Luxe Café Premier 3-in-1 Espresso Machine

In the words of Jim Lovel on Apollo 13, "Houston we have a problem." Little advertised fact, the grinders in these machines, in fact most integrated grinders machines can't handle Light Roasted beans, they are too dense, and if they are grown at high altitude they are even more dense. I walked away

Ive just got rid of the ninja luxe cafe pro ES701 it was awful! It was also a present from my wife! So inconsistent from how much water it gave you to how much ground it gave you i had 3 machines in 10 days all with the same faults. I asked ninja how likely i was to have the same issues on the next

https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaLuxeCafe/s/eRZLIuGpw1 Here’s the comment about it being something to do with a factory, and someone else having the same experience despite her mom being a 9. I really do think it’s just based on the machine.

I don’t think this is fault, just badly/cheaply engineered machine which can’t deliver such feature consistently. There is no output scale built in with Ninja, and the rate of water flow at grouphead is hugely estimated and not really measured, combined with vibration pump which is also not super pr

Yes No Yes I think the first is obvious, you have a message on the screen, so unless you are writing it, it must be the machine that decides, surly. Sorry for being flippant, but there is no other way than for the machine to be doing it. None of these machines that offer a Barista Assist (BA) are re

Id suggest getting a Bambino Plus + A decent Grinder. I used to have a Luxe cafe and the grinder ended up breaking after about 8 Months of normal use. Looking at various ninja reddit and Facebook groups a lot of people complain about reliability issues so mine was not an isolated incident. It seems

Oh, don't get me wrong, this is an overly negative sub-reddit, but have a look at r/Espresso it can be as bad with its 'Grind Finer' nonsense. The craziest thing, my highest response on that sub was when someone dumped their entire portafilter of fresh grinds right across their countertop, just misj