Where we land on it The best-specified machine on this shelf by a clear margin: twenty bar, fifteen grind levels, a 1.5-liter tank and a 200-gram hopper, all published, at well under the price of the Philips pair. What it does not publish is a warranty.
What the maker puts in writing
Pump: 20 bar
Grinder: integrated burr, 15 adjustable levels
Water tank: 1.5 L · Bean hopper: 200 g (7.1 oz)
Milk: built-in automatic frothing
Self-cleaning program · one-touch bean purge
Four figures where the shelf averages one
Count the numbers on this shelf and most listings give one or none. The two Philips give a 5,000-cup interval. The Gevi gives 8 settings and its dimensions. The Ninja gives 25 settings and seven sizes.
This one gives a pressure, a grind count, a tank and a hopper, and it sits below both Philips machines in price. On paper, that is the strongest position on the shelf.
The hopper and the purge, read together
Two hundred grams is most of a small bag. The purge is what makes that workable: one touch empties what is in there before you pour the next coffee in.
No other listing on this shelf mentions it. On any machine with a sealed hopper — and the Cuisinart here advertises exactly that — switching beans otherwise means grinding through what is left.
Where this listing stops short
No warranty. On a machine of this price that publishes everything else, it is the one blank that would have cost nothing to fill, and the three-year warranty on a far cheaper machine on this same shelf makes it conspicuous.
Availability
Read on the day this page was built: $340 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
What it gets right, and wrong
Strengths
Publishes four figures — 20 bar, 15 grind levels, 1.5 L and 200 g (7.1 oz) — which no other machine on this shelf comes close to matching
The only listing here with a one-touch bean purge, for emptying the hopper without mixing two coffees
An adjustable spout height, published, which decides whether a tall glass fits under it
Compromises
No warranty published, where the cheapest machine on this shelf to publish one gives three years
No wattage, and no descaling interval where the two Philips both give 5,000 cups
The milk system is named as built-in and automatic with no parts count and no cleaning time, both of which the Philips pair publish
Where this one stands among its neighbors
At $340, it is the 2 cheapest of the 5 models in this category published here.
Least costly of the neighbors$225
Median$550
Most costly of the neighbors$800
Specifications
Type
Fully automatic, bean to cup
Pump pressure
20 bar
Grinder
Integrated burr, 15 adjustable grind levels
Water tank
1.5 L
Bean hopper
200 g (7.1 oz)
Milk
Built-in automatic frothing system
Controls
Touchscreen; adjustable drink volume and extraction
It is a higher pump rating, and this is one of only two machines on this shelf to publish one — the Philips Baristina gives 16 bar. Neither publishes the pressure reaching the coffee, which is the figure that would settle it. Take both as ceilings, not as brew pressures.
What does the bean purge do?
The listing describes a one-touch feature for removing old beans or switching flavors without mixing them. No other machine on this shelf publishes anything equivalent, and on a machine with a 200-gram hopper it is the difference between switching coffees today and switching them next week.
How much coffee does it hold?
A 1.5-liter tank and a 200-gram hopper, both published. Three machines on this shelf publish a tank; one publishes a hopper, and that one is this.
Compared with the neighboring coffee machines
These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
The difference between the models, in coffee machines
If price decides: PHILIPS Baristina BAR300, at $225.
Today’s price and availability, for coffee machines
Details checked on October 30, 2026.
This one and its buyer, among coffee machines
Someone who wants a one-touch machine and wants the specification sheet filled in before buying
Sources
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.
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.
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.