The light of Taiwan! Donglong Gabee 903 automatic coffee machine use evaluation sharing!

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In July this year, because I was considering buying a fully automatic coffee machine

Once came up to ask netizens for their opinions.

Later, I successfully acquired this Donglong Gabee 903 automatic coffee machine.

I have been using it for more than four months now, and I am very satisfied with her.

In order not to let this good machine be forgotten by everyone.

So I'd like to share her appearance, function and experience here.

In appearance, to be honest, she really looks a little old-fashioned.

But compared with the first generation of Donglong Gabee 901, it has made a lot of progress.

After being put together with 901

Wow-903 is really beautiful! laugh

Back photo

Blue water tank, silver fuselage, eight horizontal cooling holes, the whole looks very simple, but usually can not see the back XD

There is a concave part on the water tank to form a handle that is easy to handle.

The full water level is 1500cc

The lid can be picked up directly.

The opening of the right lid is where the coffee beans are placed, with a transparent baffle on it.

The thickness of ground beans has four "small" adjustments (basically Italian coffee machines are ground to fine)

I usually adjust to the second paragraph (from the smallest to the thickest).

Go back to the front and take a look at the coffee outlet.

The coffee outlet can be adjusted, which is the lowest state.

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This is when it is adjusted to the highest level.

The bubble steam outlet with a foam tube, but I usually remove the foam tube when I use it.

The way you take off the foam tube, the advantage of removing the bubble tube is

On the one hand, you can control the thickness of the milk foam, on the other hand, it is convenient to clean (wash one less foam tube).

Steam knob, rotating counterclockwise when in use

There is a coffee residue box on the left.

What it looks like when the coffee residue box is opened.

When it is turned on, the light says "the door is open"

The tray in front can be easily pulled out for cleaning.

After cleaning, it should be stuck forward, and if it is not put away, the light will show "the door is open".

The base under the machine, so that the machine can rotate left and right.

This design is quite convenient.

The inner door can be opened from the left. If the door is not closed properly, a light will show "the door is not closed."

When you open it, you can see the brewer, and the handle with the tenon can easily take it out.

Before you take out the brewer, remember to pull out the coffee dregs box, otherwise the brewer will not come out.

What it looks like when the brewer is removed.

This sentence is the most important. If it is used, it must be cleaned every day.

It's also in the manual-- the way it's cleaned is very detailed.

If it is not cleaned every day, and the automatic coffee machine is very dirty.

Then I'm a little sorry about this machine--

After the bubbler is taken out, the inside looks like--

There is an inner tube in it. Although it is not mentioned in the manual, I will clean it a little from time to time.

Basically, after using it every day, these three things need to be cleaned.

It takes less than two minutes to clean after rinsing with clean water.

If you don't ignore this action, in fact, this automatic coffee machine is very easy to take care of.

By the way, the way I clean the brewer--

After using the brewer, it will look like this.

Rinse directly with clean water

In addition, take an unused toothbrush and gently scrub two places

One is the part that was washed in the photo.

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The other is to scrub the part of the metal filter

Just rinse the rest with water--

Again, let's see what she can do--

The knob in the middle of the panel is to adjust the amount of coffee output.

From the least to the most is 30--300cc

There are two buttons in the middle of the knob, you can choose one or two cups.

Press two cups, basically boil twice, instead of two openings each out of a cup (there is no double boiler … )

The advantage is to boil the Double Espresso latte without having to press it twice

Besides, that two-cup button is useless.

However, one advantage is that when the coffee comes out of the water, if you press the button again, the water will stop immediately.

So you can regulate the amount of coffee by yourself, which is quite convenient.

Below the knob are three function keys, and on the left and right sides are various status lights.

The light of dregs is that the light will turn on after boiling a fixed number of cups (I haven't calculated how many cups will be on. )

So even if there is a coffee residue box cleaned in the middle, the light will still be on after the cup is boiled.

But as long as you do the action of the coffee residue box switch, the light will disappear.

After the high temperature signal is used by steam, the light will be on after the steam function is disabled.

At this time, just turn the steam knob to drain the hot steam until the light goes out.

In addition to the cleaning function that can be used after power on, it will be cleaned automatically every time the machine is turned off.

After talking about the function of the coffee machine

Let's share the video of cooking Espresso--

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At the time of recording, because it had been boiled to the third cup, it was a little out of water at first, so the total amount was a little more.

Espresso is written as 30cc in the specification, and this cup is about 32cc.

Plus Crema, it's about 32cc.

The more fresh the beans, the more beautiful the Crema will be.

The beans I used today have been baked for more than a month and almost 2 months. )

So Crema is a little worse.

However, there is no way for this machine to cook Crema as thin and thick as a commercial advanced semi-automaton.

The beans used today

I chose Osher because I used to live in Taichung and cook Syphon and hand flush. Osher's single product is very selective.

In addition, after moving to "Little Golden Gate", Osher can send it for me free of charge of more than 1,000 yuan (Xiao Jinmen is an outlying island in the outlying islands)

Convenience plus habit, I chose their family--

But in fact, beans do not work, which baked, what brand is good, freshness is more important

The best drinking period is to bake for 7 days to one and a half months, but it will be much worse if it is more than 2 months.

(of course, those light baked beans that need to grow beans are not included in this limit.)

Let's share the function of steam foam--

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Because I was not very good at video recording, I was interrupted in the middle of the recording and started all over again, so when I recorded it again, the milk was already bubbling at the beginning.

Make sure to use ice full-fat fresh milk, the head of the milk bubble into the fresh milk, maintain the end close to the fresh milk surface, can play a more detailed milk foam, hit the hand to touch the edge of the cup will feel hot can be turned off, hit too much may make the foam too thick. If successful, milk foam can directly pull flowers. I failed this time because I haven't practiced it yet. So it may be necessary to remove the failed coarse foam with a spoon.

Finally, I'd like to offer you a latte to share with you.

(because it can't pull flowers, and the foam is too thick.)

So we can only share photos like this.

However, if the skill is proficient, the milk foam can pull flowers.

P.S. Tell me a little bit about your experience:

1. Donglong is an old brand of water fountain.

After the launch of the first 901 fully automatic coffee machine in recent years

To this improved 903, it feels like it all focuses on the quality of coffee.

It looks old-fashioned in the appearance of the coffee machine.

Although this 903 is not so much like a water fountain (901 is really like … )

But it still didn't break away from the elements of the original design--

two。 In terms of the nature of the machine,

This 903 is both functional and brewed in terms of coffee quality.

It is better than the models with less than 30,000 yuan on the market.

I have also compared some big brands such as Saeco and Delonghi.

It should have the same function and coffee quality as this one.

3mura-40,000 can not escape, and the warranty is only one year.

Although the problem of maintenance failure is still very personal.

But Donglong directly offered a warranty of 10,000 cups for three years, which is really reassuring.

(I drink less than 10,000 cups in three years, at least 4 cups per day for four months.)

And I have also seen netizens share and praise Donglong's maintenance service quality on this coffee machine.

3. It's easy to clean. I think it's really the most important thing about the automatic coffee machine.

Because it has to be done after using it every day, it is very important whether it is easy or not.

Otherwise, no matter how easy to use, no matter how many functions, it will make people lazy to use it.

At this point, this 903 is really good.

4. Finally, there is the price, because it is a direct contact with the store, so there is a more favorable price.

In short, the price is cheap, the functional quality is good, the warranty time is long, and the service quality is good.

Coupled with support for manufacturing in Taiwan, this one should be called the light of Taiwan, right? (although it doesn't seem to have been sold abroad to XD)

The biggest disadvantage is appearance! (but I don't seem to care much about it when I use it at work.)