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Mr. Coffee Espresso and Cappuccino Maker | Caf Barista , Silver

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Semi automatic 3 in 1 espresso maker, cappuccino maker, and latte maker
15 Bar Pump System Brews Rich Tasting Espresso Coffee
Trouble Free Automatic Milk Frother Removes the Guesswork. Do not wash the water reservoir in the dishwasher
One touch control panel for drink selections
Easy fill, removable water and milk reservoirs
Cord length: 26 Inches; 1040 Watts
Important: It is important to note, instruction manual must be followed to prime unit before using caf barista for first time (Pg; 8, Steps 1 and 2); The total amount of beverage can vary depending on type of milk used and froth control knob setting; It is advised that frothing tube be cleaned after each use because that can cause a variance in the frothing as well

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Mr.Coffee poor quality product This machine started malfunctioning after one month of normal use. The frothing milk function ceased working completely. We returned the machine and received a replacement one, but the same problem (exactly the same problem) occurred again in about one month. We've been extremely carefull and always followed the manufacturers instructions so there's no reason for this to happen except for the poor quality of the product.It was also very unpleasant knowing that Mr.Coffee brand considers that when a product is sent to other countries except the US and Canada the warranty period is automatically void. All this was a very bad experience. Don't buy this product.Rui BarrosoPortugal 1Downgrading from 5 to 3 Stsrs due to Jarden Warranty Issues!!1 Wow! We are very particular about our coffee we live in the Puget Sound and even if we have only one cup a day, it needs to be of consistent quality and delicious. So I just got this unit yesterday and completed the setup / primed the unit and gauged using the Latte cycle plus added additional foam and voila! We are both pegged on Peet s golden lattes right now, so I added a turmeric mix plus a half teaspoon of honey and 1/4 tsp of ginger, and the drink is already an 8 out of 10 plus a 10 for hotness. This drink was the perfect temp and just a bit hotter than how Peet s makes theirs. I hope the machine holds up and to help you all, I will continue to post updates thru the next several weeks. Very easy to use and cleanup is a snap btw. Can t wait for my hubby to try. He was convinced we needed to spend 1500+ dollars to get a good espresso machine. Coincidentally we also have their grinder going on two years of use and still working fine.Update 5/5/18: very happy to say that we ve now had our caf barista for a few months and it is working great. We finally got the hang of how to make the perfect golden latte just like Peet s makes, and we are incredibly happy with the quality of the drinks and the money we are saving not going to a stand or to Peet s anymore. The value for the cost is highly recommended. Who would have thought that for less than 200 dollars, we would have found a great little espresso maker.Update 9/1/18 -- sorry to report that the milk frothing capability stopped working last month. We have to g through parent company Jarden who mfrs and warrants this product for the first year, and it[s been a sh@T show through and through. Submitted our claim 3 weeks ago, and we keep getting passed to another dept who requests info we already provided on the original claim, told the same troubleshooting steps and we still don't have a resolution. For what we have spent going to a coffee stand due to this delay, we could have bought another espresso machine. For this reason, I can no longer give this 5 stars. Buyer beware of Jarden!! 3Amazing convenience - Great Caffe! While shopping for an espresso machine, I went back and forth on this machine and a similarly priced Delonghi. I came very close to choosing the Delonghi, but what pushed me to the Mr. Coffee was my intended use. I wanted something that was very automated, while still allowing the freedom to use my own ground, not pods.My out of the box experience was that the item was simple to unpack and prep for use.TIP: this ships in it's product box, so if you want extra protection or this is a gift, check off the "Ship in an Amazon box" where offered. After setting up the maker, washing it's compartments etc. I was ready to prime it. This took just a few minutes.The unit comes with all you need - just add electricity, water, milk, and coffee. It includes a water tank, milk tank, two filers (single and double), a porta-filter and combination scoop/tamper. It has a 26" cord and is 1,040 watts. It is advertised as 15 bars.The unit heats up quickly and is easy to use. The advertised drink sizes are pretty accurate, so choose the right glassware! You can also make custom sizes by overriding the Espresso button.TIP: Consider buying another filter so you can prep two or three filters with coffee and make several drinks faster when serving a small group.The drinks you can make are:* Espresso: Single (1.25 ounces) Double (2.5 ounces)* Cappuccino: Single (6 ounces) Double (10 ounces)* Latte: Single (12 ounces) Double (15 ounces)TIP:As far a tip on glasses, I ended up buying: * Bormioli Rocco Easy Bar Espresso glasses - these are TOO small for a double espresso. They claim they are 3.5 ounces but actually measure out to be 2.5 ounces filled to the brim. * Bormioli Rocco Oslo Cappuccino Cup - excellent glass and at 7.5 ounces easily fits a single cappuccino and allows for extra froth. * Anchor Hocking glass mugs - about 16 ounces and great for lattes and the double cappuccino.The Mr. Coffee heats quickly, and each set of lights pulsates until at a ready temperature.The entire setup is simple to use, add water, add milk to the froth container, add your coffee and you are ready to go.My lone complaint about this product is the porta-filter. I find mine requires an abnormal amount of strength to lock it into position. I am not overfilling with coffee, and even tried it with empty filters inserted in the porta-filter- same problem. I actually ordered a replacement machine but had the same issue.Other than that quirk, it is really a great machine. It makes excellent drinks, and with minimal effort on your part. You can customize your froth simply by using the Cappuccino button override. After you are done making drinks, clean up is easy. You can store your froth container of milk for later use in your fridge. To clean up, just set the froth dial to 'Clean' then hold down the Latte button to override drinks and put the machine in "clean" mode.Basically, outside of the On-Off button on the side, you do everything with three buttons (Espresso, cappuccino, and Latte). Press once for a single drink, twice for a double, and hold down the buttons to override (custom drink size, extra froth, and clean).There are little tray areas you can pull out or remove, depending on your glass sizes. You can also fit the smaller filter in one of these tray compartments when not in use. Do NOT leave the porta-filter attached to the machine when not in use, as this may add wear to the filter assembly.I would absolutely recommend this machine. 4Dangerous design flaw drops metal screw into coffee I love my Mr Coffee Cafe Barista. It makes great espresso, cappuccino, latte, etc.However, there is a dangerous design flaw that needs to be fixed ASAP. There is a tiny wood screw holding the 3 pieces of the portafilter together. This tiny wood screw works its way out of the plastic piece and falls into your coffee!I discovered this when I poured a shot of espresso into my new $215 Nutri Ninja Auto-IQ Blender to make a bulletproof coffee. The tiny screw tore up the metal blades before I realized what was happening and turned it off. I guess I am lucky because ordinarily I would have just gulped the shot and the screw would have ended up somewhere in my digestive system.When I fished the screw out I couldn't imagine where it had come from. I saw the tiny hole in the bottom of the portafilter but I just could not believe that Mr Coffee was using a wood screw into soft plastic to hold the portafilter together! Especially when, as was bound to happen, if it worked its way out, it would end up in the coffee! But later when I was cleaning the portafilter I saw that it came apart into 3 pieces and it had never come apart like that before. I had saved the little screw and I saw that, incredibly enough, this was what had been holding it together!I have included pictures showing the pieces of the portafilter and the tiny screw that is supposed to hold all it together. The translucent thing is a seal between the other 2 parts. The red arrows point to the places where the screw goes.Mr Coffee needs to fix this issue and provide a free replacement portafilter to everyone who owns a Cafe Barista.If you own or buy a Cafe Barista I urge you to be proactive and remove the little screw before it works its way out on its own and you end up drinking it. The portafilter leaks and drips without the screw but that's better than having metal pieces in your coffee. 3Inconsistent and dangerous! I bought the Mr. Coffee Caf bistro about eight months ago. At first it was fun and worked fairly well, though very inconsistently. I never knew just how much coffee it would give me. Without changing the amount of foam desired, I could run a large and get a super small amount, or run a small and get a mug that was overflowing, I used the machine on average once to twice a day following all directions for use and cleaning. The machine was never used to make multiple consecutive coffees. Two weeks ago, the coffee became much hotter than it had always been, and clear extremely hot water dripped constantly whether the machine was on or off! Based on my experience, the Mr. coffee caf bistro seems inconsistent at best and dangerous at worst! Hope this is helpful. 1Really sad about this purchase Really sad about this purchase, I wanted it to work and before I purchased, I did my homework and read all the reviews and decided to give it a chance. At first, I was really pleased, but within a month on making one cappuccino a day the froth started getting big bubbles and became watery. I had been running the clean cycle after every use and went through the whole vinegar cleansing thing and it still was making substandard froth.I contacted Mr. Coffee and they were great - sent out a new milk container w/ head and now a month has gone by and I am in the same boat again.I'm going to return it and spend a little more $ to get a better machine. Wish I had done that to begin with. 1Decent quality expresso, poor milk froth I've had a semiautomatic espresso maker/machine for the last five years. I've brewed about 4600 cups of espresso with it. With that said I have some idea of what a good espresso shot is about.First off, this machine requires a thorough cleaning before you use it. One other person recommend cleaning it with vinegar, and this seem to help.In order to produce a good espresso shot, you need to have the right amount of coffee, the right amount of pressure for tamping, and finally a length of time for brewing that is not too long or too short. Get one of the variables wrong, and the quality suffers. Lastly, a good-quality blend of coffee. I use a local roasting house, and coffee that's about $17 a pound. Avoid the cheap supermarket stuff, and go to a local roaster.If you use the enclosed spoon you'll get somewhere around 11 or 12 g of coffee. Most sources I've read recommend between 14 and 18 grams, so you'll want to use a rounded spoonful. You'll also need about 30 pounds of pressure for tamping, and the enclosed tamper they give you will bend under that kind of pressure, and will probably result in uneven compression. (Hint--Buy a steel tamper!). No professional uses a plastic tamper. If you get about 14 to 15 g of coffee in the porta filter, then brewing time is around 25 seconds, which is just about perfect. This produces nice crema. I preheat the machine on mine by running a double shot through the porta filter while empty, then wiping dry, and finally go on to making the cup of coffee. if you follow these steps you can produce a pretty decent shot.As to the milk frothing mechanism, I think it's a joke. I can make a wonderful froth from about 4 ounces of milk, and this uses way too much milk. I want to taste coffee not milk. I guess if you like lattes, that you may like the frothing part. I use a standalone frother, and find it a whole lot more economical and easier to clean. By letting it sit for about 30 seconds I can get the perfect blend of milk and froth for cappuccinos. There's less control with the built in one Mr. Coffee uses. I can also say it's a pain to clean this built in one, and residual milk tends to build up on the plastic if you let it sit. Again, I'm much happier using a standalone frother, and they are only about 30 bucks to buy.I also picked up the Mr. Coffee Burr grinder, and it seems to produce a nice grind for this machine, and also seems consistent in its output. The two seem a nice match for one another.I think the week part of this whole system is the frothing. As an espresso maker, I think it does a fine job. Quality is not quite as good as my semiautomatic machine was, but decent for the price. I paid about $147. Price seems to go up and down a lot on Amazon. Currently it's $181. Not sure I'd pay that much for it.Time will tell just how good of a value this is, but pump seems to be quite capable, and I'm told you can order parts for it, which is more than I can say for a lot of the machines out there. Packaging was outstanding. Probably something we all take for granted these days until you get something that arrives in pieces. I admire a company who takes the time to engineer a good packaging system, and Mr. Coffee did it right. The machine comes well protected, even the plug receptacle end is protected. Nice.Overall I think it's a good machine, but again I would recommend a standalone frother for best results and economy.One other thing worth mentioning is you can get this machine for about $70 without the milk frother, and that's what I would do. I found after trying the frothing a few times my coffee taste like milk, and is on the warm side instead of hot side. I don't see any reason to pay for something that is really subpar, so again, if I had to do over I would just buy the standalone machine without frother.Update: Tried the milk frother a few more times, and it overflows a 12 oz. cup every time, and froth is pretty loose. Foam should be dense. I now run a double shot of water through before I brew, and this helps with temp, but milk frothing is still sub-par IMO. I think I will send back, and just get the $70 version. A stand alone frother works much better, and is consistent with nice dense foam/froth. 3TIPS THAT WORK! From an average person, not a barista. I'll give tips after a little background info, what wasn't right and what customer service said to do, that WORKED!First off my background. I am not, nor have I every been a barista. I am an average person who likes mochas from the coffee shop, but I live 80 miles from town, so I don't get them very often and wanted to try making them at home. This is my first espresso machine. I read a lot of blogs and watched online videos from real baristas giving tips how to make good espresso drinks at home before purchasing this. I got this thing and things didn't taste right to me, bitter. So I did more research and figured out the problem, it wasn't heating up well. I checked temperature and it was only getting to 157*F on average (too cold) and took 14-15 seconds to make one shot (too fast). NOT what the online advice says you need. Online advice says 170-180*F and 27-30 seconds is about right. So I called Mr Coffee for help before I sent it back to Amazon. GLAD I did.The call: In short, customer service told me to run a cleaning cycle per directions from page 16 in the user manual. Which is 1/2 tank of white vinegar, hit the button for double shot. Repeat as many times as you need. Also run a cleaning cycle through the milk dispenser. My thought was, "what the heck, its a new machine! I did the priming as directed before use, how can it be dirty?" But I had to give it a try or send it back. Well I'll be go to heck, it WORKED!While directions said you only need to run it few times. I had the time, so I ran the whole 1/2 tank white vinegar through (double shot at at a time) since I has to toss the vinegar anyway, so why not really clean it eh? Anyway, after a couple times running the double shot espresso button the temperature went from consistent 157*F to 175-182*F. Wahoo! It seemed to matter how long I let it warm up between shots. Running two times consecutively got the 175-177*, which is just what you want. Letting it sit and warm up a few minutes before runs got it 180-184*, which is getting a little too hot. BTW, I was using a good quality quick, calibrated thermometer that I use for caramel making, which is a very exacting process to do right. So I figured it could accurately measure the espresso before it cooled from air temperature, which by the way is mere seconds I found out.NOTE: The higher temperature is NOT for drinking comfort (how hot you like it) it is what the espresso NEEDS to properly extract and not be bitter. You can let it sit a few minutes if you don't like it that hot, personally I don't want a burned tongue, so I wait a little. Coming out of the machine perfect drinking temperature is NOT a good thing.SECOND NOTE: Running the vinegar through is NOT descaling, it is cleaning. Descaling is something else you do, read the manual on how. The vinegar clean is NOT priming, it is cleaning. Don't know why you need to clean the new machine in addition to priming, but DO it anyway. Make sure to rinse the reservoir out, then run some PLAIN water through to remove the vinegar afterwards, do it as many times as it takes to get the smell out, mine took a full reservoir. Honestly though it's faster shipping it back and waiting for a replacement machine because it doesn't get hot enough, this WORKS.When I first got it, as I said it was taking 14-15 seconds to run the shots through. During the cleaning process they got longer and longer. Now that it's clean, it's about 28-30 seconds. Again, just what you want. I use my cell phone stop watch feature to be accurate.In summary, based on what I've read and how I got it to work well, at least for "normal" person standards. This a good machine. Here's my TIPS TO GET IT WORKING RIGHT:1. Learn to grind grounds well. Do NOT buy pre-ground, buy beans and grind them yourself. It has to do with when the oil is release one how well it works. If you are going to the trouble to use a machine like this (rather than just normal a coffee machine) you can go to the effort to grind as well, it's just part of the process.You can use the hand held cone burr grinders for the most accurate fine ground. Or you can spend a bundle on an electric burr grinder. From what I read, you REALLY do need to get a good one if you go electric. In fact that is almost more important than the machine they say. Inconsistent size of grounds will yield inconsistent shots. Too fine (Turkish grind, which is like flour) and it clogs the filter making the machine unable to push all the water through. Too course (regular coffee machine grind) and the water goes through too fast making it bitter. Espresso grind has to be the consistency of table salt.I'm cheap, so using the hand grinder does work and I advise it for other cheap people. However, in the morning I am cranky and impatient, I'm also lazy, so I've ordered a couple different electric burr grinders to see if that works as well. I plan to return which ever (or both) that don't grind as the espresso NEEDS (good ol Amazon prime and their return policies). No, I did not take the online baristas advice and buy a $200 burr grinder (I am cheap after all), but I did spend about $50 on a burr grinder and $20 on a blade style. Will update when I have decided what works or not, which I kept or if I end up just doing the hand grind.2. Learn how full to fill the cup. At least to the top of the rim, or a little higher. You want the end result about 1/8-1/4" from the top. The amount in the cup DOES matter.3. Learn how to pack your grounds to 30lbs of pressure. How to do that, put your bathroom scale on the counter. Use your tamper to push until you get the feel of 30lbs pressure. Repeat several times until you can push it pretty accurately. This is very important. Also, but a metal tamper, the plastic one isn't sturdy enough for 30 lbs pressure, it bents and packs unevenly. You can get metal tampers cheap, it's worth it.4. Before you make your cup each morning, warm the machine as directions indicate, but ALSO run a shot of plain water through first. The second time through will be hotter, and it only takes 30 seconds.5. Even though it's a new machine, and you did the priming as the manual says, run 1/2 tank of white vinegar through it (directions on page 16 of manual) and it will make a tremendous difference. Don't argue, just do it.6. You can open the lid and fill the reservoir with it ON the machine with a pitcher if taking it on and off is too hard.NOTE: I did NOT receive this at a discount in exchange for an honest review. This is a good machine for the average espresso based specialty coffee drinker. I gave it a full 5 stars because it's pretty idiot proof (I'm not the most mechanical person) and it makes mochas that are pretty darn good in my average persons opinion. I have no idea what a real coffee expert would say, and really, shouldn't they have a professional machine anyway? [...] 5Worked amazingly well...for two months So i'm really sad to write this review. If you had asked me for a review during the first month of use (3 double shots brewed daily) I would have rated this machine 5 stars but after less than two months of use this machine will no longer brew espresso. The pump starts to sound like it's working and then goes quiet when it starts to "brew" and nothing comes out. Prior to this issue the machine made the sound the entire time the espresso was brewing. I followed the manufacturers instructions to ensure the porta filter was not clogged. I've let vinegar sit and ran vinegar through the unit a few times to "delime" it as Mr. Coffee suggested in their response email to my complaint with no success. I've wasted a ton of espresso trying the unit again after each unsuccessful "fix". There is no reason for an espresso machine (for whatever reason) to stop working in two months. I'll update this review after I have time to sit on the phone with Mr. Coffee as they walk me through more "fixes" for a two month old machine. Can you tell i'm not pleased? 1The Results are Worth a Little Effort By the time I bought this espresso maker, I had already gone through many different coffee and espresso machines. A friend raved about the Nespresso systems but I had used a Keurig for a few years and was done with the whole pod system, which seems wasteful and expensive, plus it was hard to keep it clean from icky sludge that formed in the water dispenser. Another friend raved about the Breville but the cost of that was way over my budget. This Mr. Coffee machine had great reviews and the price was good, so I decided to give it a try.I've waited to write this review until I had some time to really get to know this machine and I can tell you I absolutely love it.The Espresso, Cappucino, and LatteDrinks I've made have all been delicious. The espresso comes out dark and rich and even has that crema top to it when the shots are finished pouring. There are two options: a single or a double filter and I always use the double. For milk, I use almond or rice milk and the froth on the cappuccino is great! The bubbles aren't as fine and "creamy" as you would get from a professional machine at an espresso bar, but the results are still delicious and impressive. The machine dispenses the milk first, then adds the shots of espresso, so I sometimes stir it after it's done to totally mix the espresso (especially if you add sweetener). There is definitely an advantage to using the right grind for the coffee beans. Be sure your beans are ground for espresso. I had used beans ground for pour over coffee and the espresso was watery.The MachineIf you are looking for a brew-and-run system, this isn't your machine. But the time and effort you spend is honestly not that big of a deal and the results are worth it. Take a cappuccino, for instance. Here's the process. First, fill the water container with water and place on the back of the machine. Turn the machine on (it takes a few minutes to warm up). Next, fill the milk container with your type of milk, place the top on, be sure the setting is set to "cappuccino"* and insert the unit into the machine. Next, take the "porta-filter" and place a scoop of coffee into it, tamping down firmly with the tamper on the other end of the scoop. Insert the filter into the machine. Place a large cup under the filter (there's a pull out stand for a small cup but I rarely use that), make sure the silver tube (dispensing the milk) is pointed into the cup (yes, I've forgotten that and dispensed milk all over the counter by accident), and then press the cappuccino button twice (for a double). The machine goes to work, first dispensing the milk, then the espresso. You'll know it's working because it is loud.After you've enjoyed your cappuccino, there are a few things you need to do to "clean up" and be sure the machine is ready for the next time. First, remove the porta-filter and dump the used grounds (they go into my counter-top food scraps bin). Rinse out the filter, and then place back on the machine and press the button for a single shot of espresso. This rinses out the espresso parts of the machine. I then remove the filter, take it apart under cool running water, and let it dry. For the milk container, turn the setting to "clean," place a cup under the metal tube, and press the "clean" button (it's the latte button, pressed and held for a few seconds until the "clean" function turns on). Now, the tube is clean and you can either place the container in the fridge (if there's milk left over) or rinse/wash and let it dry. Does this sound like a lot? It doesn't take long and it just becomes part of the process. Again, the results are worth it.*As you can see from above, after you've cleaned the milk container, you have to turn the knob back to cappuccino or latte. If you forget, you'll quickly realize that you are dispensing steamed water instead of steamed milk into your cup (plus, the cleaning sound is different than the frothy milk sound).Cleaning the inside of the machine is an easy process (using vinegar) and the machine seems to stay much cleaner than the Keurig machine I used to own.Bottom line: So far, this machine has produced excellent results. Takes a bit of effort but the results are worth it. 5

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