on-line to learn how to use the machine. Other than that, we are very satisfied. Read more
Was looking for an automatic espresso maker and was interested in this one after seeing a youtube video. Saw the item was on sale, so picked on up. The Good: Packing is incredible, it'll take some work for one to be damaged in shipping The setup was dead simple Very easy to use The espresso was good, we used a double shot to make my Americanos and my wife would do a double foamed milk The noise wasn't bad. My wife is up at 4 a.m., our bedroom is above the kitchen and when she made her morning espresso, it never woke me up Cleanup was a snap The Bad: The catch tray fault light would come on, usually when trying to make the first espresso of the day, but a couple of times, it came on in the middle of the day. I would pop the tray out about 1/4" then slide it back in to clear the fault The milk frother didn't ever froth. We used milk, half and half and soy milk, it would make steamed milk no matter what setting you had the frother on Beans wouldn't always feed into the grinder. After it failed, we would have to open the bean hopper and stir the beans around to get them to feed You cannot program the heat. I saw complaints about temperatures going in, but figured it would be fine. It wasn't. pre-heating the cups didn't really help, if you like your espresso hot you're going to have to microwave it. There seemed to be an excessive amount of water in the catch tray, with some grinds. See below. The Inexcusable: I noticed there seemed to be a lot of water in the catch tray with some of the grinds. Saw some comments on this from others too, but figured it couldn't be that bad. As with the temperature, I was wrong. I was truly surprised how much water was there after what I would consider mild use. For two days, we went ahead and limited ourselves to three double espressos each. At the end of the day, I would pull the tray and measured the water (see pics). There was 4.2 ounces after six double espressos. I was curious if this was me being paranoid or if it was a lot, so I went to the website. The website is almost entirely for their chef-robot product, the espresso maker seems to be an after thought. After looking through the support site and finding nothing, I went to the Still Looking for Assistance section. They have a form you can fill out with your name, email and a message. I filled out the information asking about the water Thanksgiving night. It is December 4th, and I still have not received a response. Not counting the holiday weekend (four days), it has been four days with no response (eight in total). That is inexcusable in my books, so 1 star. Read more
My new favorite part of the day. Read more
The coffee tastes good but disappointed in the milk frother. If you want a cappuccino and are expecting a nice milk froth with it don't get this machine. I have even tried to put it on the highest setting and still the milk comes out more liquid than frothy. Disappointed because I bought it mainly for this feature. Prior Ito this purchase I was frothing my milk with an electric frother so was hoping this all in one machine would do the trick. Read more
I love this machine! Very easy to use and I love that it grinds the fresh roast coffee beans it just makes the coffee taste so much better. I would have given it 5 starts but it seems to be a bit loud. Other then that I would definitely recommend Read more
Makes wonderful espresso, cappuccino, Latte and coffee. Easy to put together and packaging is excellent. Only hint is to move the coffee beans around before the first brew as they can get stuck in the shoot over night. Read more
