Siemens TK73001GB EQ.7 L Series Bean to Cup Coffee Machine Silver

Siemens TK76009GB EQ.7 Z Series Bean to Cup Coffee Machine A good machine that I've had for about 6 months. Good Coffee and easy to use. This is the second machine! After about 8 weeks the milk frothing function has stopped working on both machines. I've tried using different brands of 0.1% fat milk as recommend but once they stop frothing that is it! It is a lot of money for a machine that is not reliable.

The coffee is 6 star. After trying increasingly expensive coffee machines and finding that they simply didn't make the grade (coffee was sub-restaurant standard or the machine failed), it was with some trepidation that I placed an order for a coffee machine that costs *a lot*. Where could I go if this one failed?This machine takes in your choice of coffee bean, grinds it up into grounds before popping them into a brewing unit. Coffee appears (and very good it is too) and then the used and compacted grounds get deposited into receptacle inside the machine.That was back in November 2009. The machine died on me with a circuit board failure by January. Water has ingressed and shorted something.A new machine arrived because the required parts were not in either the UK or Germany.That was sent back because the used grounds were sloppy and unable to clear the brewing unit of used grounds ready for the next brew.A 4+ week wait later, the latest (new) machine turned up. Thus far it hasn't missed a beat for a couple of months.The situation has been far from perfect, however I have to say that Siemens Customer Service was pretty good. A little confused at the outset though - not sure if somebody should be sent out to do an on-site repair or have me send it back or send a courier round. I've had one engineer round who did what he could (in fairness) but said in fact he should never have been sent out. All other times a courier has turned up to collect - on time too.Such a fully automated machine does require attention to be paid to it. When the display calls for a clean or de-scaling - the steps are easy enough to follow. You just put the requisite tablet(s) in and it does the rest. The tablets are proprietary of course, but easily available and not used very often even though we are in a hard water area.On infrequent occasions it will call for the whole brewing unit to be rinsed under a tap. Eeeek?? Nah! Easy-peezy. The design of the machine is actually very good. There is a little too much plastic around for my liking given the price of the machine - the "silver" from you can see in the picture is plastic, and the lower section is prone to getting scratched. The top of the machine is steel mind you - it needs to be as it can be used to heat your coffee cups prior to use.After brewing there is some house-keeping to be done. Empty the drip tray. It's not very big and can require emptying mid-process if you are making coffee for a lot of people. To empty it you pull the lower section out from the front of the machine and here lies a weakness. It's only plastic and you do need to support the long tray full of water as it comes out. Keep an eye out on the water level of the reservoir - it does come out easily enough, but I tend to refill it from a jug.Once out, the little silver plastic front bit lifts off easily enough for cleaning, but it's held on by a pair of flimsy plastic clips. Robust it is not.If you've made a milky coffee, the milk heating/frothing system needs to be put through a short cleaning cycle as close to immediately after use as poss. You will be aware how hard it is to remove dried-up milk after boiling. There is a setting for it - it's easy to do and easy to forget too!It has an impressive range of different types of coffee - espresso (single or double), just coffee (single or double), cappuccino and macchiato. That's the coffee. The milk can make or break a good Italian coffee and this machine is *excellent* at frothing the milk. It's frothed milk is the mutt's nut's for hot chocolate too btw.Not content with the variety of coffees on offer (all Italian coffees are permutations of espresso and quantities of milk) you can choose the strength of coffee (1,2 or 3 bean strength) and also the quantity of coffee (small, medium large). Choose small, 3 bean double espresso to really set your pulse racing!! The best :)If you've not got beans, you can also use pre-ground coffee. It goes into the brewing unit through a drawer that pops out from the rhs. It works, but frankly I prefer the beans.The acid test now for my wife and I for coffee we get in a restaurant is to ask if it's as good as ours at home. It is a real accolade to this machine that more often than not, we think the we're better off going home.

We bought this machine a few weeks ago. It produces great coffee and is incredibly easy to use. Whether you want a strong espresso or a mild macchiato it's simply a matter of pushing a few buttons. We use it every day and particularly like cappuccino, so although it is expensive the quality and simplicity for coffee drinks with milk makes it worthwhile for us.The machine is much quieter than we expected and it tells you when you need to add more water, refill coffee beans, empty the drip tray etc. so you don't have to worry.There is also a simple rinse cycle to keep the parts coming into contact with milk clean.So far our only criticism is that the milk could be a bit hotter, so if you don't drink straight away it can be soon too cold.

Wir haben das Gerät nun schon einige Zeit im Einsatz, dabei hat sich gezeigt, dass die Maschine für das Geld ein paar Macken hat, die eher unangenehm auffallen.Z.B. meldet die Maschine oft "Bohnenbehälter füller", obwohl der randvoll ist. Dann muss man stochern, damit die Bohnen wieder nachrutschen. Blöd, aber machbar. Ärgerlich ist, das das der Maschine erst nach dem Mahlen auffällt und der schon gemahlene Kaffee dann verworfen wird. Das passiert auch, wenn man nicht auf die Wassermenge im Tank geachtet hat. In der Preisklasse würde ich erwarten, dass das Gerät das vor dem Mahlvorgang anzeigt oder zumindest nicht sofort den Kaffee verwirft. Unsere alte Saecco, die viel billiger war, konnte das. Gut ist, dass man auch Milchkaffe oder Cappuchino ohne Wartezeit in einem Durchgang beziehen kann, die Crema ist gut. Gelegentlich spinnt der Milchaufschäumer und schäumt nicht sondern sprotzt die heiße Milch in der Küche herum. Merkwürdigerweise oft dann, wenn man den gerade gründlich gereinigt hat. Der Kurzreinigungsgang ist zwar nett, aber es setzt sich doch was ab und das finde ich persönlich eher etwas unhygienisch. Die Brüheinheit kann man gut herausnehmen und reinigen, sollte danach aber die Teile wieder fetten. Innerhalb der Siemens Garantiezeit war der Service sehr gut. Danach zahlt man sich aber dann dumm und dämlich (oder zahlt kräftig für eine Service-Pauschale)... das muss man beim Kauf berücksichtigen, denn der Tassenpreis für einen Privathaushalt steigt damit schon sehr deutlich.

Wir hatte uns im letzten Jahr diese Maschine bei Mediamarkt angeschaut und vorführen lassen. Aufgrund des hohen Preises von € 1149,00 haben wir unser Vorhaben, diese Maschine dort zu kaufen zurück gestellt. Trotz allem haben wir uns über diese Maschine immer wieder im Internet über preisliche Entwicklungen informiert und haben dann bei Amazon zu dem Spottpreis von €849,00 zugeschlagen. Bei der Vorführung ist uns besonders das leise Mahlwerk aufgefallen.Wir hatten vorher den Bosch B20 Vollautomaten (Baugleich mit der Siemens S20), wo die Nachbarn morgens gehört hatten, das wir uns einen Kaffee machen.Sehr komfortabel ist die Steuerung, die wirklich keine Wünsche offen läßt, sogar heiße Milch kann mit der Maschine schnell gemacht werden.Ein großes Plus in unserer Kaufentscheidung war die separat,automatisch zu reinigende Milchdüse.Im großen und ganzen eine tolles Gerät, speziell für Liebhaber von Latte Machiatto oder Cappucino, da der Milchschaum mit der normalen, im Lieferumfang enthaltenen Düse schon richtig klasse zu löffeln ist. Wer noch mehr Milchschaum benötigt, kann das Gerät auch mit der im Zubehörshop erhältlichen Milchdüse aufwerten, dann steht vor lauter Schaum sogar der Löffel in der Tasse.