Ninja ES301UK – Luxe Café MINI Espresso and Filter Coffee Machine with Grinder, Black

The Ninja ES301UK Luxe Café MINI, a 30.91 cm wide espresso machine, grinds and weighs fresh beans for you and then brews either espresso or filter coffee from the same compact body. Its Barista Assist Technology picks the grind size and keeps watch over the extraction, while the manual steam wand leaves the milk texture entirely up to you.

Brewing and frothing

Both espresso and filter-style coffee can be made hot or poured over ice, giving you a starting point for hundreds of different drinks. Because the grinder and a precision scale sit inside the machine, getting the right dose at the right fineness takes a single press. Barista Assist Technology works out which of 60 grind sizes suits the drink you have chosen, then checks and adjusts brew temperature and pressure throughout the extraction. There are 3 strengths and 3 temperatures to set it to your taste. For milk drinks, the manual steam wand puts you in charge of the microfoam, thick or thin, using dairy or plant-based milk.

Day-to-day use

Grind suggestions and brew monitoring guide you through every drink, which takes most of the guesswork out of espresso for newcomers. A storage spot on top of the machine keeps the tamper and funnel close at hand. Clearing up is simple, as the steam wand wipes down and the removable parts can go in the dishwasher. A milk jug and an assisted tamper come with the machine, along with a funnel, a double basket and a portafilter.

Size and installation

This Luxe Café MINI weighs 8.6 kg and measures 34.11 cm high by 30.91 cm wide by 26.01 cm deep; overall it is 30% smaller than the Luxe Café Pro model. Power is 1650 W, drawn from an ordinary household socket.