Just got my new machine today and it's brilliant ,can't understand all the negative reviews,but there are more positive than negatives on machine ,you must read the instruction manual first and thoroughly. it makes great cappuccinos, it's well made and looks great on my kitchen bench. I give it 5/5 , Bought mine from appliances online for $169.00. I recommend this barista EM5000.

Easy to use and clean, can adjust the froth to your liking, and looks good on the bench. Coffees taste just as good as my fave local cafe- great buy!

Easy to use and requires minimal time to heat up etc. cleaning is much easier than other machines. Produces better coffee than my pod machine however is just as convenient! Big fan.

Makes great coffee, easy to use, and takes up minimal room. I like that you can use your favourite coffee beans, I much prefer this over using a capsule machine.

These coffee machines keep evolving.... Im glad we went away from those seizy valve operation mode handle types.
So I like the push buttons

The milk frother is nothing new, these venturi inducer types have been around since the early 1990's , orginally as attachment to a steam arm on an commercial espresso machine.

Commercial machines use a tach generator that accurately measures dosages by a turbine magnet in the group head
Others are just time on and off in domestic types.

So if your making a coffee , best to just go manual and do the 3 second thing with the selector buttons.
The auto milk frother has a tendancy to overfill a cup... and this is where the ambiguity kicks in....

Great machine, very easy to use, purchased as second machine for occasional use. Was surprised how well the automatic milk frother worked, in my view better than other $1,000 plus machines. Only thing I would suggest is you need at least 250ml cups as you can't dial the milk back enough for smaller ones. Overall, looks good, makes good coffee, easy to clean and great price. Highly recommended.

Fine if you like weak coffee and extremely bubbly milk instead of froth. The Cafe Barista produces coffee that isn’t even as good as a capsule machine. It really could do with a an extra, larger filter basket for making stronger coffee, and the milk frother is hopeless due to the lack of control - the minimum and maximum froth settings produce the same results - far too much air in the milk. I was hoping to do away with my old separate milk frother but I’ve had to keep it because of the useless built-in frother on the Cafe Barista, so I’m stuck with having two pieces of equipment on the bench top, which really defeats the purpose of an all in one machine.

I recently purchased this machine. The milk does not work. It makes a clicking sound but no milk comes out. I have tried all settings and cleaned multiple times. Frustrating

This is an easy machine to use. nothing fancy but saves you running out and buying a coffee. Machine makes decent coffee. I do have one question/concern is the Puck is always runny which makes it a little more challenging for clean up.

This is the third home coffee machine we have purchased and this is hands down the best machine. Great coffee! The milk frothing system works well- one button push to clean. We keep the container with any remaining milk in fridge between uses. We clean the milk container after 3 uses- so easy.
Highly recommend!

I have had my sunbeam machine for about 2 weeks now and can see a visible difference in the amount of liquid in my cup, at first I had to buy a bigger mug as my mug was over flowing, I now have about 2cm drop age from the top of my original mug, I estimate a loss of about 49ml of milk. The machine also keeps spitting the milk container out and the milk stops, I have to physically stand there and hold the container in its slot now. Also have begun to notice the heat is not as hot as when I first bought it. I clean this machine at the end of each day of use. I bought this machine to avoid buying cafe coffee and have found myself going back to Mac Donald’s for their coffee because the sunbeam is not hitting the spot anymore.

Some of the negative reviews had me second guessing this product however now that I have used it I couldn't be happier. Picked it up on sale at $173 from Appliances Online. Assuming you follow the instructions and actually let the machine warm up, the coffee comes out at the perfect temperature. Milk frother is loud but that is to be expected. Coffee comes out tasting great assuming you actually buy high quality beans. Would recommend for those that love coffee but don't want to spend $500 + on a machine.

One of these was bought for our work office and I am surprised how high people have rated it.

The porta filter is average. Trying to clean it is a pain and makes me want to use instant coffee again. The milk container is great in theory, but you can't fit a proper size mug under it and if someone leave milk in it (and they will) it will make cleaning a pain.

Like many other reviews, my Barista stopped frothing milk (milk does not come out) after 6 months of use and the coffee is not hot after immediate dispensing. Way overpriced and I would not buy another Sunbeam product.

I've had several low-mid priced coffee machines and am used to working with their different strengths and weaknesses however after using this Sunbeam cafe Barista for a week, I'm ready to return it. The main beef is that the coffee is luke warm and it has to be microwaved to make it drinkable. I looked at various YouTube videos to see if I was doing something wrong but there wasn't anything awry so I called Sunbeams customer service which was hopeless...the line quality was dodgy and he asked me to go on hold while he checked......after numerous minutes on hold, his suggestion was to plug it in to a different PowerPoint!
I get better results from cheaper brands than this clunky Sunbeam unit. Very disappointing!

My old faithful sunbeam coffee machine finally gave up the ghost after eight years of sustained hard use. Replaced it with this a week ago. I'm a huge sunbeam fan ( hence the name Beamer) but disappointed with this. Far too much froth and bubble even on the lowest setting (there doesn't seem to be much variation between high high or low setting). Amount of milk varies on the same setting. Sometimes half fills glass. Sometimes overflows. Occasionally it gets it right. Of course I could be using it wrongly but wouldn't know about that. The instru...

purchased 2 months ago for $199 from Big W store.Generally only one cup a day of capppucinno but still very conscious of cleaning.During todays use random lights starting flashing then milk stopped frothing and ended up with half a cup.Reviews seem to be replied to when positive but i cant see any sunbeam reples to negative reviws.Very dissapointed with sunbeam

this is a update from my review from 2019 im still using the machine and it does make a very good cup but the issues are many water holder cracked as it is plastic(dont use boiling water)it will somehow come loose mid coffee making and stop pumping when i push it down it starts pumping again the milk frother top is not see threw so it has to be unscrewed and opened every week or so to clean and last thing is the DESCALING the manual says use vinegar which does not work (PROPER DESCALER into watertank then pumped out from milk frother)machine really becomes temperamental when it needs cleaned foul coffee and no milk frothing SO it is worth buying for a good cup of coffee but the other issues can be a hassle

I brought this coffee machine after reading reviews from other people and it is the best appliance I have ever brought. This is truly automatic, milk comes out hot and plently of froth. Simple to use and once I played around with the buttons makes me the perfect cappuccino. I am writing this review as I was grateful for the other people who also wrote reviews that helped me make this purchase. I also use it to make hot Milo and Hot Chocolate. Cleaning is also a breeze as it has a self cleaning button.

Wanted a coffee maker that is not too expensive but does a great job and this coffee maker did not disappoint. I also like that i dont have to hold the frother when making it which is so convenient. I have been recommending it to friends.