Baristina Bean Swap (BAR320/00, BAR320/60)

Go to your nearest william sonoma and ask to see the phillips, baristina. It is like an espresso machine without the pods. It is a very cool machine.It has a bean hopper and grind your beans.Tamps, it and makes you an espresso. There is a wonderful frother that you can buy separately or bundled, and you can control the froth level steam hot or cold.

I own a Baristina now and it's definitely easy to use, there's only 3 buttons. But the espresso isn't good. Very watered down. The espresso temperature is also not very good. The Lungo gets hot and is passable but if you're after a real espresso I can't recommend it. It's definitely a nice looking machine. The Ninja Cafe Premier is a hog in comparison taking up a good junk of square footage. Aesthetics alone Baristina is a winner.

the philips baristina is $50 over budget on sale. dont need a grinder cause it has one built in. is automatic. performs pretty well imo

Hi! You may be interested in the Philips Baristina? It’s Dutch as well, though keep an eye on recent reliability performance as it didn’t do well after launch. I’ve really liked the coffee coming from it.

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If you’re not strictly set on a superautomatic, I’d suggest checking out the Philips Baristina - It also comes with a milk frother, so you can easily make milk-based coffees at home.

I did. Went with Philips Baristina, with separate milk frother. It's not what you'd call state of the art, but just perfect for my needs, very simple, no rinsing, pre-rinsing, start-up process, etc. Not a lot of user input, which suits me after Juras, Spinn, etc. Very decent espresso for my taste, and I'm willing to be flexible for less fiddling. Also very small footprint with nice aesthetic, which was important to me. What are you looking at so far?

After a couple of Juras and a Spinn, all fully automatic, I was also looking to just simplify, especially since I mainly make a double espresso with foamed milk. After a lot of research I settled on the Philips Barastina and am very happy with it. It makes espresso or lungo with an option to make either one extra strong, and that's it. No other settings or options. Plus it has a small footprint, important to me. About $400, milk frother (also nice) additional $90. Check it out and see what you think. It's exactly what I was looking for.