Ninja - Luxe Café Premier Series 3-in-1 Espresso, Coffee, and Cold Brew Machine with Grinder and Scale, and Hands-Free Frother - Stainless Steel

I'm not what you would call a coffee snob, but I do know a good cup of coffee when I have one. I've been looking at buying a semi automatic espresso machine for a long while now. At the time, I was looking at Delonghi's La Specialista and the Breville equivalent. However, I stumbled across this and realized that this does the same thing (if not, more) for much cheaper price tag. My in laws actually have a Delonghi La Specialista and I find the performance of this machine to be the same as what I use at their house as far as the espresso pull is concerned. The taste of course will come down to what beans and water you use, however, I have had excellent taste and crema in each espresso pull with my beans. Additionally, I absolutely LOVE the ice coffee feature. Not to mention that the cold foam comes out perfect (see my wife's handiwork in the pic). I really think the active mixing of the cream with the steam wand adds to the ability of the machine to make quality foam. All in all, I think this machine takes a lot of guess work out of "dialing in" your coffee beans to get the right flavor. I absolutely love how everything is stored on the machine. There's no clutter in a cabinet or next to the machine. I can tell a great deal of thought went into how this was engineered. I couldn't be happier and I'm glad Ninja could offer it at almost half the cost of its competitors. :)

A good starter espresso machine that offers a variety of functions. It's easy to use and clean, but it does consume a lot of water. The funnel is plastic, so it could break easily if dropped. Overall, it makes decent-quality espresso.

it truly caters to every coffee lover's cravings!" it's like having my favorite coffee shop right at home!" it’s all about finding the perfect fit for my taste! The sturdy design of the Coffee Ninja Lux feels like it will last for years—that's something I really appreciate!"

Was tired of finding large coffee companies and being disappointed each time of the coffee. Decided to upgrade our ninja that makes nespresso and to buy this machine. Wife had 0 experience in ever making an espresso and has made more drinks on this than I’ve made. Machine does it all for you and is fun to use. Only giving 4 stars for the water retention tray being annoying to remove and clean due to how many parts and for not having the machine long enough to test durability. So far 25-30 drinks in however the machine has done great. Make sure to follow set up guidelines including water hardness test.

Quality machine that makes Starbucks quality drinks. The saying you get what you pay for is so true. I would highly recommend this machine for your home.

After a lot of research and looking at other machines, I am so glad I found this one!! I’ve always loved Ninja products and when I saw this machines I knew it would be good if they made it. I was right! Once you read the initial startup instructions and get going, it’s so easy to use, so intuitive, so smart. Coffee tastes amazing and it does soooo much more than most machines and at a fraction of the price! Love love love it.

Amazing! Takes all the guess work out, so easy and so many varieties. I've tried others, I worked at coffee shops before with professional machines, and this one is head and shoulders the best. Setup is easy, and it doesn't take up as much counter space as I feared. I do wish the plastic funnel was a bit more durable though.

We returned the philips fully automatic 4400 because it made mediocre drinks. We bought this not really knowing how well it would be it was $500 but a ninja we were skeptical. We were blown away it makes quality espresso, iced coffees, cold brew, excellent foams, its well worth the money.

Ninja luxe so far is not disappointed the easy of use beats the brevilles so easily and still doing a great quality espresso