SageThe Barista Touch - Bean to Cup Coffee Machine with Grinder, Milk Frother and With Cold Brew Fuction, Latte, Cappucino, Espresso Maker, 5 Presets, 2L, 1680 W, With Cleaning Kit, Black Truffle

I’ve been after this machine for over two years now and yesterday took delivery. I held off just because of price. While I absolutely love coffee, I think we can all agree that £1000 on a machine is a lot of money to spend. Fortunately I managed to get this for £799 in a sale and honestly, it’s worth every penny. If you want coffee shop quality coffee at home then look no further.A beautiful machine and stands out in any kitchen. Easy to use with a great user interface to take you through step by step and of course, superb tasting fresh coffee.

Nice middle ground between bean to cup machine and fully manual.

It’s very useful and has user friendly menu. Bought this after returning Philips beans to cup machine which serving nearly cld coffee. This machine serves coffee and milk hot enough.

Quality machine, no not the cheapest, but everything smacks of quality. Bought to replace an Eletta Cappuccino which was a bit too automated for me. Use a decent bean - I would google roasters - don’t buy pre packed, and you have cafe quality coffee. Brilliant.

So easy to make great barista coffees. Easy to use and clean. Warms and froths milk with ease.

UPDATED after longer use. Very good machine. Star lost as imho overpriced. Great, simple menu system. Fast, intuitive set-up. After couple of practices, very quick to make a perfect coffee, even if done 'manually'. Very easy milk heating and clean up. Lots to explore once used to the basics, and worth tweaking the settings. Minor wrankles for completeness: first one poorly packed and dead on arrival - Amazon did brilliantly in sorting it though. Water top up fiddly. Standard coffee grind amount wasteful but easy to adjust. If portafilter fitting in the mount seems too stiff, you're probably overdoing the dose. Works equally well with beans and pre ground but changing the baskets hard on the fingers. If you're in a hard water area think carefully about the ongoing cost of filters and descalers and, I imagine, it will be a short product life.

Had the machine a few weeks now and the whole family love it. Brings the 'Costa' experience to home and the machine is designed to be as 'idiot' proof as possible. That said, a bit of trial and error is required to get the grind adjusted and the whole tamping, brewing, and frothing thing takes a few goes to get right. I have a new found respect for professional baristas!This machine is expensive but no regrets on spending the cash so far.

This is the third Sage coffee machine I have purchased. All three of them broke within 2 years and it's a nightmare trying to get them fixed replaced. I purchased my last machine on 5.4.22 for £898.96. on 29.3.24 it broke. The problem is no water will feed through the system therefore no coffee. I called SAGE and even though its within the 2 year warranty they will need to get the company who repairs their machines to either send out an engineer and/or I have to return it to them to be fixed. I am still waiting for contact. However, neither option helps because I am without a coffee machine until I either get it fixed or if it's not repairable hopefully I will get a new machine. I only use the machine twice a day and added to this I work away so in reality I have only used this machine twice a day for probably 18 months. My advice would be if you plan to purchase this machine purchase it from a high street retailer so at least you can return it and try to get it replaced rather than having to mess around like I am doing. Very disappointed considering how much I paid.However, when it does work the coffee is good albeit the cleaning can be a nightmare.