Why is the coffee machine so expensive? What's the difference between a coffee machine for a few hundred yuan and a coffee machine for a few thousand yuan?

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Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of coffee machines, where is it more expensive than hundreds of coffee machines?

There are many aspects that can be discussed, such as: 1: material and component selection. Hot-proof steam rod, stable valve, several-liter large boiler, average filter. 2: many boilers. Espresso needs 92 degrees of water, and the steam for milking is 100 degrees, which is necessary to separate the boiler. 3: the convenience of manipulation. Automatic detection of high and low cups, design of reflector, smoothness of upper handle.

The high-end coffee machine pressure gauge can be almost motionless in the extraction process of the whole cup of coffee, while the ordinary coffee machine has its own jitter. To achieve this, expensive components and excellent tuning (analogous to car engine tuning) are needed. The inconvenience caused by uneven pressure can be imagined, when playing foam, it will make your foam coarse and sometimes fine or even not master the temperature, and it will lead to insufficient extraction or excessive extraction and so on. In fact, there are not so expensive ah, after all, if you are making trouble at home, you do not need to go to such a professional coffee machine (of course, if you are a tuhao, please ignore it). First, semi-automatic coffee machine 1.EUPA Cankun TSK-1826B4: low-end entry (also known as toy machine), if you do not want to invest too much, but also want to feel the feeling of making coffee at home, this is highly recommended, the price of 399, but also fine workmanship, although the body is all plastic, but the quality is excellent. There is not a big gap between the products of Cankun, Delong and Philips between 1000 and 500, and the first recommendation of low-end machine!

Imitation s: basically mixed up with coffee forums, post bars, or some advanced knowledge of coffee, brown friends all know this starter machine, based on the SILVIA of Blue Flag Leo, Italy. Although there is only a 350ML boiler, it is at least a boiler machine. The 57.5 powder bowl is also close to the professional powder bowl of 58MM, there is no need to talk about the cooking quality, but with luck (due to the small boiler and unstable temperature), you can still make a qualified ESPRESSO. Although the appearance workmanship is more fake, the metal edge can be cut, but basically no machine performance can surpass this machine at the level of 1500. There is also an upgraded version of EM19 M2, which can be milked while extracting coffee, but the price has also gone up by hundreds.

3.WELHOME Huijia 210S2: it is also a popular model, although it is a heating block design, but the extraction and steam quality are relatively OK. In addition, the modern design, fine workmanship and fast heating speed are respected by many white-collar workers with fast working pace. Second, the capsule coffee machine represents brands: Nespresso Nestl é, illy aliens, callbell Korbel and so on. The first and most important step in choosing a capsule coffee machine is to determine the coffee capsule system, because the capsules between the systems are incompatible, so the choice of system directly affects the type of coffee you can choose in the future, so you must be very careful.

1.Nespresso Nestl é: it can be said to be the leader in the capsule coffee machine. Nestl é has two major capsule coffee machine brands, Nespresso and Gusto. In general, Nespresso is targeted at the higher end and only offers Espresso capsules, while Gusto is mainly aimed at milk coffee and tea drinks. Nespresso has the richest taste because it is compatible with third-party capsules in addition to dozens of official capsules. 2.illy Alien: illy's capsule system is actually canned coffee powder filled with nitrogen. Compared with Nestle Nespresso, illy capsule is more expensive and less flavorful, but note that illy capsule is more professional in the process of coffee extraction. Unlike Nestl é, illy capsule is a standard 7g canned coffee, and illy uses two-stage extraction.

3.callbell Korbel: domestic capsule coffee machine brand, using k-cup capsule system, more compatible capsules, it is said to have reached hundreds of different tastes, the price is not expensive, is a cost-effective capsule coffee machine, it is worth noting that the callbell capsule coffee machine is an American machine, can not do Espresso.

There is a big difference between a few thousand yuan and a tens of thousands of yuan coffee machine:

A few hundred yuan coffee machine usually uses a single heating fast module to extract coffee and milk at the same time.

And powder bowls with small diameter cannot be used for commercial parts on the market ex: VST

On the other hand, cheap coffee machines usually use small heating blocks, and small heating blocks represent less water that can be heated.

It means that the water temperature is unstable, and the consequence is that the result of coffee extraction is unstable, and this time it tastes sour.

If you suffer again next time, do you want to grind it this way?

More importantly, a few hundred yuan coffee machine usually doesn't have a pressure relief valve, when you accidentally grind it too fine to make coffee.

This is awkward.

Thank you for reading.