Bosch 300 Series Fully Automatic Espresso and Coffee Machine One Touch Milk Drinks Built-In Ceramic Grinder In-Cup Frother

Update after 7 months of usage: * Still making great cups of coffee and espresso on the spot. * Self-cleaning/rinse feature seems to keep the coffee maker working as expected. * Calc’n Clean process is easy now. Update after 2 months of usage: * Still making great cups of coffee on the spot. * Calc’n Clean process is becoming an easier after couple of times. Update after 3 weeks of usage: * Makes a great cup of espresso, coffee, or cappuccino on demand. * Easy to clean. * Just did a Calc'n Clean process. It's a bit involved, but WORTH the effort for an automatic espresso machine. Initial feedback: ================== Was a bit hesitant initially about getting a fully automatic espresso machine, but after a week of using it, multiple times a day, the machine has exceeded my expectation. Pros: - Makes a hot and good cup of coffee/espresso with the integrated grinder. Although the grinder can be a bit noisy, the grinding time is only few seconds. - Ease of use - Self rinse at start-up and prior to auto-shut-down. It does use about a cup of water per rinse, but I'd much rather the machine self-rinse than me doing it. Some review indicated the water needs refill often, not a big deal for me. Con: - No easy way to swap out coffee beans. I'd like to have coffee throughout the day, but not caffeine all the time, so I'd like to have decaf in the afternoon. But, to do so, I would need to take out regular coffee beans prior to put in decaf beans. So, I'm learning to just fill the bean container with enough beans for the morning so that I can easily swap out for decaf beans in the afternoon. Overall, a great machine. Will plan to provide updates after a month of usage. Read more

The media could not be loaded. First off, I have had this machine for 4 months. I wanted to give it a good test period, before reviewing. This machine is absolutely worth the price! It is an all-in-one machine, and takes up a relatively small footprint on the counter. There is a built in grinder, so the grounds are always fresh. They empty into an internal basket, so there are zero coffee grounds on the counter to deal with. The removable water tank has a water filter & is easy to fill. The entire operation of this machine is so easy, and the coffee is so perfect, you’d think you were at a coffee house. It also makes espresso drinks easy in the morning, because you can put your cup under it, go get ready, and come back to a freshly made, grab & go coffee, as you run out the door. No more waiting in long morning coffee drive thrus & spending $7 a cup. Everyone in my household uses it, and everyone in my extended family owns this machine. It is easy to use, makes wonderful coffee drinks, and is fast, & tidy. 1000% worth the price, for all of the time & money you will save making it at home. Plus, you will impress guests with your barista skills. (Just don’t let them see that all you did was push a button. lol.) ***There are some reviews stating it doesn’t get the milk hot enough. This depends on how much milk you put in the cup. For instance, if I am making a grande latte, I need to run it through the latte macchiato setting twice-because I have a lot more milk. You can also set the frothing time, utilizing the milk button. Don’t let that scare you off. Once you play with it, you will get the milk temp set perfect. Definitely recommend this machine. We love it and use it, probably 4 times a day. Read more

Would have easily given 5 stars because it’s easy to use, makes delicious espresso, coffee, capuchino and macchiato and has a great self cleaning feature. However the water is in the back and the unit has very strong suction cups which makes it very difficult to move to fill. I had to place it sideways on the counter to make filling easier. Putting it under the cabinet would make it impossible to fill without lifting and pulling up suction cups to access the reservoir. Because of the self cleaning feature you have to fill the water about every 3-5 cups. Other than that I love it! Read more

Do not buy this! I ordered one for my husband for Valentine’s Day. We set it up and kept getting the error message “fill water tank” but the tank was filled. I called Bosch and it seems that this is a common issue where air gets into the water lines and there is nothing the customer can do to fix it. Not good quality for an $800 machine. Since Amazon doesn’t send replacements I have to return & wait for reimbursement. I’m going to try the Kitchenaid one next. Read more

Love this machine, its slick and beautiful. it makes a great espresso with a nice cream head. so easy to use,and easy to clean, Read more

Great machine. Strongly recommended. Working Great and most importantly everything is so simple and easy, no complications. That's what I was looking for, fast,easy, simple and doing the job right without too many programms that I never would use anyway. Cleaning is very easy too. Decalcification process was easy programming too.The Design is beautiful. Well made. Noisy,but ok. Just one advise .When you are making cappuccino or macchiato- if you want really great frotting of the milk with a lot of creamer at the top,first use "frott milk" button and after that do "Cappuccino ". If you are on hurry or just little frotting is ok,just use appropriate button for coffee you want. You can adjust how strong your coffee should be..5 is the strongest. The espresso is very strong at this machine (warning!) The regular coffee on this machine is strong like espresso on other machines I had before, like Phillips. Just saying 😌 Love it so far and recommended. Read more