Melitta Automatic Espresso Machine, Purista Model, F230-101, Silver, 6766667

I purchased this machine via Amazon in October 2024. I had been looking a bean to cup machine and this fell into my budget. I absolutely love it. There's no complicated settings or bells and whistles or timers or unnecessary gadgets with this machine. Not even a milk frother! It does however makes perfect espresso. As an Americano is my coffee of choice this machine is perfect for me. I just add the double espresso it produces to 90° water from my smart kettle and viola a perfect Americano. If you want to make speciality coffees (which all need espresso as their base) you can buy a separate milk frother. The machine is quite small which is a plus but it does have limited water and bean capacity. As I'm the only coffee drinker in my household this isn't an issue. The actual real reason for this review is as follows though....the machine unfortunately developed a fault of some sort in November 2025 and stopped working. I contacted Melitta who agreed to fix it under warranty and give me the details of their repair agent here in Northern Ireland. Luckily it was just up the road from me. It was fixed by them within 24 hours! So basically less than a week from me contacting Meliitta about the fault it been fixed and back to me. Absolutely phenomenal customer service. No nonsense, no drama. Highly recommended machine, company and customer service. Very impressed.

We've had two bean-to-cup Delonghi coffee makers but the second one packed in after less than two years. The Melitta was highly rated by Which so we bought one. Initially it's a bit complicated to set up but, if you follow the instructions, it doesn't take too long. It has three strength settings and we find that the two bean setting is perfect, and we like our coffee strong! It has three maintenance symbols, which come on periodically - Clean, Descale and Filter replacement. Again, the instructions appear complicated, but if you follow them methodically you can't go far wrong. You don't have to use a water filter but it is recommended, especially in hard water areas, and if you do use one then the machine needs descaling far less frequently. However, follow the instructions carefully as the machine needs to register that a filter has been fitted. At 1 litre the water tank is quite small and needs topping up frequently. However, it's easy to see and we top it up from a bottle to save removing the tank each time. We've had the coffee maker for several months now and are really pleased with it. It's very quiet and makes great tasting coffee.

We bought this machine two months ago to replace a DeLonghi Magnifica. It's main attractions were that it is quieter than some other machines, is of good build quality and that it makes good coffee and two out of three of those have proved true. However...the small water tank constantly needs filling because the machine uses a lot of water flushing itself every time it switches on and switches off and as we live in a hard water area we've had to replace the water filter every 3 weeks, which at £12.99 a filter soon becomes very expensive. In addition I've also had to run the cleaning cycle 4 times (£1.10 a tablet), which takes 15 minutes at a time. The last filter needed replacing 2 weeks ago and 4 days after removing it the machine required descaling, a 25 minute operation. Yes, it makes nice coffee and yes, it's quieter than the DeLonghi, but it's very high maintenance and we're paying about a fiver a week just to keep it functioning so my wife wishes we hadn't bought it and I'm fast coming round to her point of view. Overall, I'd say if you drink half a dozen cups a day you're going to find a lot of time is taken up with filling, emptying, cleaning and descaling this machine. FURTHER UPDATE 23/05/2022 Well, we've reduced the amount of times it needs cleaning, descaling and the water filter replacing by the simple expedient of hardly using it. Now we just make a couple of coffees during the day and a couple in the evening but even so it has started malfunctioning. It often switches on, goes through it's cleaning process, and then switches itself off or it makes one cup and then switches off. This might be why it has started to occasionally overfill the drip tray when switching off, usually after we've had our evening coffee, so that we go into the kitchen in the morning to find the countertop flooded and then have the impossible task of carrying the tray, which is full to the brim, across to the sink without spilling more. I think it's fair to say that we hate this machine and wish we'd never bought it. FINAL UPDATE 10/03/23. The machine became stuck in its cleaning program and was unusable. As it was still under guarantee we contacted Melitta who arranged for it to be repaired. I was told over the phone that the fault sounded like a loose wire but when the machine was returned to us it had only been cleaned and the brewing unit replaced. Two weeks later and it's faulty again and now requires "venting" two or three times before we can make a coffee so I would guess that the original diagnosis was right and it's a fault in the electrical program. Unfortunately, it's now a month out of guarantee so when it becomes unusable this time I shall donate it to our local tip and I think we'll go back to making coffee with our moka stovetop coffee pot.

I was initially skeptical about this machine, as I’m quite particular about my coffee, especially Americano and espresso. However, my husband tried it at a business partner’s location and was impressed enough to suggest we get one for our home. For the price it’s sold at, I’d say this is an excellent choice. The quality of the coffee is impressive, and it’s easy to use. Cleaning does take a bit of effort, but that’s true for most machines in this category, and it doesn’t need to be done frequently. Overall, I’m very happy with this purchase. It’s a great option for anyone looking for a reliable and budget-friendly espresso machine.

I bought this for my husband and he’s very pleased with it. It’s easy to use and makes great tasting coffee. It’s quite deep in size so you need space for it on the worktop.

Great coffee machine but disappointing. It wasn’t the Australian electrical connection and had to do a foreign connection to do it to the Australian one. I would’ve thought if it was getting sent to Australia they would’ve sent an Australian Electrical connection.

Prosty ,nieduzy ekspres do kawy domowej . Polecam.

Great

Verbruikt veel water. Verder dik in orde.

Tchibo, nespresso makinelerine sahibim. Moka pot, taşınır espresso pot vs piyasada ne varsa hepsini deneyimledim. Kapsüllü makineler için doldurulabilir çelik kapsül, hazır kapsül, ne varsa kullandım. Net olarak ifade edebilirim ki, düzenli olarak espresso tüketiyorsanız, bu makineyi veya emsallerini alın geçin. Sebebini söyle ifade edeyim: ev kullanıcısı hızlı ve standart kahve ister. makine bunu sağlıyor. Kahve öğütme, kapsül hazırlama vs derdi yok. Hazırladığı espresso çok başarılı. Kahve yoğunluk ayarı mevcut ve her yoğunlukta gayet leziz, köpüğü bol, homojen bir espresso hazırlıyor. Aynı kahveyi kullanarak kapsüllü makinelerde de espresso hazırladım ancak bununki kadar başarılı olmadı. Bakin buradan anlayın ki, makine mühim. Kahve aynı, su aynı ama ürün farklı. Bir sürü etken var ve üretici bunları iyi ayarlamış. Kahvenin sıcaklığı, köpüğü, yoğunluk ayarı, Kahve miktarı ( ml), hepsi düşünülmüş. Dolayısıyla, keyif yapmak için paraya kıymak gerekiyor. Kapsüllü makinelerin olumsuz yanı, kapsül çeşitlerinin pahalı ve kullanılan kahve çeşidinin sınırlı olması. Doldurulabilir kapsül ile bunları aşsanız bile, kapsüldeki Kahve yoğunluğunu optimum seviyede ayarlamak zor ve suyun kapsüle sızıntısız zerk edilmesi pek mümkün olmuyor. Sonuçta bu kapsüller orijinal ürün değil ve çelik olduğundan kapsül makineye %100 oturmuyor. Bu durum kahvenin köpüğünü, basıncı, tadı her şeyi etkiliyor. Moka pot desen, bu makinelerle karşılaştırılmaz. Kahve/su oranını ayarlamak zor, zamanlama ister vs vs. En nihayetinde keyif almak için bunca ar-ge yapmaya gerek yok. Adamlar bizim için yapmış. Sonuç da gayet iyi şimdilik. Verin tlyi, görün etkiyi. Cihazın kullanımı çok basit. Kullanım öncesi ve sonrasında cihaz kendi temizliğini yapıyor. Yani bir espresso icin asagi yukari 50 ml su temizlik icin harcanıyor. Melitta aqua pro yazan, yan sanayi su filtrelerinden de alın. Cihaz kireçlenmesin. Sırma su kullanıyorum, suyun yumuşaklık derecesi gayet iyi ama yine de filtre kullanacağım. Sipariş verdim, bakalım. İki tuşla leziz bir espresso hazırlamak büyük lüks gercekten. Afiyetler.