Cuisinart EM-100 1000-Watt 15-Bar Espresso Maker, Stainless Steel
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Imagine a cup of your favorite espresso, cappuccino or latte – hot, rich, fresh and flavorful – anytime you want it. The stainless steel Cuisinart® Espresso Maker is the real thing and looks like the professional it is. Make espresso in your own kitchen, then use the stainless steam nozzle and frothing cup to turn it into cappuccino or latte. You can even heat the cups on the warming plate on top – just… Product details and pricing info |
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22 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great little espresso machine
- The Cuisinart EM-100 espresso machine makes a perfect cup of espresso, it's easy to use and quick. It does a great job of texturing milk for cappucino. We love it...
- 2008-12-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- We're quite happy
- This is a great improvement over the little espresso maker that we bought for $40 a few years ago. We were looking to "step up" to one with better pressure, and this fit the bill nicely.
- 2008-12-12, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Buyer beware
- This unit was able to make nice coffees while it worked but after 7 months it started to die. It began passing coffee only sometimes and now, it makes all the right noises but no coffee is able to drip out. Not one drop, no matter what i do.
I will go on a crusade to inform the world about how worthless this product is. Imagine spending hundreds of dollars on a coffee maker that can't even survive 8 months. Cuisinart, you have not heard the last of me!! - 2008-11-24, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Very good machine
- Use it at least twice daily with both ESE pods and ground espresso. It really is a nice machine. If you are like some other reviewers and have problems with coffee grounds blowing out over the kitchen after you are done then you are likely tamping them too hard or using a grind that's too fine. Easiest way for a first time user is to buy some coffee in ESE (easy serve espresso) pods from the internet and feel it to see how hard the coffee is tamped in the pod. Cut it open and see how finely it is ground. Go to the grocery store and grind a pound of your favorite roast to about the same grind. At my grocery store the second or the third finest setting works fine. You can use your own grinder but a good burr type grinder costs some money and the less expensive blade grinders are useless for espresso. Tamp it to about the same hardness as the pod was. It makes wonderful espresso with lots of crema on top. I've never had an issue with grounds or steam blowing out after I release the pot--even with the machine on and waiting just until the coffee stops dripping to detatch it. I don't see how you could go wrong, but some obviously do.
This one looks nice. It works well. Has a self-priming pump (a good feature that alot don't include). It comes with a tamper, a stainless-steel frothing cup, filter holders for pods, single, and double shots. It also includes 2 tolls to clean the little holes the espresso is pumped through. It comes with pretty much everything you would end up buying for it in the first year. I have a water softener so scale will never be a problem but you would want to descale it once in a while if you don't use distilled water. The only thing I wish it had was a dial thermometer so I could watch the water temp more closely. I believe that it has an aluminum boiler. I would prefer brass but you just can't get it at this price. The pump makes some noise but not more than any other I've used. Steam espresso machines are cheaper, much quieter but burn the coffee and it doesn't taste nearly as good.
Overall, very good product, easy to use and the best value by far at this price. - 2008-10-29, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Nice Machine
- Well designed unit. Very functional and easy to use. Makes an excellent Latte. Steamer works well, unit heats up quickly. Easy to disassemble and clean. Like how it has a vacume break when finished steaming. No mess or worry about pressure when grounds are removed. Water reservoir is hidden in back, flip top lid makes it easy to refill without removing. I like everything about this unit.
- 2008-10-24, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
