expirediconian | Staff posted Mar 27, 2025 04:08 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Mar 27, 2025 04:08 PM
Cafe Affetto Automatic Espresso Machine (White)
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Two months ago, brought this cafe Affetto from Buydig for $189, then cancelled same day and bought the frother version from eBay for $229. Super happy with the machine.
A few things to look out for:
- The new machine may be air locked, which is very common, just be patient while you un-airlock it. manual is not much use, youtube video helped. Instructions below if you are curious how to.
- The default setting uses too much beans and produces too little espresso, but I was able to adjust the water to grind ratio in the app.
- if I knew, I wouldn't have updated the app to the latest version, you lose a lot of customizability of water : beans grind time from prior s/w version. With the default s/w, I was able to tweak and find the right balance to get a consistent perfect espresso based on my custom blend of beans. Once system updated, everything reset and have fewer tweak options, still decent.
- Glad I got the frother version, takes about 45 secs to heat and froth up 1-2fl oz milk and make a good latte.
- Dark roast/Oily beans are not recommended, But my favorite beans are costco organic Colombian medium/dark roast which are semi oily. So I mix the medium/dark roast with costco Ethiopian light roast 40:60 to make a perfect (to my taste) espresso and machine is happy too. If not light to medium roast are recommended.
-Dont use hard water which may clog up lines, regular filtered tap water with medium/low hardness is fine. comes with water hardness test kit, which is handy.
-Dont spill water outside the water tank into the tank holder, it may trigger a false air lock.
Instructions to un-airlock the machine:
remove water tank, Fill with water, push the white knob at bottom of water tank a few times over a sink to let some water out, wipe outside of water tank (important), put water tank in the machine, refill tank above waterline carefully not spilling water outside, and follow un-airlocking steps as per manual (press two button together) and be patient while the machine tries to un-airlock. I had success the second time.
enjoy!
Edit:
For those who complain about espresso not hot enough,. be sure to pre-warm the cup with hot water, dump water and use it for espresso, makes a big difference when you drink your espresso.
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I wake up, I push the button. Delicious Americano appears. I froth my chocolate protein drink and pour it in to my cup. Life is good. And cheap. And easy.
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