Automatic machines · review
Twenty preset hot and iced drinks from three brewing technologies, with dishwasher-safe milk carafes and cold brew in under three minutes.
Where we land on it A super-automatic machine with twenty preset drinks and no portafilter, sold at the same price as a semi-automatic that has one. It is not the better machine on this shelf — it is the one that answers a different question, and the question is whether you ever want to hold a portafilter at all.
Eight machines on this shelf hand you a portafilter. This one does not. At the top of the rack it was read at the same price as the Barista Touch, and the two have almost no specification in common: the Touch publishes a wattage, a portafilter diameter, a water tank, a bean hopper and a two-year warranty. This one publishes a menu.
That is not a gap in quality. It is a gap in kind, and the only question that resolves it is whether you want to make the coffee or ask for it.
The Barista Touch publishes five pre-programmed café favorites and eight custom slots. The Ninja publishes four functions. Everything else on this shelf publishes a shot.
Twenty is the largest number here, and it is the one figure on this listing with nothing to compare it against — because no other machine on the shelf is trying to count drinks.
No wattage, no pump pressure, no grind settings, no warranty, no water tank capacity. Three Brevilles below it publish all five. On the joint-most expensive machine of the shelf, that is a lot of blank space on the specification sheet.
Read on the day this page was built: $800 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
At $800, it is the 5 cheapest of the 5 models in this category published here.
| Type | Fully automatic, bean to cup |
|---|---|
| Preset drinks | 20, hot and iced |
| Brewing technologies | 3: espresso, drip coffee and cold brew |
| Cold brew | Cold Extraction Technology, under 3 minutes |
| Milk | LatteCrema Hot and Cool, removable and dishwasher safe |
| Grinder | Integrated conical burr |
| Grind settings | Not stated by the maker |
| Pump pressure | Not stated by the maker |
| Power | Not stated by the maker |
| Warranty | Not stated by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B0H31SYSWZ |
| EAN | 0044387320801 |
Because they are not competing on the same thing. The Touch is a semi-automatic with a 54 mm (2.13 in) portafilter, a touchscreen and a published 1,680 W; this one has no portafilter at all and twenty preset recipes. The price is the same at the reading this page is built on; the purchase is not.
No. The listing describes a menu of preset recipes and an integrated grinder. Every semi-automatic on this shelf — eight of the nine — hands you a portafilter instead.
The listing does not say. It names the burr as conical and stops there. The Ninja does publish one, at 25 settings.
It is the maker’s name for the milk system, and the published facts around it are that it froths dairy or plant-based milk hot or cold, and that it is removable and dishwasher safe. The dishwasher claim is unique on this shelf.
These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
| Model | Price | Pump pressure |
|---|---|---|
| De'Longhi Magnifica ECAM33080 | $800 | Not stated by the maker |
| PHILIPS 2300 Series EP2330 | $700 | Not stated by the maker |
| PHILIPS 3300 Series EP3341 | $550 | Not stated by the maker |
| EUHOMY Super-Automatic CM004 | $340 | 20 bar |
Details checked on October 30, 2026.
A household that wants twenty drinks at the press of a button and never wants to handle ground coffee
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for coffee equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
13-step steel burr · manual or LatteCrema wand
The machine most people should start with. The grinder is ordinary and the coffee is good rather than great — but the brew unit pops out in two seconds, and that single design decision is why these are still running after eight years.
Best for: Someone moving off capsules who wants fresh coffee without a hobby attached.
Pulse Extraction · sealed brew unit · 17 drinks
The best espresso an automatic machine makes, from a company that will not let you clean the part that brews it. Extraordinary in the cup, uncomfortable as a ten-year purchase — and you should know both before spending this much.
Best for: Someone who drinks short black coffee daily, values the cup over the repair bill, and will pay for it.
12-step ceramic burr · 20 drinks · 2-part milk system
LatteGo is the only automatic milk system we do not resent cleaning: two parts, no tubes, both dishwasher-safe. Combined with ceramic burrs that will outlast the machine, it makes this the sensible middle of the super-automatic market.
Best for: A household where two or three people each drink something different, with milk.
