Siemens EQ6 plus S300 Bean to cup coffee machine
Siemens are a bit of a dark horse when it comes to coffee machines. They’ve been producing a range of really solid performing, durable bean to cup coffee machines for a good while now.
They’re a brand you wouldn’t necessarily associate with coffee machines, but I’ve noticed over the past few years that lots of people in the UK have Siemens bean to cup coffee machines, and they’re usually really happy with them.
They’re reliable, workhorse machines, and they compete well for the money in terms of performance & reliability.
With the ability to produce a decent range of one touch coffee drinks, including one touch black coffees and one touch milk drinks, and a nice, clear & simple to use interface, I think this ticks most of the boxes for anyone who wants a faff free one touch coffee machine.
Features and Benefits
showbullet One Touch coffees: Espresso, Café Crème, Espresso Macchiato, Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Latte (+ Milk Froth & Hot Water) |
showbullet “ceramDrive” Ceramic Burr Grinder|
showbullet “autoMilk” Automatic Cleaning & Descaling|
showbullet Intuitive “CoffeeSelect” Colour Touch Display|
showbullet 5 Grind Settings |
showbullet Water Tank Capacity : 1.7 Litres |
showbullet 2 User Profiles |
showbullet True Double Shots |
showbullet Cappuccinatore Milk Frother |
showbullet Dimensions (WxDxH): 28.1 x 46.8 x 38.5 cm |
So this is a one touch, automatic bean to cup coffee machine, with a cappuccinatore frother, the kind of milk frother with a pipe that you just shove in your milk bottle/carton.
These kinds of frothers are convenient from the perspective that you don’t need to wash out milk carafe, you can just run a cleaning cycle after each coffee to keep it clean, or simply put the milk pipe into a jug of water, and run a milk frothing cycle.
In terms of one touch coffees, it’ll do the more obvious espresso, latte & cappuccino, and in case you’re not familiar with the others:
Cafe Creme.
This is often just labelled as “coffee” on bean to cup machines, and it’s a very long lungo, essentially.
A lungo is a big ratio espresso, for example three to four times the espresso vs weight of the ground coffee beans. Cafe Creme is even longer, usually more like 1:4 – 1:6, and it’s usually made with a more coarse ground coffee, too.
So if you’ve been making espresso based drinks, and you’re switching to “coffee” or Cafe Creme, you might want to make the grind a bit coarser.
Espresso Macchiato.
In case you’re not sure on this one, it’s espresso “marked” or “stained” with a small amount of milk.
Latte Macchiato.
Upside down latte, basically. A latte made by pulling espresso into frothed milk, instead of pouring frothed milk into espresso.
If you’re looking for a reasonably priced, simple to use & reliable automatic one touch bean to cup machine, I think the Siemens EQ6 S300 is well worth adding to your shortlist.
There’s a massive amount of choice these days for bean to cup coffee machines, though. For more, see:
Best Bean to Cup Coffee Machines
