Kmart Anko Compact Espresso

Compact and makes a great coffee with a crema on top, as usual the coffee isn’t hot enough and you have to nuke it for about 20 seconds. Nice large water tank only needs filling each morning. Easy to use and not complicated at all, the only downside is the milk wand, it does not work to froth the milk even though it makes a really loud noise, it… Read more ·  1

just doesn’t froth, that’s a disappointment.

Putting the coffee in the holder is tricky trying not to spill it on the edges but if you take your time it works out, it’s really tight twisting the coffee into place in the machine and because the machine is very light it will move on the bench even though it has sticky feet, you need to hold the machine down so it won’t move but then the warming plate on the top gets hot and that’s where you really need to hold the machine down, but just get a pot holder or only turn it on to warm up once the coffee is in place, it doesn’t take long to get ready to use, just a couple of blinks from the blue light and your ready to press start.

Being espresso it only gives you a short coffee but all you need to do is push the button again and it will fill until you want to press stop.

Otherwise for $79 it’s a good little machine that makes great coffee