5.0 out of 5 stars Great Bean To Cup, one definitely to consider

S. · 21 July 2019

Firstly, forget about the Bluetooth connectivity as this is an unreliable gimmick, but the Melitta App is highly useful for the maintenance and cleaning of the machine. Each part of the cleaning process is explained in the simplest way, a must have if trying to see the instructions on the machines screen is hard for you.Ok, on to the machine itself.Unpacking the machine is easy enough, but you do need to read the instructions carefully to ensure you have the hardness of your water and other information as and when needed.On first use I did an extra 2 coffees to flush the machine before actually drinking what it makes to ensure that it is only coffee you’ll be drinking and not lubricants.For drink preparation the machine can make 4 coffee variations from the front panel, but there are many more available from the menu system on the machine. The ability to save your favourites by person is useful to a certain extent and is extensive in the options for each coffee type but is limited to 1 setting per person per coffee option. To use a mycoffee option, you first press the mycoffee icon then select cappuccino or latte and the machine starts straight away. I mostly use this due to a set coffee cup size and bean settings for latte and cappuccinos.The grinder is not silent but it is quiet enough not to be annoying, the bean hoppers hold enough for 15 - 20 cups in a single coffee dose setting and the machine is conservative in warning you about the hopper being empty and on swapping brands or strengths you do get a mix of beans for a couple of cups.As far as cleaning, the machine rinses itself on startup and shutdown and after each brew it asks to easy clean which sterilises the milk tube and milk system.The biggest thing that you do need to do every day is to empty the drip tray, I find this fills up after only a few cups have been made, else water will spill over and onto your counter top.For the cleaning of the machine and brew components it is easy to do and I do it every 10 to 12 days, it says a weeks interval but the machine doesn’t get that dirty inside.My conclusion with owning the Melitta Barista TS Smart is that if coffee is an important treat that you want to enjoy at home, this is the Bean to Cup machine for you. I am very pleased with the speed of warm up to coffee production is mere seconds and the taste of the coffee it produces. The coffee is hot enough to drink shortly after being made but hot enough not to go cold straight away.The cost and maintenance needed to actually own one of these machines should be considered, as pod machines can give close to bean to cup performance as a better price point. But this machine is a good balance of value for money and the production of great coffee at home.

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless coffee but some annoying design features.

S. · 27 March 2020

Ok, let's get the bad stuff out of the way first.1) It's massive. Even in our generously sized kitchen it looms out of the counter, it is not an inconspicuous item.2) It's hard to keep looking clean. The gloss black plastic and chrome elements are a magnet for fingerprints and oils.3) The consumables and waste bins and frustratingly small for such a large machine. Only 1.8 litres of water (a considerable amount of which is used to the regular rinse/clean cycles) means you're going to be filling it up on a daily basis. The bean hopper and the grounds waste are also smaller than you'll find on many similar or smaller machines.4) The drip tray is the most annoying design I've ever come across, it's shallow with an internal divider that acts like a dam and suddenly over-spills when you're pouring it out, it is almost impossible to empty it without sloshing it and spilling brown watery dregs somewhere.5) If you're not going to use two different types of beans, the dual hopper with 'auto-bean-select' is the most annoying thing in the world as it means one side of the hopper empties and has to be refilled much sooner than the other, I wish it were possible to just remove the separator and have one big hopper. You can sort of work around this by making your most popular coffee choices pull beans from different sides, however you'll always run out on one side before the other and be shouting "JUST USE THE BEANS FROM THE OTHER SIDE!!" at the machine as it tells you to 'Fill Hopper 1' again.6) It's quite slow! It seems to spend a lot of time 'warming up' and making myriad internal noises before it actually extracts the coffee. Much slower than the old Delonghi we had.7) The menu system is extensive but cumbersome, taking a long time to navigate and the text is tiny considering the generous size of the screen.8) The Bluetooth ‘Smart’ app feature is a gimmick at best and you won’t use it more than a handful of times (once you realise you can pair any of your favourite recipes to the ‘one touch’ buttons on the machine).That’s quite a list of negatives... but I've still given it 5 stars. Why? BECAUSE IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COFFEE.All design faults are forgiven when you sample a rich espresso, perfectly layered macchiato or balanced Café Crème. The milk system is amazing and the advanced cleaning cycle means you never have to worry about hygiene. Using the same beans, the taste of our coffee went from a 7 using the Delonghi to a straight 10 using the Melitta. It really managed to extract the best from every single bean.For pure coffee indulgence I simply can’t fault it. If you love coffee, this is the machine to buy.

1.0 out of 5 stars Cold latte from a £680 coffee machine

L. · 7 January 2020

Well lets start with what its bad at. The thing its suppose to be good at. Latte's are luke warm at best. I had one warm coffee the rest just luke warm. Set temp to high in the app. Warmed my cups, i even did a hot water first to get things going and still luke warm. Maybe i got a faulty one. The 8 year old delonghi it replaced has replaced this.The app worked ok for me. Had reconnect once though already. You have to wait for the machine to fully boot up before opening the app. This feature is great and you can make your coffee any way you like it except hot. ( i may have had a faulty one)Cleaning is nice and easy but the drip tray fills up quick because of the internal cleaning it does. Cleaning is good so this you should expect.Having two bean compartments is great idea. One of the reasons i bought it. Its easy to select between the two.Coffee it made was not mind blowing compared to my old machine but was still good and maybe if i had it longer i would of messed around with the setting more. Which can make a difference.Milk froth was not the greatest, i expected more from this machine and price range, again maybe a fault with the heat.Overall if the machine worked at making latte then it would of been great. It is large but i have the space. It is alot quieter than my old machine, and the milk system works alot better, the way it connects. Sad to send it back.Update!Since going back to my old machine this machine makes better coffee from less beans. Kinda old trainer new trainer thing.

Super ekspres

T. · 25 May 2024

Świetny ekspres. Młynek metalowy który mieli do końca i zostaje pusty. Dwa pojemniki na kawę. Dużo ustawień i możliwości personalizacji kawy.

Super machine

U. · 11 June 2023

Super machine

Wirklich sein Geld wert.

P. · 29 August 2019

Ich habe die Melitta Caffeo Barista TS Smart jetzt seit gut sechs Monaten. Ich hatte vorher eine Siemens EQ7 mit der ich sehr zufrieden war, die nach fast 35000 Bezügen leider ihren Geist aufgegeben hat.Vorweg: Ich bin mit der Melitta hochzufrieden es gibt bis jetzt nichts gravierend negatives.Positiv:Das System mit den 2 Bohnenkammern ist absolut spitze. So kann man erst einen Espresso genießen und anschließend gleich einen Cafe Crema trinken. Absolut ohne Bohnen tauschen zu müssen.Der Geschmack und auch die Crema ist wirklich hervorragend, aber über Geschmack lässt sich bekanntlich ja immer streiten.Die Bedienung am Automaten funktioniert sehr gut, man sollte sich aber schon ein paar Minuten mit der Bedienungsanleitung beschäftigen. Etwas Vorsicht ist geboten wenn der Kaffee zubereitete wird, da man bei einem neuerlichen berühren des Bedienfeldes den Vorgang abbricht. Ist mit aber jetzt noch nicht so oft passiert.Die persönlichen Einstellung für 8 Nutzer sind wirklich super, weil jeder somit seinen eigen Kaffee sofort bereitgestellt bekommt. Außerdem finde ich die Vergabe der persönlichen Nutzernamen äußerst pfiffig.Die Smart-Funktion mit der Melitta-App ist ebenfalls Klasse, aber ich nutze diese nur sehr selten. Zum einen weil man bei Bluetooth-Verbindungen ja eh nahe am Gerät sein muss zum anderen ist die Eingabe direkt am Gerät ebenfalls einfach und übersichtlich. Die Einrichtung der Bluetooth-Verbindung ist etwas umständlich und man sollte nicht erwarten, dass es auf Anhieb klappt. Durchaus sind hier ein paar Verbindungsversuche notwendig, was bei Bluetooth-Verbindungen im allgemeinen normal ist. Ich habe ein Huawei Mate 10 light. Nach dem erstmaligen Einrichten funktioniert das Smart-System mit der APP von Melitta einwandfrei. Die APP selbst ist verständlich un die Einstellungen die man vornehmen kann sind wirklich spitze und machen auch Spaß.Die Reinigung des Gerätes - ich beziehe mich hier auf die Brüheinheit - ist kinderleicht, der Aus und Einbau wirklich einfach.Die Vielzahl der Rezepte ist OK. Man sollte sich aber davon nicht zuviel erwarten, ist auch etwas Spielerei.Die Milcheinheit ist aus meiner Sicht sehr gut, allerdings nutzen wir diese eher selten. Was da aber bisher zubereitet wurde war wirklich sehr schmackhaft und gut. Allerdings sollte man hier ruhig großzügig die Zubereitungsmengen am Gerät erhöhen - sonst wird der Cappuccino eher klein.Verbesserungsvorschläge:Die 2 Bohnenkammern sollte in der Mitte besser von einander abgetrennt sein, da sonst beim Befüllen immer wieder ein paar Bohnen ins falsche Fach rutschenDie Angaben für Reinigung, Filterwechsel und Entkalkung sind eher großzügig angegeben. Filterwechsel wird i.d.R schon nach 4 Wochen angezeigt, Entkalkung und Reinigung deutlich häufiger als in der Bedienungsanleitung beschrieben. Die jeweiligen Pflegeprogramme laufen aber selbsterklärend und in einem zeitlich sehr akzeptablen Rahmen ab.Fazit: für einen vernünftigen Preis erhält man ein sehr gutes Gerät, bei dem vor allem die unkomplizierte Zubereitung von Espresso und normalem Kaffee hervorzuheben ist, das 2-Kammernsystem funktioniert prächtig. Aber auch sonst besticht die Maschine durch gute Qualität bei der Zubereitung und ist auch optisch ein toller Hingucker.

Buona

F. · 19 August 2019

Ottima macchina per caffè e cappuccino un pò complicate nella selezione delle bevande per le innumerevoli combinazioni che si possono fare dalla temperatura all'aroma, alla quantità, ecc. Per il resto caffè ottimo.

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A.A. · 21 March 2019

This is a great product. I decided to change my Philips Saeco XSmall with a machine which is able to make more varied coffees. After reading a lot of reviews, I took a chance with this device. I also considered the T version, but I thought that the automatic selection of the beans might prove handy in the future. Actually I spent quite a lot of time to see what are the differences between the T model and the TS. I will write them here, in case someone else has the same question. The main difference is the automatic selection of the beans container. The T version has a lever, while the TS changes through the beans containers on a touch of a button (or through the app). The other difference is that the T can make 18 types of drinks while the TS is capable of making 21. Apart from those, the machines are identical.The package arrived very fast, everything was OK. I expected to be disappointed by the build quality after I read all the reviews, but this was not the case: build quality is very good. It was easy to install and I was making the first coffee without any issues. I used the same beans as I did in my Saeco so that I could compare. On the "Intense" setting you can really feel a difference. On the Standard, not so much.If you really want to get the added value of this machine, you must use the app. In the app, you can really fine tune all settings, starting from the quantity of milk and coffee to the strength of the coffee. Setting up the app is very easy, I got a Connection error at first but after that it connected just fine. Remember to first enable the Bluetooth on the machine, to have it in searching mode. This way you can pair. The only drawback is that by using Bluetooth technology, it is impossible to control the machine while it is turned off (i.e. you cannot power the machine by phone, nor turn it off).Cleaning the machine is very easy, it is very well built and you can feel that the people who designed it have a good background in this field.The buttons are somewhat hard to press, sometimes you really need to push to get them working. I don't know if this is intentional or not (maybe to avoid accidental touches). The screen is not a touch screen, I think I saw in the description but I am not sure.The coolest thing I did with the app was cancelling a drink after the beans were already processed. I put decaf in one compartment and I did not want a decaf.All in all, it is a very good machine, albeit expensive. I think a right price for this product would be 650 EUR (I paid 835 EUR on it).