Francis Francis X1 Ground Coffee Machine Dark Blue: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

Product Features

Brass Boiler
Temperature gauge
Stainless steel body
Brass handles
Steam arm
Cup holder
Eight colours
18 bar pump
Auto refill
Retro design
1.2 litre tank

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Francis Francis designed by Lucca Trazzi and manufactured by Illy café; this is arguably the most stylish espresso cappuccino maker in the range. Its electronic control system ensures optimal brewing temperature and pressure, it has luminous and acoustic controls which make use of this machine very easy; the X1 is made of the finest quality stainless steel and Italian component parts from Europe. It has a 2 year back to base UK warranty. You can make 2 espressos at any one time.

Box Contents

Free tin of 250g ground illy coffee

Knockout box

Tamper

Cleaning tablets

Descaling powder

Warranty card

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Average Customer Review

3.6 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lovely retro look but not as good as it should be, 14 Jan 2008

By	Caramac girl (Wiltshire, UK) - See all my reviews

I wanted one of these machines for a while before finally buying this one. I wanted to go for the Kitchenaid one (over 500 pounds!)but my husband persuaded me this one was fine. I have now discovered a couple of annoying glitches the first one being that the one and two cup spouts supplied with the machine are plastic (not metal like those with other machines) and they don't fit under the filter properly and fall off. This means that we can't use them and have to make single cups every time - which is a faff if you have 3 or 4 coffees to make - either that or fiddle around pouring coffee from one cup into another or use a small jug etc.....Which brings me onto the other frustrating thing which is that there isn't much 'headroom' for a cup under the filter (even less with the spout attached) - only short espresso cups fit and so if you wanted cappucino you have to pour the espresso into a bigger cup to give room for the steamed milk. I now know that the Kitchenaid is higher and so would take taller cups and mugs.
I guess the X1 is made this way so that it's not too tall to fit on the kitchen worktop where there is a wall cupboard above but it does compromise it's function.
I have to say despite these frustrations it looks lovely, I use it every day, it works very well, has a good sized water reservoir, heats up in good time, it makes great coffee, (but I'm drinking too much!)
Overall 325 pounds feels too much to pay for something that isn't quite what it should be.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Coffee!, 21 April 2008

By	FadeToGrey - See all my reviews

I saw these in Italy about 5 or 6 years ago, and bought one on my return to England. I've never had any issues with cup sizes (I use regular espresso or cappucino cups), and mine came with a metal spout, which has always fitted without any problem.
It still makes fantastic coffee after 5 years.
If/when it does finally throw in the towel, I'll be replacing it with one exactly the same.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Francis Francis X1 is ace!, 15 April 2008

By	Mr. P. Campbell (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I disagree with Caramac girls review. My Cappuccino cups fit fine under the spout and the plastic pouring spouts also fit properly. It looks cool, makes great coffee and the frother/ milk heater is more powerful than some. Buy it.