Saeco PicoBaristoSuper-automatic espresso machine

This product has everything we were looking for. Small in size but very efficient. Would recommend strongly. Great look delicious coffee.

I like the machine. I recommend this machine to my family and friends.

I purchased this coffee maker about six months ago, and it brews excellent coffee. Just remember to get the cleaning Saeco milk carafe cleaner, coffee oil degreaser and scaling solution and follow the weekly and monthly cleaning processes accurately.

A very good product but expensive. Works very well and hope it will last 10 years.

Easy to use. Easy to maintain. Makes good coffee and capacinno

As many reviews have stated on other sites, this machine does in fact dispense a lot of water from the the milk frothier. For example, when you make a Latte, the machine dispenses the frothed milk into your cup first BUT first about 1.25 tablespoons of water leaks out! To work around this you have to have a second cup ready to catch the water and then quickly switch your coffee cup once you notice actual milk coming out. Terrible. Also, the grinder cannot be adjusted contrary to what the instruction sheet says. We didn’t bother calling customer service because the milk dispenser was enough of a reason for us to return this machine. The coffee it produces is quite good though, but not enough of a reason to keep this expensive machine.

Have had this machine for 6 months now. It brews decent a decent coffee/latte/cappuccino but has several design flaws. Firstly, after using the milk carafe it gives you a several second window to use the cleaning feature. If you miss that window there is no way to ask for it again other than using the carafe again. Secondly, when it runs out of water, it just brews a smaller drink....then tells you its out of water...and if you used the carafe, it wont let you use the cleaning cycle. This machine is too expensive for such common design flaws that would be easy fixes.

This machine was great when it was new, made great coffee and the milk frothing carafe worked great. However after only a couple of years owning it the machine has presented a number of issues. First of all the claim that the unit does not need to be descaled for 5000 cups is hard to believe, maybe 10% of that at most, since every time you change the filter a descaling is required. The machine has problems keeping the water circuit primed and at times it takes 30 seconds for the water to start flowing through the machine. Also the milk carafe cannot froth milk very well at all anymore, mediocre frothing at best and milk splats everywhere and does not come out in a nice stream as it used to when the machine was new. Every time you make a coffee with milk, a few tablespoons of water will come out first! I am not sure why this happens as I always keep the carafe and machine very clean in order to avoid any performance issues. Also it seems like individual parts for the carafe are not available as I have searched and not found anything, seems like the only option I have is to buy a new carafe! (Which is not cheap) Machine constantly says that the used coffee grounds container is full when it's not. Lastly, the machine gives you all of about 10 seconds after making a drink to clean the milk carafe. If you aren't standing next to the machine and miss the cleaning cycle option then there is no way to clean the milk carafe afterwards, this is ridiculous to me considering that this will cause the milk to curdle and go bad very quickly if you can't keep the carafe spout and internal parts clean. Also the cleaning cycle is very short and needs to be much longer to clean the carafe properly. Huge disappointment for an item that is NOT cheap! Let me add that the warranty is only 1 year and my machine faced problems right after the one year mark. I called Saeco and they referred me to an authorized service center that told me it would take 8-12 weeks to service the machine and at my cost. I would never wait that long for a service on something that I need everyday.

Bought it last week. A very compact And nice looking machine. I take my coffee with milk. I bought it mainly for my daily Cappuccinos. l must say that the machine makes a lot of froth and does not heat up the milk to the right temperature. Hence cappuccinos are always warm, that is sad. Even after a week of regular use and rinses, there is plastic smell and taste in the drinks.