This is a great machine! Small footprint and made good espresso right out of the box and great espresso once I dialed in my preferred beans. I use a Baratza Encore espresso ESP set to mid-range in the espresso section for this machine. I have also experimented with an ese pod filter and again the machine performs well and produces a good cup from illy brand ese pods. The foam wand is pretty generic and it took a few tries to get it figured out, but I now get excellent foam and steamed milk. I am experimenting with an open portafilter and precision basket and these also work very well with the 3700 Gense.
I’ve had it for a few weeks now. I’m just learning but so far it’s been great, once I got a real tamper and a metal frothing vessel I’ve been making lattes better than I can get at the shops for pennies of what I’d pay. Thank you so much for this product. I imagine it’s a great starter machine, but, being a beginner myself I don’t think I can really make that call.
That being said it’s a fair price I feel too, doesn’t feel cheap or flimsy to me. I’ve already recommended it to one of my friends. Thanks for this product!
Great experience. We put the casabrews 3700gense to the test making over 15 cups of espresso for our espresso martini night. Didn’t fail us one bit. Love this machine and soo happy I upgraded. Thank you!
only been 2 weeks so cant talk much aboutt reliablity, there were some learning curves since this is my first machine and had trouble getting the grind size down but all in so far its been an amazi ng product, takes up very little space, easy to use for the most part
I bought this espresso machine because I wanted a more powerful machine but don't have the room for those big clunkers. This was the only small one with 20 bars, plus at a great price. It has a few more steps than my old machine, but after using it a few times, it was fine. It makes a superb cup of coffee and the yellow model looks great in my kitchen!