James: Our 17 grams yielded 74 grams of liquid. Me: Wow, that's pretty good. James: So of course we are not drinking that one! Me: OF COURSE WE ARE NOT! THAT'S DISGUSTING!
Nah, he just thought it would take that much coffee to arrive at drinkable. It turns out it didn't take that much coffee to determine drinkable is impossible...
I thought he was quite old person until watched the 2007 world championship competition, he was very young then like 20 something. i would say between 35- 50 ;-). i like his sense humour and whinging ....
He's not wrong. So many shitty, cheaply-made products contribute massively to climate change. What happens to these products after people buy them and then dispose of them after a year or so?
@@Mentocthemindtaker This is actually a very non political issue. Trash products damage the environment and waste resources. If 10% of these espresso machines are still working in 2022 I would be amazed. If manufacturers were required to stand by their warranty and offer local repairs or pay for shipping trash like this would be gone overnight. Who is going to pay $200 to ship their machine to china and back?
@@MDK-oq5vb like yeah, why do people still bother to grab espresso appliances that break after a year and produce drinks that are worse than a moka with frothed milk. Manufacturers should just make good machines with limited dispensable parts (gasket, burrs,...) rather than rush for a shitty product to flash-farm money.
@@lookieeight1006 there is a nuclear reactor or something of the sort somewhere in africa that was set up by the french and then left to be maintained and ran by the africans, I didn't watch the video about the bulgarian nuclear reactor but I'd guess the african one was ran even worse.
@@tktspeed1433 depends. Did the Africans use a fire hose and duct-tape for some cooling water lines? Because that's the level the bulgarian one was on. Certainly both were accidents waiting to happen that luckily never did
@None of your business and you would be right IF that was the case and there were 0 options out there. However he reviews much cheaper machines that do a FAR better job of it for close to half the price no less. As for your what I'm going to perceive as not climate change denial but something close to, I will say this. It should not be up to the citizens to make those leaps first. Electric cars so early is dumb, cold-turkeying our selves off petrolium is dumb. You know what makes sense? doing the easy stuff first and stop trying to magic bullet the issue with tech. Have all poluting industry do carbon cap on site to a high percentage, make transit highly viable with 20's tech called a bus FFS. We the people should be pressuring the CEO's and stakeholders of industry to clamp down first. So you can scoff all you want at my point but the fact is they're right, the problem as always is the greedy few.
Thats what I'm thinking lately, lot's of cheap crap produced which just doesn't work correctly. I mean come on, just make some quality items that's more expensive, but will last you for decades. But i guessing that's just not how money making works and that is sad.
This is the most calm Rage Against the Espresso Machine I have ever experienced. “I hate everything about this machine. It’s terrible.” …but delivered with the calmness of an NPR classical music hour host. Bravo!
This is by far the angriest I've ever seen James. I want more. Do the Mr. Coffee Steam Espresso maker next. It's a $50 (USD) machine that only has one knob on the side for a control (so at least it won't get into a positive feedback loop...I hope?). It's so cheap I will personally send you one with absolutely no strings attached if you don't want to spend your money
I was thinking the same thing. This seems like a more expensive version of the $50 Mr Coffee. I actually owned one... it wasn't bad but for some reason I cant get it clean anymore... when i run water i keep getting sand in the pot.
In fairness to some of the exterior design frustrations (grinder "pincers" and portafilter locking clearance), most users won't be operating it from behind with their left hand.
_,,Even now, my deadly Robo-Scorpions swarm across Big MT with their _*_pincers_*_ and pointy laser tails. Soon, all Science will be MIIIIIIiiIIiiiIIiiIINEEE!"_ (Dr. Mobius, Fallout: New Vegas)
@@Nubianbeautyandlove I really think you should evaluate James' credentials before you go all keyboard warrior on his tamping technique. This isn't his first rodeo "former barista".
“This is a stupid coffee machine. I hate this coffee machine. It is a stupid coffee machine” I can’t help but hear Jeremy Clarkson complaining about a car
@@octpod3923 I am ashamed I like cheap Nescafe growing up on it. I'm so sorry :'( I do like certain beans though, but they're just a hassle to make and clean for the amount of cups I drink a day, even not espresso just a regular cup of coffee.
@@ckm-mkc me too and paper filters, good tasting coffee if you buy decent beans and grind or a decent pre ground, none of the faff or expense and I think I am not enough of a coffee snob to notice the difference of a £1000 machine and all the faff.
Im a little surprised at how many dislikes this video has. There are plenty of ways to make coffee cheaply that don’t suck that James is very supportive of. It’s not a snobbery thing, it’s a ready-made e-waste garbage machine thing.
@@miinziiiiiii In his video about the 17 GBP coffee brewer from Aldi he hinted at this video again and the like to dislike count was about 33k to 10k back then. So pretty controversial in comparison to most of his other videos. 😅
Last time I checked before UA-cam goes ape mode, it was around 120k. This video really blowed up the algorithme, and many, many people mistaken James Hoffman as a snob aristocrate. Which obviously he is not but I agree to some extent that "he look like it" if this is the only video one have seen about James
@@vinceiopez3657 If the coffee is bitter it is because they let the expresso shot oxidise before adding it to the hot water/milk. Your supposed to prepare the water/milk while the shot is brewing and immediately add it to the liquid, basically they made it poorly.
The thing that I like about james is that he roasts this machine but tells you that you can get better coffee from a cheap mocha pot, instead of telling you to buy a more expensive machine 😂
Yeah I don’t have espresso machine money sitting around or really more the issue is apartment with enough space for an espresso machine money, but I love my moka pot. Totally scratches the itch for delicious coffee stronger than drip.
@@bookoffholicbookwart5945 First of all, what techno156 said: 100% "no one hates something more than a fan." - in my special interest topics i nitpick about everything to the point where you can seriously ask if i'm even likeing it and, in addition to this, in regards of espressos i absolutly hate every espresso i made to the point were i dont even enjoy makeing it any more. Worked as an barista (for a bigger commercial coffee franchise) and it drove me nuts when the espresso wasnt like i want it. James like a lot of stuff he drink in the videos probably aroung 30% :D thats high for a nitpicking critic (and i dont mean this as an insult, as a product critic you should nitpick about everything for the sake of you consumer if something dont bother you you can ignore it, but if this little detail make this product unbearable for you it good that he mentioned it.)
Let's be honest with ourselves, this was never going to go well. At 30 seconds in we had : "A place that's really cheap, but people tend to be like oh but the wine is really good". What came after this was a march towards the inevitable, with some brief sprigs of hope, that were then dashed.
i like how when it cools itself and releases the steam from the tray it will fill the grinder with steam and make it nice and damp. Just what you want in your grinder. that wont cause issues at all.
So this nice English chap got a terrible disappointment with an Aldi machine. And he is right to warn the people with an English taste in his review. If you have to go on a cheap but good espresso: Put some money extra with you and go for a refurbished tiny Quickmill 820, a metal 58mm tamper and an apart grinder. Or make your coffee the French way like he suggested. Let's make this review go viral.
He was once the official world champion Barista. So like, officially, he was the best person in the world at making coffee. 2007 I think. So yeah he’s pretty into it
Tho... found one to buy the machine? (or, idk... could have been stock footage from elsewhere I suppose & just something sent to him free by Aldi?) Either way.. :) Stay safe & be well.
@@thecaffineman yeah, ALDI's business model doesn't really work in zones 1/2 since it's impossible to find large buildings with low rent there. Lidl are doing some smaller shops nearer to central london so maybe Aldi will copy them on that.
Actually, posh people do shop at Aldi/Lidl. They get the basics there and the special stuff at Waitrose. Only the basic middle class buy everything in Waitrose *trying* to be what they think is posh. Posh people are better with money basically.
If I'm ever having a stressfull day, I'll just stop by to watch one of James vids with his amazingly calming voice. Top of the list of the people I'd love to sit down and have a drink with.
Well, you have to take into consideration the ratio of thread count to residue. I usually count 2.3 to 2.4 grams of paper fibre per ml of excrement, depending of course on the consistency of the waste product.
@@Apanblod Jesus Christ 2.4 g of toilet paper that is why we have climate change you’re wasting way too much toilet paper just use your finger or take a shower lol
@@jerryhernandez2852 I realise it may sound excessive at first, but I compensate my carbon footprint by using bio-degradable, non-bleached paper from fair trade grown bamboo in north-eastern Nepal. I also freeze dry and process my disgusting waste into fertiliser using natural, locally produced, non-chemical ingredients and donate the fertiliser to eco-friendly compost depositories for fossil fuel free farms which in turn use it to plant organic, non-GMO vegetables free from pesticide. That and I drink my own piss.
It's a bit more of a things like this, not just this machine in particular, are wastes of resources. They use more than they need and don't do their tasks well. That's common with some of those single use products. An avocado slice/scoop appliance can't compete with a spoon and knife, so why do they exist?
11:29 "This is offensive to me, as a coffee machine." I'm glad to see that you identify as a coffee machine and that you're OK with us knowing that. You be you.
I don't really care for coffee over and above how quickly I can make it, but this is fascinating. The fact I'm unable to turn off a video about something I don't really care too much for other than convenience factor and know very little about is testament to your presenting ability. 10/10, subscribed.
I feel that a series like that if done poorly could easily get too pretentious and snobbish. I rather see a series about baristas try make make coffee in conditions that aren't ideal with cheap equipment. They could experiment on how to make the best tasting coffee while camping or something like that.
I love this dude. Like I don't give a fuck about my coffee, put my capsule into my machine and make some but the way he gets passive aggressive about coffee is just comedy gold
TBF Aldi does come up with some great stuff, I'm guessing it's just hit or miss based on who sells the Aldi execs on their product for rebrand. I had an Aldi pressure cooker I used for several years & in some ways it was better than the insta pot I now use. It had really nice controls for specific timing at pressure & the release valve was such that you could do in-between releases rather than just slow & fast (so it doesn't spit angry steam all over).
Yes. And also to be fair, 'good' coffee is a subjective term. What's rubbish to James Hoffmann may taste delicious to me. His is not the definitive opinion!
Not once did he say that he's against Aldi or has a problem wih them, just this particular product, why are you defending something that was never attacked? You preferred and liked your pressure cooker, he doesn't like this machine so this comparison is just bizarre XD
Aldi is great but they are very hit and miss imo. I've tried several of their coffee products and haven't found a good one yet. Just stick to the regular groceries.
I had a similar experience with another coffee machine. Pretty much exactly the same result as this. Turned out that the machine was very fussy when it came to the level of the tamping. If it was slightly uneven then it would produce a poor espresso but now that I pay attention to the level and try to get it as even as possible it produces much better espresso. The dead giveaway of an uneven tamp is when you see your espresso pour come out one side before the other and that's exactly what happens in this video.
@@luvpamelanewton the tamps fault and maybe his ignorance to the fault of the machine. A tamp should ideally be even, but it's a cheap machine so you get cheap accessories.
@@luvpamelanewtonHe is one of the world's foremost experts on coffee and espresso. I doubt his tamp was uneven. The man has released videos about just tamping espresso grounds.
"I'm not going to link to the machine, because I think that encourages the wrong sort of thing" That is... a very polite & poetic way of cancelling things
A thought, and this is a totally subjective thing. This machine probably aims to produce an Italian normale shot, 7 grams of coffee to 21ml of water over 20 or so seconds. From this machines "point of view," you were trying to pull a triple ristretto, and it just couldn't take it. Would love to see how it goes with less coffee in the basket.
Agreed, this machine is being sold to the average Joe that just wants espresso at home. You are not going to get $1000 quality from a machine sold at ALDI.
Part of the problem with poor equipment is hat they simply give up and carry on going (in this case) to their mermaid based coffee shop down the road. Good example/analogy of this would be something like a bike from a supermarket. Dave the factory worker (other factory workers are available) sees a bike shaped object next to the potatoes and decides to have a go at commuting to work on it. Problem is that it’s poor build quality, a bit heavy and breaks quite often so he just goes back to his car. If he’s been to an actual bike shop and spent a bit more, had it set up properly he’d have more likely continued to use it even if it cost an extra few quid.
regular JH viewers/coffee nerds: * nod in agreement * people who found this video randomly: "ugh what a snob, how dare he accurately review a cheap machine"
@@Zooropa_Station - It's also funny how easily they betray their ignorance. Seen people comment on him not drinking that 74 gram ""espresso"" saying; _'Look at that snob, throwing away and wasting coffee. No normal person would be able to tell the difference.'_ It's like: Say you don't have the slightest clue about espresso, without saying it. Or maybe they just like sucking on pennies?
The use of the cake's resistance to regulate pressure probably would make users think their ability to tamp, the grind size they chose or anything at their end is the problem, not the machine's. It makes for a frustrating experience.
Yes, this is why I’m just as mad as James. I have been in the position to have a cheap espresso machine and I wasted hours of my life thinking I was too dumb to make a good drink. I feel for the people scammed by this grocery store chain and blaming themselves while the CEO laughs all the way to the bank.
Not sure I understand. How else would you regulate the brewing pressure if not by choosing the correct grind level? Coarser grind, faster flow, lower pressure. And vice versa. Can you please elaborate?
James I'd love to see your take on a "budget" setup for making espresso, like a good cheap grinder and machine that I don't need to spend several weeks' pay on combined. I've mostly kept to manual grinders and pourover/infusion coffee because of budget restrictions so far and I'd love your opinion on this.
Seraph He’s said in several videos that he’s just not a fan of home espresso because you need expensive machines and lot of time and resources (e.g., cleaning, dialing in) to get proper results. Thus, he would rather go and pay a few dollars to get espresso at a coffee shop and have someone else deal with all that. In any case, it would be interesting to see what’s his recommendation for a budget setup.
Antonio Riojas are manual espresso machines like the flaire any good? I’ve been interested in those for a while as I’ve not really got a nice cafe nearby and making your own espresso leads to some pretty big savings in the long run
Fucking brilliant how they built in a grinder than can grind coffee magnitudes finer than the machine can handle for brewing. It's like they put a bugatti gearbox in a toyota aygo; if you go above 3rd gear your car actually starts slowing down 😂
It’s funny when non specialty coffee drinkers find James’ videos and just automatically think he’s this stuck up dude when in reality he’s one of the genuinely great guys in the industry
Yeah, while I like to think I can tell a good coffee from a bad one, I'm definitely no coffee snob, but it really isn't hard to tell that this dude knows and cares about coffee. If you came to this video not knowing what to expect, and came out of it thinking he's an uptight snob, then, well, that's just pretty silly, imo.
@@KingdomOfApple yup, the only people who think he’s a snob are the people that can’t logically think so they just quick group people into groups without thinking
In my experience most of Aldi's stuff is amazing quality for the price you pay... With the exception of anything and everything electronic. _Especially_ anything with a heating element.
Well, I have a microwave oven, a toaster, and a boiler that I bought at Aldi in 2007. They were dirt cheap and I was a young student. I use them daily since then and *they still work perfectly*.
My nespresso compatible machine was under £50 and works great. Got it nearly three years ago and it’s still under guarantee. Aldi electrical usually come with a three year warranty which beats a lot of more expensive brands. I would never pay hundreds of pounds for any coffee machine as I only drink one cup a day.
@@pablorackham maybe it's a quality assurance issue, then, or maybe they started selling lower quality appliances over time. Because I bought a toaster a few years back, when I was also a dirt poor student -- and that thing nearly burned down my dorm.
@@one_smol_duck many electronic products Aldi sells (including this coffee machine) aren't really made by Aldi but are just some cheap Chinese stuff, companies stick their branding on. So you will find this coffee machine for example under many different labels. Quality isn't really consistent with those cheap store brands. However I have some electronics from Aldi that works fine
Thank-you ... for probably the most brutally honest review I've ever seen for an espresso machine. I know all of your reviews are honest, but the words you chose to describe this "monstrosity" were sublime. These words needed to be said. Please continue to review, and tell us exactly the emotions these devices conjur in your head.
@@N4chtigall bro i think your right... but only from one point of view... some of them ar snobs but i fuc*ing hate to pay for a shit coffe...u know what i mean? Coffe its not cheap so let it be good and pro at least
Am I the only guy who suspects the dislikes came from Aldi social media team? James gave his usual honest + professional review and the comments here siding James.
"This is why we have climate change issues" haha such a good point! Just try not to think how many were shipped all over the world from their manufacture in China!
you mean like our phones, PCs, TVs and Laptops (and lots more ofc) ? If you take this Coffeemachine as a symbol for our idiotic and wastefull economic system James was 100% correct
@@Sporting1210 our phones and PC's need resources but they usually work as intended and make our lives better. this video was brought to you by phones and PCs. this coffee macheine otoh is just a complete waste in every way.
It might be reasonable to suggest that the Aldi's target audience with this espresso machine would be satisfied with the first shot you produced in this video.
@@JonasBecker .. which doesn't come with a grinder though. So to be entirely fair, you'd need to compare the bambino using pre-ground coffee/a pressurized filter against the Aldi machine potentially using freshly (albeit maybe badly) ground coffee. And last but not least, the bambino currently retails for around 399 GBP in the UK, so 100 bucks more
@@BogeyVision well regular coffee from a pot tastes much better then a shitty espresso shot... id be mad if i paid 300$ for a machine thats makes worse coffee than a 15$ coffee maker.
I disagree. If somebody doesn't really know or care they'd probably get an inexpensive drip coffee machine. If somebody was putting 300+ down on an espresso machine they probably care at least enough to not want it to taste awful
So surprised about the like to dislike ratio. When James Hoffmann talks down on something, it really means it's something you should never use your own dime on it.
You're surprised? Really? This pompous ass that's too stupid to figure out how to use the machine properly, whilst basking the superiority of a culture that cant be bothered to engineer their way out of a pickle jar.
First thing I said to my wife watching this “God I hope he drinks one of these shots” and there it was. How We love you James. Slow zoom on the facial expression killed me.
Yeah have to ask who weighs out the coffee and get it exactly to the gram no one not even Baristas and this is a stupid video and a waste of Time only watch three mins
This is EXACTLY the same issue I had with my Breville Barista Express several years ago. It's actually nice to have the issue explained. Now I'm thinking about getting back into home espresso, but this time I'm looking at a $3000 Rocket machine.
This felt surprisingly close to the same reaction my father had when i offered him for christmas a Lidl Parkside battery chainsaw when he always used religiously his 50cc Husqvarna
@@MsWagons I bought a DeWalt 18v chainsaw a couple of years ago and it's replaced my old Stihl in my recovery truck. Obviously I'm not a professional lumberjack the amount of times I need to use a chainsaw in a year I can count on one hand since I only need it when someone has crashed a car in such a way I need to cut branches or whole trees to get it out.
@@MsWagons For now. One more generational leap in battery tech and all these small-engine internal combustion appliances are dead. Even now, I couldn't go back to a 4-stroke lawnmower, it's just so much more convenient to press-and-go on the electric. And two-stroke? Fuggedabowdid!
@Tom R that's BS, imagine that somehow, with magic wand you would disappear all bad coffee machines, all the $50 Amazon exclusive jokes, imagine how much resources would be saved eliminating need for designing, building, transporting and fairly fast recycling of those devices.
@Tom R His point is that the coffee machine offers nothing, despite taking up resources. Of course everything we use requires resources, but if we get something out of it then it's still of value. If you get nothing out of it (as he is suggesting about the coffee machine), then it becomes a true waste of resources.
God damn Aldi fans absolutely malding in these comments because James brought up some objectively bad sides to the machine that make it a horrible purchase. What is the point of an espresso machine that *literally cant* brew at espresso grind sizes? You have to grind so much coarser just to get it to function that it tastes awful. Like he said, you can get better coffee out of a cheap Mocha Pot, and the entire production of this machine is basically just a giant pile of waste because of that. Here's a suggestion to the people mad that James *dared* to insult your precious Aldi: dont tie your self-worth to the public perception of a company.
As someone who deal with cheap coffee machines on occasion and a technician for industrial machinery... Did you try making a shot the way a person who shops at Aldi and buys the machine would do it? just grinding until its to the max fill line and pulling a shot without measuring? (aka follow the "instructions") I would like a quick follow up video to see is those results differ at all. I think you are too good at making coffee and you cast unrealistic expectations on that little machine! Remember design intent, you are not the intended buyer. So pretend you are and see what happens??? Btw I just started watching your channel and I think its great, I had a theory about regrinding coffee as noted in another video of yours so I tried feeding beans in very slowly and WOW what a difference. Cheers!
I also wonder if the problem of overpressuring cannot be mitigated by not compressing the ground coffee as much with the tamper - the coffee will not create as much resistance and therefore the pressure wouldn't go as high. It is the same principle - they possibly did not expect the user to compress it as much.
A lot of people are missing the point here - this isn't snobbery, the machine literally doesn't work to make espresso and will end up in the bin. When he says get a Mokka pot... I paid: £120 for a Wilfa grinder £40 for a Bialetti induction £40 for a (nice) Lavazza milk foamer = £200 You can get a MUCH better setup for making a little mokka-pot latte and still have money left over to buy some Hario scales and a V60 so you can have lovely pourover too. Or you could probably squeeze in a good hand grinder and a picopresso or a basic Flair for that money if you insist on espresso.
He's a true barista - he doesnt only roast beans, he roasts the whole mashine
mashine
@@goobiedoobi get his ass
He's a true something that begins with b, but I wasn't thinking barista! 🤣
"we at hoffmanns roast the whole machine.
thats 65% more coffee per coffee"
He also admits he never used it.
1:48
"START THE VIDEO I DONT CARE IF I NEVER USED IT!!"
James: Our 17 grams yielded 74 grams of liquid.
Me: Wow, that's pretty good.
James: So of course we are not drinking that one!
Me: OF COURSE WE ARE NOT! THAT'S DISGUSTING!
Krispy kream Türkiye'de bu dozajı Double shot için kullanıyor. 18/70 olması lazım fgghhhygkjj
@@TheDemethar 1/4 yapiyorlarsa yine iyiymis. :D
Lol my feelings every single video.
So true
I don't know anything about coffee, but he's so delightful to listen to, so I had exactly this reaction (unironically)
James: fills the bean hopper to the top
Everyone: that's optimistic
Matt H literally that was my very first, and EXACT thought 😂
Haha! (Though, there's always lots of B-roll to shoot...)
Always have a weight of beans on the burrs to get a consistent grind.. lol
Noticed that. PLEASE James don't give it to anyone who you like!
Nah, he just thought it would take that much coffee to arrive at drinkable. It turns out it didn't take that much coffee to determine drinkable is impossible...
As a store manager for Aldi, I apologise for this machine's existence.
why should you you're only a manager
He's horrible. Agree. Super negative.
@@luvpamelanewton I agree with him though, I hate this machine lol
@@luvpamelanewton lmao
@@Ban00dle Haha. Didn't care for his presentation. Aweful.
This man is somewhere between 20 and 70 years old
Grimble Snacks I am glad I am not the only one who had that feeling 😂😂😂😂
Not sure, I feel like he is more like both at the same time
Damn that's really accurate!
HA!
I thought he was quite old person until watched the 2007 world championship competition, he was very young then like 20 something. i would say between 35- 50 ;-). i like his sense humour and whinging ....
Aldi: Releases espresso machine
James: This is why we have climate change issues
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Hoffmann for president!
He's not wrong. So many shitty, cheaply-made products contribute massively to climate change. What happens to these products after people buy them and then dispose of them after a year or so?
@@Mentocthemindtaker This is actually a very non political issue. Trash products damage the environment and waste resources. If 10% of these espresso machines are still working in 2022 I would be amazed. If manufacturers were required to stand by their warranty and offer local repairs or pay for shipping trash like this would be gone overnight. Who is going to pay $200 to ship their machine to china and back?
@@MDK-oq5vb like yeah, why do people still bother to grab espresso appliances that break after a year and produce drinks that are worse than a moka with frothed milk. Manufacturers should just make good machines with limited dispensable parts (gasket, burrs,...) rather than rush for a shitty product to flash-farm money.
There are nuclear reactors being run more sloppily than this man’s morning coffee.
Coffee is serious business.
@@lookieeight1006 there is a nuclear reactor or something of the sort somewhere in africa that was set up by the french and then left to be maintained and ran by the africans, I didn't watch the video about the bulgarian nuclear reactor but I'd guess the african one was ran even worse.
@@tktspeed1433 depends. Did the Africans use a fire hose and duct-tape for some cooling water lines? Because that's the level the bulgarian one was on.
Certainly both were accidents waiting to happen that luckily never did
@@lookieeight1006 not sure, but if the warning lights turned on they just disconnected them
@@lookieeight1006 I mean did fuel rods went missing in the Bulgarian one ?
me watching this video, agreeing that it is a shitty coffee machine, as i drink my instant coffee.
I did the same with a Nescafe 'Gold' packet cappuccino 😉
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Made me laugh, thanks coffee fam!
I'll bet your cup of instant tastes better than this espresso judging by his facial expression when he tasted it XD
I think even James would agree that even instant coffee is better than coffee from this machine
I'd feel nervous boiling an egg for this dude
Hahahah well said😁
especially if he was standing behind you ha
Heck, I'd feel nervous boiling water for him😂
😂😂😂😂
Yes, get yourselves coffee from McDonalds ppl!
I need to see more videos of James using horrible coffee machines... this has to be a new thing. This changed my life
The horrible coffee drink series he did is worth a watch.
That face was kinda priceless.
I want to send him all the espresso machines that they have at Canadian Tire
I just want to know what he thinks
seeing James rant on this was the best part of my day lol
I need to see more videos of James drinking coffee out of horrible coffee machines... this has to be a new thing. This changed my life
I hate to see your misery but this truly brightened my day. Sorry, but also thank you.
James suffers for us. He's basically Coffee Jesus
I was giggling very happily at his missery. Brightened my day too. Thanks for suffering for us!
I hope not, or I have a rough weekend coming up...
@@jameshoffmann This reply made me laugh more than I should of.
@@jameshoffmann oh he went there
the man makes a very valid point about environmental issues caused by our species wasting resources on absolute garbage like this
I agree. At first I thought he was being hyperbolic, then he broke down _why_ , and then I got it. Then I got mad too.
Capitalism baby!
@None of your business That's why he said buy a Mocca pot instead
@None of your business and you would be right IF that was the case and there were 0 options out there. However he reviews much cheaper machines that do a FAR better job of it for close to half the price no less.
As for your what I'm going to perceive as not climate change denial but something close to, I will say this. It should not be up to the citizens to make those leaps first. Electric cars so early is dumb, cold-turkeying our selves off petrolium is dumb. You know what makes sense? doing the easy stuff first and stop trying to magic bullet the issue with tech. Have all poluting industry do carbon cap on site to a high percentage, make transit highly viable with 20's tech called a bus FFS. We the people should be pressuring the CEO's and stakeholders of industry to clamp down first. So you can scoff all you want at my point but the fact is they're right, the problem as always is the greedy few.
Thats what I'm thinking lately, lot's of cheap crap produced which just doesn't work correctly. I mean come on, just make some quality items that's more expensive, but will last you for decades. But i guessing that's just not how money making works and that is sad.
James before: Maybe it'll be okay
James after: This machine is literally destroying the planet
This is the most calm Rage Against the Espresso Machine I have ever experienced.
“I hate everything about this machine. It’s terrible.” …but delivered with the calmness of an NPR classical music hour host.
Bravo!
Lol 😂 you so nailed it!
Those that grind are justified
For brewing the beans
They're the chosen fines
@@breadyegg "F**K YOU I WON'T BREW WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!" sorry couldn't help it
Bro that made me lol 🤣🤣
This is by far the angriest I've ever seen James. I want more.
Do the Mr. Coffee Steam Espresso maker next. It's a $50 (USD) machine that only has one knob on the side for a control (so at least it won't get into a positive feedback loop...I hope?).
It's so cheap I will personally send you one with absolutely no strings attached if you don't want to spend your money
Wonderful that would be, master jedi.. 👽
I just looked it up, it only uses 3 bar of pressure. Can that even be called an espresso? (It's more like a Moka pot from what I undestand of it)
OMG it's a "4 cup" espresso machine that would be hilarious.
$50 MIGHT trigger import duties/fees.
I was thinking the same thing. This seems like a more expensive version of the $50 Mr Coffee. I actually owned one... it wasn't bad but for some reason I cant get it clean anymore... when i run water i keep getting sand in the pot.
The seething anger being filtered through a stiff British upper lip is actually a great visual metaphor for espresso
ah yes, james hoffmann at 9 bars of pressure
@@ginger88895 more like 15
In fairness to some of the exterior design frustrations (grinder "pincers" and portafilter locking clearance), most users won't be operating it from behind with their left hand.
Douglas Rogers Exactly what I was thinking. I love this channel, but I do think this was slightly unfair in some areas
_,,Even now, my deadly Robo-Scorpions swarm across Big MT with their _*_pincers_*_ and pointy laser tails. Soon, all Science will be MIIIIIIiiIIiiiIIiiIINEEE!"_
(Dr. Mobius, Fallout: New Vegas)
In addition, he was tapping the espresso hard. As a former barista I barely tapped the espresso grind. Ugh🤦🏽♀️
@@Nubianbeautyandlove I really think you should evaluate James' credentials before you go all keyboard warrior on his tamping technique. This isn't his first rodeo "former barista".
I think that is looking at one good thing in a big bad of bad things. The machine is bad - he demonstrated that quite well.
"Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you" - Democratically elected Emperor Palpatine
so much better for leaders to just take power and execute those who complain....
You mean Corona-time Viktor Orban?
I think you mean "Let the bad espresso flow through you."
@@fraichemilk Execute coarse setting 66 (!).
@@lincselo Oh yes. Good thing he's an insular nationalist or we'd have another Hitler on our hands.
James: "How bad could it be"?
ALDI: "Hold my esspresso".....
"Don't drink it. Just hold it."
Steve 😂😂😂
Well played ;-()
😂😂😂😂
Haha
“This is a stupid coffee machine. I hate this coffee machine. It is a stupid coffee machine”
I can’t help but hear Jeremy Clarkson complaining about a car
Roasts coffee beans by day, roasts coffee machines a little later in the afternoon. What a legend.
Hahahahaahah
@@t0niu 1 bb] b
Hes a full on roasting machine
Very posh roaster.
I read all this and weep what have humans become?
''I suspect a number of terrible things happened at once.''
James, you made me spill coffee. Everywhere. Damn you, James.
James: this coffee machine is dreadful
Me:*sips nescafe*
I'm so sorry.
@@octpod3923 I am ashamed I like cheap Nescafe growing up on it. I'm so sorry :'( I do like certain beans though, but they're just a hassle to make and clean for the amount of cups I drink a day, even not espresso just a regular cup of coffee.
You mindless peasants! Have Douwe Egberts or get out! (Yes I had to look at the jar to be able to spell it)
I have a percolator....
@@ckm-mkc me too and paper filters, good tasting coffee if you buy decent beans and grind or a decent pre ground, none of the faff or expense and I think I am not enough of a coffee snob to notice the difference of a £1000 machine and all the faff.
Im a little surprised at how many dislikes this video has. There are plenty of ways to make coffee cheaply that don’t suck that James is very supportive of. It’s not a snobbery thing, it’s a ready-made e-waste garbage machine thing.
The dislikes are hidden now, was there a higher dislike to like ratio or something?
@@miinziiiiiii No, Cade just inexplicably commented that the video had many dislikes because he felt like it.
@@miinziiiiiii In his video about the 17 GBP coffee brewer from Aldi he hinted at this video again and the like to dislike count was about 33k to 10k back then. So pretty controversial in comparison to most of his other videos. 😅
Last time I checked before UA-cam goes ape mode, it was around 120k. This video really blowed up the algorithme, and many, many people mistaken James Hoffman as a snob aristocrate. Which obviously he is not but I agree to some extent that "he look like it" if this is the only video one have seen about James
Because of this comment, UA-cam removed the ability to see dislikes. I hope you're happy.
Watching James roasting this coffee machine in straight 13 mins is oddly satisfying to me 🤣
Tùng Trịnh regulars roast coffee. James roasts Coffee machines.
Good thing he had first *and* second crack at the thing.
This coffee machine roast went past dark to burnt.
Aldi's coffee machine got roasted harder than Aldi's coffee
Roast Master!
*sips instant nescafe" ah yes, what an inferior machine
I honestly enjoy freeze dried coffee from the local grocery store more than some coffee place's coffee. Not a single touch of bitterness
@@vinceiopez3657 If the coffee is bitter it is because they let the expresso shot oxidise before adding it to the hot water/milk. Your supposed to prepare the water/milk while the shot is brewing and immediately add it to the liquid, basically they made it poorly.
Even *instant* nescafe is probably a bit better than this
@Dym Sohin 🦾🤡 they all achieve the end goal, drunk
Great comment!
The thing that I like about james is that he roasts this machine but tells you that you can get better coffee from a cheap mocha pot, instead of telling you to buy a more expensive machine 😂
And Aldi fans roast him for turning his nose up at such a rip off, go figure.
Lidl have their own brand coffee machine. The Hoffman (┛ಠ_ಠ)┛彡┻━┻
@@themissinfowar6629 What? No way
Yeah I don’t have espresso machine money sitting around or really more the issue is apartment with enough space for an espresso machine money, but I love my moka pot. Totally scratches the itch for delicious coffee stronger than drip.
*moka pot
"This is offensive to me as a coffee machine" - nice bit of personal insight there James.
Has anyone seen James enjoying a cup of coffee? At this point I really doubt that he even likes coffee.
yep. See some manual espresso lever reviews. Or French Press technique video :)
At this point he's probably just working on perfecting his disgusted face and cashing in on it.. I think you're on to something
he only likes 'good' coffee
🤣🤣👌
@@bookoffholicbookwart5945 First of all, what techno156 said: 100% "no one hates something more than a fan." - in my special interest topics i nitpick about everything to the point where you can seriously ask if i'm even likeing it and, in addition to this, in regards of espressos i absolutly hate every espresso i made to the point were i dont even enjoy makeing it any more. Worked as an barista (for a bigger commercial coffee franchise) and it drove me nuts when the espresso wasnt like i want it.
James like a lot of stuff he drink in the videos probably aroung 30% :D thats high for a nitpicking critic (and i dont mean this as an insult, as a product critic you should nitpick about everything for the sake of you consumer if something dont bother you you can ignore it, but if this little detail make this product unbearable for you it good that he mentioned it.)
Let's be honest with ourselves, this was never going to go well. At 30 seconds in we had : "A place that's really cheap, but people tend to be like oh but the wine is really good".
What came after this was a march towards the inevitable, with some brief sprigs of hope, that were then dashed.
I have the false belief that at sometime in the conversation I will be enlightened with some knowledge that I haven't had previously.
I just watched 13 minutes of a man roasting a coffee machine and I don't regret it 😂
He roasted it quite dark, most of it is burnt toast smell.
It’s a guy?
@@TexelGuy Lol 😂
@@Jorcap Yeah, I'm sorry to disappoint you 😕😂
Jor Cap 😒 are you? 🤔
i like how when it cools itself and releases the steam from the tray it will fill the grinder with steam and make it nice and damp. Just what you want in your grinder. that wont cause issues at all.
I know right, yuck and a way to get sick 🤢
It's free RDT.
I don't drink coffee, not even tea, but the passion this man has for coffee just kept me watching
So this nice English chap got a terrible disappointment with an Aldi machine. And he is right to warn the people with an English taste in his review. If you have to go on a cheap but good espresso: Put some money extra with you and go for a refurbished tiny Quickmill 820, a metal 58mm tamper and an apart grinder. Or make your coffee the French way like he suggested. Let's make this review go viral.
He was once the official world champion Barista. So like, officially, he was the best person in the world at making coffee. 2007 I think. So yeah he’s pretty into it
This absolutely sums up why I can't stop watching his videos 🤣
OMG fr same lmao
Like, I'll get the occasional brew at starbz or wawa, but idk shit about hiphop or beans and this channel is just fun
This really could've been a parody video about coffee snobs.
It isn't?
I though he was joking he's serious. That's a real human being. This is basically a rich person going how can the poor's act like they do.
We all operate our machines from behind. Breathing for him was a chore, not to mention those flaccid wrists.
@@rmatt53 bruh which poor person buys a £300 expresso machine?
I think I am watching the Onion.
He’s so posh he doesn’t live close to a Aldi.
Drone Dad an Aldi *
tbh there aren't that many Aldi's in london.
Tho... found one to buy the machine? (or, idk... could have been stock footage from elsewhere I suppose & just something sent to him free by Aldi?) Either way.. :) Stay safe & be well.
@@thecaffineman yeah, ALDI's business model doesn't really work in zones 1/2 since it's impossible to find large buildings with low rent there. Lidl are doing some smaller shops nearer to central london so maybe Aldi will copy them on that.
Actually, posh people do shop at Aldi/Lidl. They get the basics there and the special stuff at Waitrose. Only the basic middle class buy everything in Waitrose *trying* to be what they think is posh. Posh people are better with money basically.
If I'm ever having a stressfull day, I'll just stop by to watch one of James vids with his amazingly calming voice. Top of the list of the people I'd love to sit down and have a drink with.
I invited this guy over to my house once and he savagely critiqued the thread count of my toilet paper.
you have toilet paper with a thread count? thats a little odd
Some arseholes are sensitive if you know what i mean
Well, you have to take into consideration the ratio of thread count to residue. I usually count 2.3 to 2.4 grams of paper fibre per ml of excrement, depending of course on the consistency of the waste product.
@@Apanblod Jesus Christ 2.4 g of toilet paper that is why we have climate change you’re wasting way too much toilet paper just use your finger or take a shower lol
@@jerryhernandez2852 I realise it may sound excessive at first, but I compensate my carbon footprint by using bio-degradable, non-bleached paper from fair trade grown bamboo in north-eastern Nepal. I also freeze dry and process my disgusting waste into fertiliser using natural, locally produced, non-chemical ingredients and donate the fertiliser to eco-friendly compost depositories for fossil fuel free farms which in turn use it to plant organic, non-GMO vegetables free from pesticide.
That and I drink my own piss.
Did he really say: "I am not a snob..."? haha
If the dictionary had a definition for a coffee snob it should just be this guy’s picture lol
I thought it was a lesbian
😂
Doesn't change the fact that that machine makes shit espresso. 😅
Lol...
“This is why we have climate change” - pretty damning summary of a coffee machine review
That pivot caught me off guard and was pure gold
It's a bit more of a things like this, not just this machine in particular, are wastes of resources. They use more than they need and don't do their tasks well.
That's common with some of those single use products. An avocado slice/scoop appliance can't compete with a spoon and knife, so why do they exist?
and all they forgot to put in OPV lol
another closet anorak
That was brutal.
11:29 "This is offensive to me, as a coffee machine."
I'm glad to see that you identify as a coffee machine and that you're OK with us knowing that. You be you.
Respect his pronouns
😂😂
I guarantee this man did a double dose of hand sanitizer immediately after leaving the Aldi's
Whole body wipe down and hair removal too I'd say
@@tossmonkey1 his hair turned grey due to the amount of bleach he used to sanitize his hair.
he sent his elderly neighbour to get it
@@experiment54 hahahahahahahah
One does not "Go to Aldi"
That's what the day staff are for.
Being at your most humorous when you’re angry shows just how very British James is.
I never noticed that James was so British until a point where he started to get upset about this machine.
I don't really care for coffee over and above how quickly I can make it, but this is fascinating. The fact I'm unable to turn off a video about something I don't really care too much for other than convenience factor and know very little about is testament to your presenting ability. 10/10, subscribed.
I need a Netflix show where it's just coffee experts who have to use or taste awful products.
A friend of mine who also works in coffee's dream is to have a show pairing horrible coffee/wine with horrible cigars.
Sure thing, all you have to do is finance it. I doubt the manufacturers are going to pay for people to see their products being roasted.
why Netflix??
I feel that a series like that if done poorly could easily get too pretentious and snobbish. I rather see a series about baristas try make make coffee in conditions that aren't ideal with cheap equipment. They could experiment on how to make the best tasting coffee while camping or something like that.
I love this dude. Like I don't give a fuck about my coffee, put my capsule into my machine and make some but the way he gets passive aggressive about coffee is just comedy gold
Passive?
yeh stick that capsule in man
Plastic capsules?
@@DaveyMulholland ally caps ?
@@badlarry172 eh?
Your "Pre-infusion‽" was the funniest single word I've ever heard
Whil Your use of interrobang made me happy 😀
TBF Aldi does come up with some great stuff, I'm guessing it's just hit or miss based on who sells the Aldi execs on their product for rebrand. I had an Aldi pressure cooker I used for several years & in some ways it was better than the insta pot I now use. It had really nice controls for specific timing at pressure & the release valve was such that you could do in-between releases rather than just slow & fast (so it doesn't spit angry steam all over).
Yes. And also to be fair, 'good' coffee is a subjective term. What's rubbish to James Hoffmann may taste delicious to me. His is not the definitive opinion!
Not once did he say that he's against Aldi or has a problem wih them, just this particular product, why are you defending something that was never attacked? You preferred and liked your pressure cooker, he doesn't like this machine so this comparison is just bizarre XD
@@barjee easy there bud. Just saying ymmv.
Aldi is great but they are very hit and miss imo. I've tried several of their coffee products and haven't found a good one yet. Just stick to the regular groceries.
The Gordan Ramsay of coffee. Give him a show called "Cafe Nightmares".
This would be phenomenal
And instead of yelling he just gives a disappointing glare
I would watch that
XD
Who is Gordon Ramsay?
It’s 1am, I have work in the morning. And I’ve just watched an entire video about a machine I don’t plan on buying, for a drink I don’t like 😂😂
Haha Its 4 AM for me rn
Welcome to UA-cam bro. Welcome to UA-cam.
Another 4 am here hahaha
I know the feeling, for me its 2am and I have to work tomorrow, erhm, later today.
You don’t like fresh coffee? How is that even possible?
"Nothing makes sense and I hate everything about this grinder"
I'm crying 😂😂😂
I had a similar experience with another coffee machine. Pretty much exactly the same result as this. Turned out that the machine was very fussy when it came to the level of the tamping. If it was slightly uneven then it would produce a poor espresso but now that I pay attention to the level and try to get it as even as possible it produces much better espresso. The dead giveaway of an uneven tamp is when you see your espresso pour come out one side before the other and that's exactly what happens in this video.
whaaat R U just a tamp, serious
So it was him. His fault.
@@luvpamelanewton the tamps fault and maybe his ignorance to the fault of the machine. A tamp should ideally be even, but it's a cheap machine so you get cheap accessories.
@@luvpamelanewtonHe is one of the world's foremost experts on coffee and espresso. I doubt his tamp was uneven. The man has released videos about just tamping espresso grounds.
@@samuelbarham8483 Haha. His video was cruel.
I’m conflicted between my love for Aldi and laughing so hard at how savage James is when roasting this machine 😂
The wine is really good there after all
I just watch a guy calling a coffee machine stupid for 13 minutes, quarantine is stupid too...
@Boris Erdogan savage
quarantine saves lives
@@ryancube15 It does, so let me rephrase, quarantine makes you do stupid stuff
@Boris Erdogan Well I hope it was maccona...
I ugly laughed at your comment for a few minutes, thanks for the laugh. Ps, hate it too XD
So these are aldi reasons why this is a terrible product?
Groan.
Stop. 😂
Took me a second. I get it now.
nice
*coughs blood*
There is an OPV inside it I have modified it to 9 bar plus I installed a dimmer switch to control the flow . It’s perfect now 👍🏻
"I'm not going to link to the machine, because I think that encourages the wrong sort of thing"
That is... a very polite & poetic way of cancelling things
It's the opposite of polite and poetic actually. Very direct and matter of fact.
A thought, and this is a totally subjective thing. This machine probably aims to produce an Italian normale shot, 7 grams of coffee to 21ml of water over 20 or so seconds. From this machines "point of view," you were trying to pull a triple ristretto, and it just couldn't take it. Would love to see how it goes with less coffee in the basket.
Luke Kenny as an italian, i totally agree.
@@sisi-ey8hs If that's true then why didn't they call the machine a Normale?
Its a double shot tho, but yes likely dose was too high
Agreed, this machine is being sold to the average Joe that just wants espresso at home.
You are not going to get $1000 quality from a machine sold at ALDI.
@@IllusiveAdventures An average Joe that wants espresso at home will get better coffee from MUCH cheaper items than this. That's Hoffman's point.
Can we see other reviews of “budget” espresso machines?
Yes
@@jameshoffmann Aliexpress has a ton of suspiciously cheap espresso machines that may be worth checking out
@@jameshoffmann
I'd be really interested in what the cheapest espresso setup that you'd recommend would be
@@jameshoffmann Best espresso machines under $200 US?
@Aaron Shiu And the Silvia ist super easy hackable. That was the main point for me.
Thank you. This is the correct response to a bad product. Badly designed products are unethical.
Part of the problem with poor equipment is hat they simply give up and carry on going (in this case) to their mermaid based coffee shop down the road.
Good example/analogy of this would be something like a bike from a supermarket. Dave the factory worker (other factory workers are available) sees a bike shaped object next to the potatoes and decides to have a go at commuting to work on it. Problem is that it’s poor build quality, a bit heavy and breaks quite often so he just goes back to his car. If he’s been to an actual bike shop and spent a bit more, had it set up properly he’d have more likely continued to use it even if it cost an extra few quid.
"I suspect a number of terrible things happened at once" I'm dead. This guy is amazing
@Dym Sohin every war in a nutshell
Love how the comments are populated by people who found this because ‘Aldi’ is part of their UA-cam algorithm and not ‘coffee’.
regular JH viewers/coffee nerds: * nod in agreement *
people who found this video randomly: "ugh what a snob, how dare he accurately review a cheap machine"
Yeah, this comment section sure is a dumpster fire
@@Zooropa_Station - It's also funny how easily they betray their ignorance. Seen people comment on him not drinking that 74 gram ""espresso"" saying; _'Look at that snob, throwing away and wasting coffee. No normal person would be able to tell the difference.'_
It's like:
Say you don't have the slightest clue about espresso, without saying it.
Or maybe they just like sucking on pennies?
The wine people algorithm lol
"My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined" vibes
The use of the cake's resistance to regulate pressure probably would make users think their ability to tamp, the grind size they chose or anything at their end is the problem, not the machine's. It makes for a frustrating experience.
Yes, this is why I’m just as mad as James. I have been in the position to have a cheap espresso machine and I wasted hours of my life thinking I was too dumb to make a good drink. I feel for the people scammed by this grocery store chain and blaming themselves while the CEO laughs all the way to the bank.
Not sure I understand. How else would you regulate the brewing pressure if not by choosing the correct grind level? Coarser grind, faster flow, lower pressure. And vice versa. Can you please elaborate?
@@thomasvocke1707 All modern real espresso machines have an over pressure valve that regulates pressure to 9-10bar.
James I'd love to see your take on a "budget" setup for making espresso, like a good cheap grinder and machine that I don't need to spend several weeks' pay on combined. I've mostly kept to manual grinders and pourover/infusion coffee because of budget restrictions so far and I'd love your opinion on this.
Seraph He’s said in several videos that he’s just not a fan of home espresso because you need expensive machines and lot of time and resources (e.g., cleaning, dialing in) to get proper results. Thus, he would rather go and pay a few dollars to get espresso at a coffee shop and have someone else deal with all that. In any case, it would be interesting to see what’s his recommendation for a budget setup.
Antonio Riojas are manual espresso machines like the flaire any good? I’ve been interested in those for a while as I’ve not really got a nice cafe nearby and making your own espresso leads to some pretty big savings in the long run
Would be nice if he could bring himself to shoot a video like that. I doubt he will tho.
Fucking brilliant how they built in a grinder than can grind coffee magnitudes finer than the machine can handle for brewing. It's like they put a bugatti gearbox in a toyota aygo; if you go above 3rd gear your car actually starts slowing down 😂
it reminded me of a stupid car build too
And it will straight up implode in 4th gear😂😂😂😂😂
Some beans need finer grind than others.
@@KhoaNguyen-jt8tk Yeah this machine can't do those beans, it shouldn't offer the ability to handle those beans
@@Szanth The engineers who designed this machine have probably never drank espresso.
“This machine poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!!” - James Hoffman
"It turned me into a newt!"
"A newt?"
"...I got better."
given said supermarket's supply chain, that's probs true.
Amen!
How can someone who drinks so much coffee have such a calm voice
he's a nurd
Nothing to do with this video but my 7yr old calls you "The Coffee Hero" so there you go.
Please let them know they've made my day!
James is all of ours coffee hero! I’m new at being a barista and have always loved coffee. I learn so much from him! 💕
Great great coffee hero defeated evil evil coffee machine!
My 18yr old calls him 'The Coffee Snob'! It's all perception :')
@@jameshoffmann have done, big smiles.
It’s funny when non specialty coffee drinkers find James’ videos and just automatically think he’s this stuck up dude when in reality he’s one of the genuinely great guys in the industry
Yeah, while I like to think I can tell a good coffee from a bad one, I'm definitely no coffee snob, but it really isn't hard to tell that this dude knows and cares about coffee. If you came to this video not knowing what to expect, and came out of it thinking he's an uptight snob, then, well, that's just pretty silly, imo.
@@KingdomOfApple yup, the only people who think he’s a snob are the people that can’t logically think so they just quick group people into groups without thinking
@@Adam-vx6to Oath. It's just way easier for people to do that, so hey, why not just keep doing that?
Lol and people making fun of him calling a 299 machine cheep, but if you know machines that isn't a lot
For a snob he is kind of endearing..
In my experience most of Aldi's stuff is amazing quality for the price you pay... With the exception of anything and everything electronic. _Especially_ anything with a heating element.
Well, I have a microwave oven, a toaster, and a boiler that I bought at Aldi in 2007. They were dirt cheap and I was a young student. I use them daily since then and *they still work perfectly*.
@@pablorackham fam you bought a boiler from aldi?
My nespresso compatible machine was under £50 and works great. Got it nearly three years ago and it’s still under guarantee. Aldi electrical usually come with a three year warranty which beats a lot of more expensive brands. I would never pay hundreds of pounds for any coffee machine as I only drink one cup a day.
@@pablorackham maybe it's a quality assurance issue, then, or maybe they started selling lower quality appliances over time. Because I bought a toaster a few years back, when I was also a dirt poor student -- and that thing nearly burned down my dorm.
@@one_smol_duck many electronic products Aldi sells (including this coffee machine) aren't really made by Aldi but are just some cheap Chinese stuff, companies stick their branding on. So you will find this coffee machine for example under many different labels.
Quality isn't really consistent with those cheap store brands.
However I have some electronics from Aldi that works fine
Thank-you ... for probably the most brutally honest review I've ever seen for an espresso machine. I know all of your reviews are honest, but the words you chose to describe this "monstrosity" were sublime. These words needed to be said.
Please continue to review, and tell us exactly the emotions these devices conjur in your head.
James: "this is shit"
Aldi: "we sold a million"
that's why is good to be inform about this crapp...cheap shit disguise pro
Never underestimate the gullibility/stupidity of Joe Public
@@TheMercenaries512 Bullshit. 99.99% of people who drink coffee will have no problem with that because they aren't fucked up in the head snobs.
@@N4chtigall bro i think your right... but only from one point of view... some of them ar snobs but i fuc*ing hate to pay for a shit coffe...u know what i mean? Coffe its not cheap so let it be good and pro at least
congratulations citizen, you have won todays youtube algorithm lottery
pretty sure it's because lots of people are sharing the video with friends so they can laugh at him
@@slain4ever no, it's Aldi hipsters
"This is a stupid coffee machine... I hate this coffee machine... It's a stupid coffee machine!"
I lol'd more than I should've
Am I the only guy who suspects the dislikes came from Aldi social media team? James gave his usual honest + professional review and the comments here siding James.
That or people who have been assigned 'aldi wine drinkers' by the algorithm got this shoved in their face heard James doesn't shop there, and disliked
It’s bloody 299 pound machine. Better spend well than wasting it imo. 🤷♂️
Maybe do a video on best budget espresso machines? Sub £300
"This is why we have climate change issues" haha such a good point! Just try not to think how many were shipped all over the world from their manufacture in China!
I will borrow that bit of wisdom.
It's funny for like 2 seconds, and then the truth of it hits and it becomes straight sad and depressing :(
and this is just one of the thousands of equally useless products that are not only badly made but dont even fulfill the task they were made for.
you mean like our phones, PCs, TVs and Laptops (and lots more ofc) ? If you take this Coffeemachine as a symbol for our idiotic and wastefull economic system James was 100% correct
@@Sporting1210 our phones and PC's need resources but they usually work as intended and make our lives better. this video was brought to you by phones and PCs.
this coffee macheine otoh is just a complete waste in every way.
It might be reasonable to suggest that the Aldi's target audience with this espresso machine would be satisfied with the first shot you produced in this video.
The thing is: you can get better machines for that price (sage bambino plus)
@@JonasBecker point still stands, the target audience wouldn't even know or care likely
@@JonasBecker .. which doesn't come with a grinder though. So to be entirely fair, you'd need to compare the bambino using pre-ground coffee/a pressurized filter against the Aldi machine potentially using freshly (albeit maybe badly) ground coffee. And last but not least, the bambino currently retails for around 399 GBP in the UK, so 100 bucks more
@@BogeyVision well regular coffee from a pot tastes much better then a shitty espresso shot... id be mad if i paid 300$ for a machine thats makes worse coffee than a 15$ coffee maker.
I disagree. If somebody doesn't really know or care they'd probably get an inexpensive drip coffee machine. If somebody was putting 300+ down on an espresso machine they probably care at least enough to not want it to taste awful
So surprised about the like to dislike ratio. When James Hoffmann talks down on something, it really means it's something you should never use your own dime on it.
Maybe people got confused: They dislike the product rather than the review.
@@MalteForstat exactly
You're surprised? Really? This pompous ass that's too stupid to figure out how to use the machine properly, whilst basking the superiority of a culture that cant be bothered to engineer their way out of a pickle jar.
Maybe it's his character
@@JH-tc3yu omg you have never had espresso have you
First thing I said to my wife watching this “God I hope he drinks one of these shots” and there it was. How We love you James. Slow zoom on the facial expression killed me.
You live a wild life, Hunter.
You look like Steve Buscemi trying to do a questionable Jeff Goldblum impression, I love it. Also your videos are great. Cheers from Poland.
He looks like Jeff Goldblum more than Steve Buscemi with his grey hair and large glasses.
A bit of Ira Glass too.
Mateusz Teleśnicki he looks like James Hoffman.
Bwahahahahaha!!!!
A little bit 9f an unusual one... ToDaY
"THIS MACHINE IS A WASTE."
[throws away 5th cup of coffee for not having the liquid content accurate to within a milliliter of his tastes]
my thoughts exactly hahaha
Yeah have to ask who weighs out the coffee and get it exactly to the gram no one not even Baristas and this is a stupid video and a waste of Time only watch three mins
Straight up, this guy is a joke lol
@@rileymannion5301 a posh joke at that
When he was calling his cup of coffee a “dose” it was driving me nuts
This is EXACTLY the same issue I had with my Breville Barista Express several years ago. It's actually nice to have the issue explained. Now I'm thinking about getting back into home espresso, but this time I'm looking at a $3000 Rocket machine.
Watch his comparison video of coffee machines around that price range, he doesn't recommend rocket
or may be a Flair58 or Cafelat Robot can be more tolerating to bad puck
Everything: going to shit
James: Mm, pre-infusion.
Coogan has really stepped up his character-immersion game, here.
“This is a stupid coffee machine.” “I hate this coffee machine.”
@@TB1M1 Pretty sure he's not that incompetent
This felt surprisingly close to the same reaction my father had when i offered him for christmas a Lidl Parkside battery chainsaw when he always used religiously his 50cc Husqvarna
@@MsWagons I bought a DeWalt 18v chainsaw a couple of years ago and it's replaced my old Stihl in my recovery truck. Obviously I'm not a professional lumberjack the amount of times I need to use a chainsaw in a year I can count on one hand since I only need it when someone has crashed a car in such a way I need to cut branches or whole trees to get it out.
Husqvarna is one of the tops, stil is good too.
@@MsWagons For now. One more generational leap in battery tech and all these small-engine internal combustion appliances are dead. Even now, I couldn't go back to a 4-stroke lawnmower, it's just so much more convenient to press-and-go on the electric. And two-stroke? Fuggedabowdid!
I've watched this now four times. It's just fun to watch James Hoffman completely destroy a product.
I feel better now I have only watched it three times.
Some many good bits in the video. I liked the grudging recognition that it might be able to do milk in a passable way.
“I hate it, it’s a waste of resources. This is why we have climate change issues!” 😂
He is not wrong.
@Tom R that's BS, imagine that somehow, with magic wand you would disappear all bad coffee machines, all the $50 Amazon exclusive jokes, imagine how much resources would be saved eliminating need for designing, building, transporting and fairly fast recycling of those devices.
@@maryam8538 great then don't buy espresso machine, there is so many much cheaper ways of getting excellent cup of coffee that is not espresso.
Has anyone else here heard of sarcasm or humour
@Tom R His point is that the coffee machine offers nothing, despite taking up resources. Of course everything we use requires resources, but if we get something out of it then it's still of value. If you get nothing out of it (as he is suggesting about the coffee machine), then it becomes a true waste of resources.
"This is why we have climate change" worst insult for a product ever!
God damn Aldi fans absolutely malding in these comments because James brought up some objectively bad sides to the machine that make it a horrible purchase. What is the point of an espresso machine that *literally cant* brew at espresso grind sizes? You have to grind so much coarser just to get it to function that it tastes awful.
Like he said, you can get better coffee out of a cheap Mocha Pot, and the entire production of this machine is basically just a giant pile of waste because of that.
Here's a suggestion to the people mad that James *dared* to insult your precious Aldi: dont tie your self-worth to the public perception of a company.
As someone who deal with cheap coffee machines on occasion and a technician for industrial machinery... Did you try making a shot the way a person who shops at Aldi and buys the machine would do it? just grinding until its to the max fill line and pulling a shot without measuring? (aka follow the "instructions") I would like a quick follow up video to see is those results differ at all. I think you are too good at making coffee and you cast unrealistic expectations on that little machine! Remember design intent, you are not the intended buyer. So pretend you are and see what happens??? Btw I just started watching your channel and I think its great, I had a theory about regrinding coffee as noted in another video of yours so I tried feeding beans in very slowly and WOW what a difference.
Cheers!
Yeah-what I was thinking. No weighing, no looking at the bars, just grind and go. Lol.
the problem with that is that it still doesn't produce half decent espresso
@@playgroundprotagonis but we don't know until he tries it for science!
He already made a bad espresso with it, "as intended".
I also wonder if the problem of overpressuring cannot be mitigated by not compressing the ground coffee as much with the tamper - the coffee will not create as much resistance and therefore the pressure wouldn't go as high. It is the same principle - they possibly did not expect the user to compress it as much.
“We’re not going to be friends.”
Bet that’s a relief to the coffee machine.
You do realise that every ‘Dialling In’ Patreon video will now have to be on this machine, don’t you?
A lot of people are missing the point here - this isn't snobbery, the machine literally doesn't work to make espresso and will end up in the bin. When he says get a Mokka pot... I paid:
£120 for a Wilfa grinder
£40 for a Bialetti induction
£40 for a (nice) Lavazza milk foamer
= £200
You can get a MUCH better setup for making a little mokka-pot latte and still have money left over to buy some Hario scales and a V60 so you can have lovely pourover too. Or you could probably squeeze in a good hand grinder and a picopresso or a basic Flair for that money if you insist on espresso.
* I hate this coffee machine... This is a stupid coffee machine 😂
Alternative title: “wasting a lot of coffee on an Aldi coffee machine”
This guy definitely has a separate wardrobe for polo necks
"I hate this stupid machine."
"This is offensive to me."
"Terrible, terrible espresso of terribleness."
James is amazing😆😆😆