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Once done, you can slip the hose into your milk and turn on the machine. The results aren’t great, though: hot frothy milk is poured at a great rate into the cup, resulting in a bubbly finish rather than fine microfoam. Since the Solo is delightfully quality-loving in this respect, I really should stop my grumbling. Just know that the Melitta Purista brews coffee and espresso even better. Even a layman can taste the difference. While Melitta recommends cleaning the brew group once a week, I recommend daily cleanings. It doesn’t take long to rinse it under running water, and doing so will prolong the life of the machine.
These are Melitta’s entry level options (price wise), but they are still suitable for most homes, in fact under the bonnet a lot of the technology is the same as the more expensive Melitta Coffee machines. Espresso brewing The small Krups EA811K040 (UK) / Krups EA8150 (USA), which I chose as a sparring partner for the Melitta Caffeo Solo during my first review in 2016, is more proof of how many compromises you have to make to design an affordable fully automatic coffee machine that wants to be able to do everything at once. See for yourself in the comparison video: ‘A Comparison of Fully Automatic Coffee Machines — Krups EA8108 or Melitta Caffeo Solo’. Note: This video is in the German language. By the way, I love the fact that the Melitta Caffeo Solo does not include a ground coffee compartment, directly eliminating a ‘laziness trigger’, as well as a source of dirt. The Solo is a true bean-to-cup coffee machine, not a pre-ground shortcut maker that has lost all flavor. Melitta made a design choice about the placement of the lever to adjust the coarseness of the grinder on the Solo that’s a bit cumbersome. Instead of making the adjustment within the bean compartment itself, you have to remove the service panel to find it next to the brew group. Indulgence without compromise: you choose your coffee strength and the temperature. Added to that, one single rotation is all it takes to adjust the amount of coffee to the preferred cup size.The simple control panel on the front uses basic icons to show you the options you’ve selected. The spout on the front can dispense two coffees, sliding up and down to accommodate cups of up to 135mm tall. This should see it happily accommodate most tall latté glasses. One thing that some people may have to get used to is how there’s no need to make settings adjustments with each use. Once you programme in your desired parameters, the coffee machine will brew coffee and espresso using these exact settings until you change them.
On top is the bean hopper, which accepts a standard 250g bag of beans. Open up the side and you can access the grinder setting to make it coarser or finer, depending on how you like your coffee to taste. The Solois one of the smallest automatic coffee makers in the world. And yet it provides enough room for high-grade Melitta technology. Concentrating on the basics – that's Solo. Minimalistic design, smallest dimensions and easy to operate. For supreme coffee indulgence from whole beans and a soft, velvety crema that melts on the tongue. The whole process is shown on a narrow, minimalistic display, and the menu and display leave no room for doubt about the meaning of any symbols. You can adjust the Melitta Caffeo Solo in just a few presses of a button, even if you have never seen a fully automatic coffee machine up close. When you think about what’s involved, you’ll see that keeping the Melitta Caffeo Solo clean will not be a problem. Besides, by not having a means to froth milk, the steps it takes to clean the machine are minimal.To make milk drinks you first have to make espresso before moving the coffee beneath the Cappuccinatore. There’s no setting to control the amount of froth or the temperature. That said, if you find this cost prohibitive or simply inconvenient, you’ll have to decide which style of coffee you want to wake up to each morning. Miss the Frothed Milk? A Few Suggestions for Cappuccinos & Latte Macchiatos When prompted, you need to run the cleaning and descaling programmes on the Melitta Caffeo Solo & Perfect Milk, too. They’re a bit involved, so make sure you keep the manual to hand so that you can follow the instructions easily. Why buy the Melitta Caffeo Solo & Perfect Milk? Unique coffee enjoymentAroma-Extraction-System (A.E.S.) For maximum enjoyment Caffeo ®Solo ®has a pre-brewing feature: The freshly ground coffee is moistened with water before the actual brewing, this releases the flavours in your coffee. Furthermore you can adjust the grinding degree and coffee strength in three stages to get your ideal taste. The ‘Perfect’ stands for an automatic cappuccinatore, which has been added for those wanting to froth milk. While, technically, there’s nothing wrong with an addition like this, it does drive the price up and ruin the Melitta Caffeo Solo’s unique niche as a milk-free espresso machine.
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