Cooks Professional 15-Bar Retro Espresso Coffee Machine with Frothing Steam Wand, Built-In Temperature Gauge, 1.2L Water Tank & Stainless Steel Drip Tray | Black

Excellent machine much better than many more expensive coffee machines

Great value for money coffee machine that does the job well. Coffee is delivered quickly with good steam function to froth milk. For the price, this is an excellent choice

Great product, let down only by the short steam wand. Looks good, easy to use, easy to clean, makes excellent espresso and cappuccino. Fantastic value. If the steam wand were 1cm longer, I'd give the machine a 5* review.

Using the single (smaller) filter for 1 yielded a better result. One scoop pressed down properly. Make sure the insertion doesn’t disrupt the coffee grounds. Also I hear about 16-18g, unsure how much one scoop is but it’s what I used without weighing it. A 36sec fill is apparently in the barista zone used illy Classico mild and balanced. My filming skills need a tad improvement but hey this machine works very well.

I tried to like this and took weeks to decide but couldn’t live with it long term. Water reservoir is difficult to remove. Regular mugs don’t fit in the machine. There is no automatic stop on the pour. Machine vibrates so much if you leave to get milk, when you come back the mug isn’t under the portafilter and your coffee is pouring into the drip tray. The drip tray is tiny. If you don’t use the drip tray so you can fit a regular size mug, the tray holder has 2 holes in the bottom meaning the post pour drips go straight onto your counter. The portafilter is very cheap and the filter cup is very loose. This means it often falls out when emptying spent coffee, you get tiny grinds forming a tide mark in your drink, the machine occasionally spews a hot water/grind mix out of the housing and the most annoying part is, as the filter cup sits so loosely in the portafilter arm, if you are making a second cup and use a knock box to empty it, the 2 nozzles act like tiny volcanoes spewing hundreds of tiny coffee droplets all over your surfaces. I’ve had to return this. Pretty little unit but simply isn’t fit for long term purpose and the faults drive you crazy!

This is a glorified toy. Cheap plastic build ( as reflected in price ) so not suitable for long term use, plus too many design faults as suggested by other buyers. Will give it a fair trial but think it’s probably going back !

Brought for a friend. Said happy with it

Excellent product, easy to use & clean