Luxe™ Café Premier Series (ES601)

I love my Cafe Luxe. It does everything good enough, and I'm pretty snobby about coffee. Espresso is good, drip coffee is good, iced coffee and cold brew are good. Everything turns out nicely and it's all in one relatively compact package. It's not unusual for me to make 4 totally different coffee drinks a day on it, between me, my wife, and like a neighbor stopping by.

Ninja Luxe™ Café Premier 3 in 1 Espresso Drip Coffee & Cold Brew Maker Got the wife one of these for her birthday. Now there’s no point to ever buy a coffee out at one of those expensive coffee shops. It’s just not as good as making it at home. When we go on vacation, we are always disappointed because we don’t have good coffee… not many of the items mentioned on this sub last a “lifetime” but I’m sure this will hold up for many years. If it ever dies, I will buy the exact same one. +1 for this ninja ***edit, everyone is saying the moccamaster is expensive, a quick search found most of them under $380. This ninja is $550 before tax, but I’d still say it’s worth it.

I bought a ninja luxe only thinking of the espresso. But it makes excellent filtered? drip? coffee too. We retired our old coffee maker and now use it for everything. The coffee setting gets you a maximum of around 700 ml but is excellent and also makes small cups. Ground and brewed in no time. Awesome machine.

I have a Ninja machine that makes both espresso and drip coffee, and has a steamer built in to froth milk. It makes such good drinks that it’s taken the enjoyment out of cafe coffee. “We have fancy lattes at home!” But it was not cheap ($500+?). I chose it because that brand sells parts - if it does break, I won’t have to buy a whole new machine

Tell that to my Ninja coffee maker. First the tank started to leak when you removed to fill with water. The clock timer failed next. Finally the whole thing started to leak. I just got a Moccamaster on 1/2 price sale, and I do think it makes a better cup of coffee faster than my Ninja.

My Ninja died on me. First it leaked so I could take the tank off to fill it, then the LED clock died so I couldn't use the timer function, then finally the whole thing started to leak. Moccamaster is the way!

Have one of these too…5 years and going strong.

The fails I’ve had have been despite routine maintenance. The ninja I loved, but the buttons stopped responding unless I left it unplugged for a couple hours before using it again. We’re on our second Braun, the first replaced under warranty after it started leaking from somewhere internally. We got a cheap Mr coffee while we waited for the replacement, but more often than not it ended up with grounds in the coffee. Use less, too weak. Before we switched back to a pot, our Keurig chugged along for years, rarely requesting maintenance. 😂