Salter EK4368 Bean to Jug Coffee Machine – Electric Coffee Grinder, 750ml Filter Coffee Maker with Reusable Filter, Digital Display with Programmable Timer, Keep Warm and Auto-Shut Off Function, Black

As describedEnjoying the brewsStraightforward to useSize of glass jug works well for one person use

Great little coffee machine for two people. Easy to use and hot coffee. Great value

Perfect for our needs. Bean grinder a bit loud so if people have bedrooms near the kitchen may not want to use that feature early in the morning. Having said that it isn’t really any louder than other bean to cup machines I’ve had in the past. It’s just smaller and takes up less space. All in all it’s perfect for us and we love it!

Bought as a budget 'bean to cup' machine to try out concept....works very well. Simple to use, a bit noisy when grinding but quite fast. So far has ground beans well...after a bit of trial and error with quantities now got the measure for strength and quantity. Keeps jug warm and coffee arrives at a decent temperature - hot but not scalding. Haven't tried timer function yet. At this price very hard to fault, I certainly recommend this machine for a once a day user like me..

I liked the fact that it can grind beans which was instrumental in my choice to purchase. It's also a nice size for one person as it gives me one large cup in the morning and fills my 500ml flask to take to work. The keep warm function is also handy, although I'd like it to keep the carafe warm for a little longer. At the time, I also liked the reusable mesh filter which does a reasonable job at making the coffee smooth. Sometimes with such filters, you get a grittiness at the end of your brew. There is some with this machine, bit it's more than acceptable.So why is it 'meh'?1) It's a pig to clean. The mesh is double walled and you get the remnants of coffee grinds between the two. Any amount of rinsing and scrubbing with a brush will not remove all of it. It's also not dishwasher safe - both the plastic and glass parts2) It could do with a slight redesign to allow paper fillers to be used. This could be achieved by simply having a removable grinding blade.3) It's woeful at grinding beans. I always select fine grind and never overload it with beans. However, there are always entire beans left over, where the grind never got to them. It's so wasteful.4) You can't remove the carafe without a splash of coffee spilling into the hot plate. This happens with a sizzle and the burning on of coffee to the hot plate. This can be mitigated slightly by removing the plastic internals before the carafe, but it doesn't always eliminate drips of water sizzling into the hotplate instead.When I've used all of my coffee beans, I'll give ground coffee a go, although if it works better, I may end up buying a coffee grinder as I prefer the freshness that you can only get doing it this way.

used it twice nightmare to clean. The timer worked well only problem was it woke the whole house up grinding the beans at 6am for my early morning brew.Very noisy machine.

Perfect coffee every time. Yes as others had mentioned it is a bit loud when grinding whole beans, but come on folks what do you expect from a small machine. I love my coffee and now can have fresh coffee whenever I want. I highly recommend this for a small home machine

Easy to use and clean. Although a little noisy, it takes no time to grind coffee beans both coarse and fine grinds are excellent.The coffee is hot and flavoursome. I would recommend that, as with all new machines a first run or two is without coffee to thoroughly clean all parts of the internal workings.The coffee stays warm for over 30 minutes on the hot plate as well.So far I haven’t used the programmable functionality yet but programming instructions are easy to follow so I will soon.A gateway machine for anyone wanting to try a bean to jug machine. Great value for money. I would highly recommend it for coffee lovers on a tight budget.