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 enlarge | Brand: DeLonghi
List Price: $210.00
Buy New: $146.62
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Rating:  48 reviews
Color: Black
Autographed: No
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.2
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.7 x 12.6
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Warranty: Full US Warranty by DeLonghi
MPN: BAR32
Model: BAR32
UPC: 443872223274
EAN: 0443872223274
ASIN: B0002A3S66
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 Very Sensitive To Grind June 7, 2008
D. Redfearn (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Makes very good expresso, but pump is not very powerful. Fine grind (e.g., the standard expresso grind at Starbucks) plugs up the filter. If you purchase ground expresso ask for a coarser grind - or grind the beans yourself.
 Excellent coffee machine at a great price May 31, 2008
Christine E. Nattrass (New Haven, CT United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this coffee machine to keep at my boyfriend's house so I could have cappuccino while at his house. I worked at a coffee shop in high school, so I pretty much know what I'm doing. At home I have an old Cappresso (roughly equivalent to the
Capresso 302.01 Mini-S 4-Cup Safety Espresso/Cappuccino Machine) that I'm quite fond of and that has lived through many college roommates.
You can basically divide espresso machines into a few groups by price:
1. Mostly manual, basic machines. Typically these make 1-2 cups of coffee at a time. Sometimes difficult to use, may not make great crema (the brown foam on top of a good up of espresso), and may not get temperatures quite right for milk foaming and espresso. $50-200
2. Automatic machines and more fancy manual machines, capable of making multiple cups of coffee at a time. Usually there's a trade-off between proper temperatures and a good milk frothing wand and automation. $500-1200
3. Restaurant quality machines. The perfect machine, capable of high volume and maintaining all temperatures and pressures properly. Often a little difficult to service. >$2000
This machine fits into the first category, but it has some features which make it better than the other machines in that category. This is a pump machine, and many have already commented on the benefits of pump machines in terms of flavor. But it also has benefits in terms of use.
1. Easy of use
This machine is not quite push-button, but it's close. Once you have coffee in the portafilter and water in the tank, you turn on the machine. There's a green light that tells you when it's ready to make coffee. Then you flip the knob to another setting to make coffee. You have to stop it when it has extracted enough water. (This is the one feature I would improve; I would prefer if it had a default setting so that I did not have to keep an eye on the machine to determine when it is done making coffee.) The directions in the manual actually make it sound more difficult to use than it is.
2. Can be used for entertaining
You can only make one espresso drink at a time, *but* you can refill the water tank before it's empty. With my old Capresso, since it is a boiler pot machine (water is heated until it's forced through the coffee), you have to wait until the water tank is empty or cooled down to refill the machine. With this machine, if you have ten friends over and wanted to make them coffee, you could just refill the water tank when it gets low. It's not as automated as some of the fancier machines, but realistically, it still would make coffee about as fast as the more expensive machines.
3. Excellent milk frothing wand
The milk frothing wand is plastic and I'm not too fond of that, but the wand is exceptionally easy to use. When I was working at the coffee shop, this was one of the hardest skills to learn and to teach others. With most wands you have to tilt the milk container just right and hold it at just the right height to get the milk to froth properly and it's difficult to learn how to get sufficient foam. This milk frothing wand made coffee as good as I can do with my Capresso, but much easier. This is actually important because a lot of the cheaper machines and even many of the expensive ones have really lousy milk frothing wands that just don't work, even when you know what you're doing.
4. Good coffee
This machine seems to keep the temperatures right and makes very good coffee. This is in contrast to some of the cheaper machines, which often scald the coffee and/or milk. It's better than the more expensive machine (Gaggia 9306 Syncrony Compact Super-Automatic Espresso Machine, Silver) that we have at work.
The one thing I'm not certain of is durability, since this machine is less than a week old. The body and a lot of parts are plastic. I don't worry about using it now that I'm a little more stationary and don't have roommates to destroy my property, but I still might prefer the Capresso if I were still living the undergraduate life.
So if you're looking for a household espresso machine and you don't want to spend more than $500 (and in many cases even if you're willing to) this is an excellent choice.
DeLonghi BAR32 Retro Pump-Driven 35 ounce Espresso Maker May 14, 2008
Jenny
Excellent espresso/cappuccino maker. Very easy to use. Plenty of steam to assure hot milk for a latte. Good quality --highly recommend!
So far, great espresso April 14, 2008
fromArizona (Mesa, AZ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have only had this machine one week, but so far it is making a great espresso. It is easier to use than my previous maker, too. I found the directions easy to follow, but, unless I missed something upfront, would suggest they high light the need to prep the machine before drawing the first drinkable cup. Great little machine so far!
very happy with it March 16, 2008
Anonymous reviewer
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just got this and I find it very easy to use, even though I have never made cappuccino or esspresso before. The instructions that come with the machine sound a little complicated at first, but if you carefully follow them the first time, you should have no trouble. I have made cappuccino with the pods and with ground coffee, and they both came out excellent. The last cup I made was very hot, especially after I heated the milk, so I had to wait until it cooled before I drank it. Tamping the coffee and frothing the milk were no problem at all. Again, just follow the directions carefully. The machine is more attractive looking than a lot of others I have seen and it doesnt take up a lot of counter space. The coffee may not be exactly the same as you would get in a fancy restaurant, but I am not at all disappointed with this product and I recommend it. By the way, the pods come in different strengths, regular and decaf. B B and B sells them, so they are easy to find.
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