expiredphoinix | Staff posted Nov 26, 2025 08:01 AM
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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Nov 26, 2025 08:01 AM
Philips 3200 Series LatteGo Fully Automatic Espresso Machine
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My brother's machine, he thought he had a drip but he bought a new one and it used the same amount of water. It was just water in the drip tray, so its probably nothing
Girlfriend's machine had the line at the back of the machine unhooked, so as soon as you put the water resevoir in it would leak. Opened that up with two torx screws and that was easy.
I think 4 other machines were purchased without issues
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But it does require regular maintenance. Here is a helpful video so you know what's involved before pulling the trigger. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yPUnMh_
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My brother's machine, he thought he had a drip but he bought a new one and it used the same amount of water. It was just water in the drip tray, so its probably nothing
Girlfriend's machine had the line at the back of the machine unhooked, so as soon as you put the water resevoir in it would leak. Opened that up with two torx screws and that was easy.
I think 4 other machines were purchased without issues
My water is leaking right out of box
I think major bean sellers (like Lavazza which are mainly what I use now) usually mark each type of bean as superautomatic friendly or not as well, which makes things even easier.
You are right, using oily beans will gum up the machine, but if you stick with super automatic friendly roasts then imho this is pretty easy to clean, not much different than a normal coffee maker, rinse a few things(brew group, drip tray, puck repo, and lattego attachment, which is easy) and put it back together. It only takes me a few min to clean up the machine once every week or two, the self cleaning between power cycles, etc. keep it clean in between rinses.
Then you need to make sure that you have the grinder set fine enough which mike take a few tries (adjust then pull a shot, adjust and pull another shot, etc.). You know you have a good setting when the puck stays solid after it drops into the waste container, and your shots are strong without being bitter and have a nice crema layer. Then of course there are the machine settings to adjust the bean "aroma" (number of seconds it grinds for each shot with translates to how many grams of ground bean is brewed), the adjust the amount of water you run through the puck, etc. again needing more experimenting to get it to taste. Also make sure that the temp of the water is at the highest setting (should be in the manual how to set that).
For the milk, the quality of the foam depends on the temp of the milk you are steaming (the colder the better to start), what kind of milk you are using(cow, oat, etc.) as well as the fatness (2% vs whole for example), differences are huge depending on thosee things. You can also use the "milk foam only" cycle to add more foam to your drinks if the max foam setting isn't enough. The phillips does good milk frothing, but not as good as hand frothing like at a coffee shop or even as other machines like some Delonghis, but it is more than good enough for at home brewing, and can be excellent with the right milk at the right temp.
There are also lots of youtube videos on how to tune these Phillips machines... this guy does a good job with helpful videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TomsCoffeeCorn
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