Good for a mid-range home espresso machineArvosana 4/5
I'm going to go ahead and warn whoever is reading this that I am not the most discerning coffee drinker. It is unlikely I would be able to notice a huge difference between espresso brewed with a high-end, proper espresso machine, and espresso I brew with this Philips one. For the price, however, I think it is certainly convenient and makes pretty good coffee. I like that you can customize how strong you want it and how much you want your espresso or coffee to fill your cup, and it certainly feels like a step up from drinking filter coffee from a standard drip machine. I suspect eventually it will either need maintenance or start to degrade, since it is primarily plastic, but I hope it will last several years before I need to worry about replacing it. I also think the steamer seems to do "just okay" compared to what you might see produced in a cafe, but it still makes a nice latte or cappuccino by homemade standards.