I bought one a little over a month ago after watching you long review. I knew it was going to make lighter "espresso" than let's say a Breville Bambino, but I just wanted something easy to use to replace our Breville Nespresso Vertuo since we were tired of using capsules. Although when I was young, I pulled thousands of espresso and cappuccino on a professional Cimbali at my dad restaurant, now I just do not want to work too much when making an espresso at home, especially after I just have walked out of bed. :) I also came up with some custom solutions by grinding the coffe with an old Delonghi grinder which I already had, and I got some decent improvements using from 12 to 14 grams of coffee and tamping manually. If I use more than 15gr it almost "chokes" the machine. I also grind thin, but not too thin. I also noticed that medium dark to dark roast deliver better "shots" with the Baristina. The only problem I have so far, is that even using the booster option, my Baristina does not grind more than 10/11grams and it never reach 12-13 grams like yours. At the beginning it was grinding only 6 grams for a normal shot, and 9 with the booster, and then after over 100 shots it slowly improved to 8-9gr for a normal shot, and 10-11g with booster. I have used Illy Intenso, Blue Bottle "Espresso" (dark), Lavazza Crema Aroma (medium dark) and 3 others medium to dark roast from local roasters in NYC. None of these are oily and sticky, but still my Baristina does grind more than 11 grams. I have read somewhere that Phillips grinders tend to adjust after few hundred runs, so I am hopeful that soon it will begin to grind the desired amount of coffee. Anyway.... Merci for your video, which I was looking forward to, since I wanted to learn your custom tips for the Baristina.
@@sebastiantevel898 Thanks a lot for your message and your tips. I found the same for the type of coffee and the dose. Still a way to improve our results ;)
Great video! I was wondering when someone would issue the lack of adjustability of the machine's grindsize, making the type of beans you use for it a essential part of the brewing. Do be honest, I would never recommend this machine to someone because it is sold as a simple to use machine but because of the lack of adjustability can cause a lifetime of bad tasting coffee. (If you don't know much about different sorts of beans) I think this video will help a lot of users getting more out of their Baristina. ☕👍🏽
@Cafelista_Coffee Hi, first thanks for the review. One question, i'm usually drinking Nespresso Kazaar. Will this machine be a decent replacement or is the coffee that comes out to light in comparison?
I really interested in this machine, because I wanna choose locally roasted beans. Currently I just have a Mocha Pot with normal Lavazza but my day to day machine is a now quite old Philips Senseo. I want something similar easy as the Senseo and the Baristina is the only thing that comes close. No tedious cleaning like these big coffee machine that can do everything but nothing good and also the Baristina seems easy and fast enough. I love coffee but for me a I like to go out and drink a really good cup somewhere else, at home I just want a good coffee that is fast and easy to make. I still kinda scared about the longevity of the baristina like the grinder and the compressor, the compressor for example is often a thing that breaks down on a Senseo, but a Senseo is much cheaper to replace then this machine... Also do you think that normal vinegar water is enough for a decalcify, Philips recommends there own stuff, same as the senseo one, but I never used it always concentraded vinegar in the water tank and then use the decalcify cycle as normal :D
What's your tips to improve your coffee with the Baristina ? Thanks for subscribing 🙏
I bought one a little over a month ago after watching you long review.
I knew it was going to make lighter "espresso" than let's say a Breville Bambino, but I just wanted something easy to use to replace our Breville Nespresso Vertuo since we were tired of using capsules. Although when I was young, I pulled thousands of espresso and cappuccino on a professional Cimbali at my dad restaurant, now I just do not want to work too much when making an espresso at home, especially after I just have walked out of bed. :)
I also came up with some custom solutions by grinding the coffe with an old Delonghi grinder which I already had, and I got some decent improvements using from 12 to 14 grams of coffee and tamping manually. If I use more than 15gr it almost "chokes" the machine. I also grind thin, but not too thin.
I also noticed that medium dark to dark roast deliver better "shots" with the Baristina.
The only problem I have so far, is that even using the booster option, my Baristina does not grind more than 10/11grams and it never reach 12-13 grams like yours. At the beginning it was grinding only 6 grams for a normal shot, and 9 with the booster, and then after over 100 shots it slowly improved to 8-9gr for a normal shot, and 10-11g with booster.
I have used Illy Intenso, Blue Bottle "Espresso" (dark), Lavazza Crema Aroma (medium dark) and 3 others medium to dark roast from local roasters in NYC. None of these are oily and sticky, but still my Baristina does grind more than 11 grams. I have read somewhere that Phillips grinders tend to adjust after few hundred runs, so I am hopeful that soon it will begin to grind the desired amount of coffee.
Anyway.... Merci for your video, which I was looking forward to, since I wanted to learn your custom tips for the Baristina.
@@sebastiantevel898 Thanks a lot for your message and your tips. I found the same for the type of coffee and the dose. Still a way to improve our results ;)
Great video! I was wondering when someone would issue the lack of adjustability of the machine's grindsize, making the type of beans you use for it a essential part of the brewing.
Do be honest, I would never recommend this machine to someone because it is sold as a simple to use machine but because of the lack of adjustability can cause a lifetime of bad tasting coffee. (If you don't know much about different sorts of beans)
I think this video will help a lot of users getting more out of their Baristina. ☕👍🏽
Thanks a lot. That was the video of the video ;)
Thank you so much for this video, been waiting for it. Already bought my baristina but still waiting for it to be delivered:)
Hope you enjoy it!
@Cafelista_Coffee Hi, first thanks for the review. One question, i'm usually drinking Nespresso Kazaar. Will this machine be a decent replacement or is the coffee that comes out to light in comparison?
Hey,
Not sure about that type of Nespresso. Haven't drank Nespresso for a while ;)
I really interested in this machine, because I wanna choose locally roasted beans.
Currently I just have a Mocha Pot with normal Lavazza but my day to day machine is a now quite old Philips Senseo.
I want something similar easy as the Senseo and the Baristina is the only thing that comes close.
No tedious cleaning like these big coffee machine that can do everything but nothing good and also the Baristina seems easy and fast enough.
I love coffee but for me a I like to go out and drink a really good cup somewhere else, at home I just want a good coffee that is fast and easy to make.
I still kinda scared about the longevity of the baristina like the grinder and the compressor, the compressor for example is often a thing that breaks down on a Senseo, but a Senseo is much cheaper to replace then this machine...
Also do you think that normal vinegar water is enough for a decalcify, Philips recommends there own stuff, same as the senseo one, but I never used it always concentraded vinegar in the water tank and then use the decalcify cycle as normal :D
Hi,
You are right it's probably the easiest option in terms of maintenance, other than capsules as Nespresso or Senseo.
My machine won't give me an even tamp. It is uneven and messy and it tastes terrible. When i demoed it in the store, this didn't happen