xBloom Studio – The Ultimate Coffee Machine – Drip Coffee Maker with Integrated Grinder, Scale, and 3 Levels of Automation, Moonlight White

This is an amazing machine, and in my opinion, represents a revolution in coffee making. For just under $600 you get a programmable largely automatic machine that has a multi-speed grinder, a scale, a sophisticated water heater and dispenser, and multiple basket/filter holders. You can go the xBloom coffee bean xpod route, or just as easily use your own beans (likely fresher, better, and less expensive). Thousands of recipes for your beans and style of pour over are available through xBloom, the xBloom Studio discourse community (reddit, etc.) and Chatgpt (e.g., xBloom Master app). Or you can easily make your own recipe for whatever beans you have and and type of pour over you want to make using, for example, the xBloom Master app (accessible through Chatgpt). I sincerely doubt most pour over baristas, home or commercial, can reliably and repeatedly equal the results provided by this machine. True, it only makes one cup of coffee at a time (which is also true if you are making a pour over cup using conventional methods). With the xBloom Studio just choose your beans of the day, get the Omni-filter basket ready with a filter, pick your recipe on the xBloom app, start the brewing process on the app, dump your beans in the grinder port, and come back in 3 or 4 minutes for your perfectly made cup of coffee. The coffee this machine makes is remarkable, and it takes just about all the hassle out of the pour over process. It provides far superior coffee to a conventional filter coffee machine (and I hear in comparison to a Fellow Aiden as well), and in most cases a better cup of coffee than a pour over you make yourself. I've only had my machine for two weeks, and so I can't speak to medium or long term reliability. I'm hoping the machine will hold up since it is complicated. No problems yet though except for once the app had trouble executing (solved by unplugging the machine and powering back up). Reports regarding a difficult to use app or overly-complicated machine are IMHO biggly exaggerated. What the machine does is complicated. You'll need to spend a little time figuring out how to use it, how to add and edit app recipes, etc. Just not a big deal for people who pay attention. This is not a plug-and-play machine -- until you become familiar with it and learn how to use it. Then a whole new world of pour over excellence will be yours -- every morning in 3-5 minutes while you brush your teeth. My espresso machine has not been used since the xBloom arrived. It's a genuine game changer. Kudos to the developers of this machine. xBloom paper filters for the Omni-filter fit much better than Kalita 155 paper filters, and are well worth the extra marginal cost.

I am primarily a black coffee drinker, and so I’ve usually stuck with either a French press or batch brewer. However, I was always looking for something with an integrated grinder and something that can make one cup at a time so I’m not wasting so much coffee each time. This machine answered all my prayers! The price is great for you get, and the simplicity of it is fantastic. You have the option of using pre dosed pods (which are a thousand times nicer than Kcups or other pre ground pods) or your own beans. Both options are super convenient and simple, and produce great coffee.I’m hoping that the company will soon partner with bigger speciality roasters such as Stumptown or Counter Culture (they may have in the past and I just don’t know about it) to produce delicious recipes for their more standard blends/offerings. I love a good niche bean, but also love my standard go to. Would definitely buy again!

I do not write reviews. This machine is for a person who is on a life long journey to learn and enjoy coffee. It has blown me away with every thing it does and you can do with it. The xBlooms Pods make a wonderful brew on their own. If there is a tech coffee geek inside you this will allow it full freedom. Take any beans that you enjoy and put them in machine and start with the 4 pour template that comes with the app. It was stunning how just starting with adjusting the grind size how great the coffee was. Hopefully the machine last. If you want a grab and go get a Breville for a full pot in the morning. This machine will up your coffee game one cup at a time. A great value if you price out that a grinder alone would cost $200 alone. Watching the machine work alone is awesome entertainment.

The perfect little pour over machine for home or a small cafe. We use it in automode and with the app for both coffee and tea and it fits seamlessly into our workflow. Incredible consistency with less effort, so we can focus more on repeatable quality. Easy to use and easy clean. We have the white model and it just wipes clean. The grinder runs pretty quiet, comparable to the Fellow Ode Gen 2.In the cafe we have it hooked up to a 5-gallon jug so we rarely have to worry about water.Great tasting coffee every time.

Grinding stopped functioning on day 2. I loved it when it was working. Great idea executed carelessly.Found a Fix:Ok, this is a great machine when it is working, but the hole where the beans enter the grinder is too small, so when you are using a dark roast beans, it can get stuck and no beans enter the grinding compartment.The fix is that remove the scale cover, remove the water reservoir, then flip it upside down and spank it like crazy. You have to angle it right so all the beans previous entered in to the grinder also comes out.After you removed all the beans, try again and it will work.I am performing this once at least every two days. My wife is upset about it but I can't give up because it brews great coffee.So, my recommendation is skip on this version and get the next version if they fix the grinder issue.It will be also very nice if I can have more than 3 pre-programmed brewing assigned to the dial. Right now, it only supports A, B, C, but I think they can easily make the change to do D, E, F by dialing the knob.

This machine has exceeded my expectations. Makes great coffee and easy to use. The team even hosts a once a month AMA to help answer any questions about the xbloom. 10/10 purchase