PHILIPS 4400 Series Fully Automatic Espresso Machine, LatteGo Milk System

Really like this machine. Fanciest prior was a grinder and K-cup machine, thought I was riding high with fresh ground coffee. I've always been the basic coffee, sugar, cream kind of guy. Like the Cappuccinos every once in a while if I was out and about (almost never). Got over espresso when I was stationed in Italy and had some fresh squeezed beans in a shot glass cup. My son kinda got me started on a Starbucks something/something fancy thing, but I couldn't remember the name of it. Twenty years USAF LE, coffee was life. So, saw the 3300 version on Amazon Day sale and figured why not. Was about to order it when I saw there was a 4400. Twice the cost? Why? Checked it out. That is when I found out that there was different types of coffee within coffee types. Who knew? Always thought a latte was coffee and milk, put some sugar with it, it's what I drank. Then saw a Latte Macchiato, figured latte with different name. Nope, seems there is a coffee to milk ratio that is different, not to mention milk vs frothed milk. Saw a few more options of the 4400, worlds of coffee creations started swimming through my head. Head started hurting...more than coffee, cream, sugar? And not needing specialty store that charges umpteen dollars a cup? Not to mention trying to figure out what the actual size of their cups are. Then saw there was such a thing as a 5500. Oh no! Looked, nope. May be turning into a coffee snob (cappas. lattes. crema. oh my), but cold brew? No. Coffee must be hot otherwise it ain't coffee and why bother. This line I cannot cross. So, got the 4400. Saw the reviews about leaks and such. Ain't had no problem. When I first put milk in the latte go container, it did leak. My fault, didn't snap the bottom closed. Water in the drip tray? Well, it does rinse out the nozzles, where do you think it goes? Did put a cup and then a bowl down to try and cut down on it, but it doesn't help. Doesn't matter anyway. The machine tells you when to empty the grounds container, empty the drip tray the same time. Played with the grind size when I got it. Switched back and forth, couldn't figure out which way was a finer grind. Didn't look at the marking either, so, oh well. At least it has pictures for the drinks, so I don't have to guess on that. I have been very happy with the coffee that has been coming out of this machine. The only complaint I have is that of quantity. I use a mug (why bother with cups) and end up having to brew two cycles of some types. Some let you do a double, others don't. No problem there either, doesn't take long from grind to finish. Not to mention I can mix they process. So far my favorite is brew a regular latte then brew a macchiato on top of that. Fills the mug nicely and tastes great. As for sugar, which I still use.. That goes in first and gets stirred up when the first latte coffee is brewing in, before the frothing takes place. Shake/roll the mug after the top goes on and the sugar dissolves through nicely. Yeah, all this just to say this machine makes good coffee, runs well and I'm glad I paid the extra for the added choices. Not to mention being able to keep the mechanics of the thing cleaner and oiled. Should last quite a long time. Now, excuse me while I drink down my double caffe crema with a frothed topper.

Watery espresso shots. No matter the combination of different grind size or less water amount still pulled a nasty shot. Pucks were supper soggy and thin. I purchased this machine to replace a Saeco odea giro go that I’ve had for over 10 years. This item doesn’t even come close to the way the Odea pulls a shot. From the first time I used it excellent pulls no need to “learn” or adjust itself. No watery pucks and thick pucks in comparison to this new machine. Made an iced latte like I usually do on my old machine, NO flavor what so ever. All I tasted was the oat milk and I only use 1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon of sweet cream creamerBLAND!!! Added a second shot no help at all. It actually made it taste bitter. Mind you this is the way I’ve made my lattes for the past 10 years so I’m not doing anything different other than using this new machine. I tried making a honey nut latte which I’ve made over the past two years exact measurements of honey and peanut butter powder and oat milk like I’ve always used with the old machine and it doesn’t even come close! I’m not gonna lie Bustelos instant espresso tastes 1000 times better than what this machine makes. I really wanted to like the machine but it makes horrible espresso. I ran about 3lbs of coffee through it hoping it would get better. It in fact did not! Don’t waste your money! As soon as I saw the quality of the shot I knew the rest of the drinks this machine is capable of making would not be up to my standard. Such a shame,for the amount of money people are willing to invest in an espresso maker it should at the least make a descent shot.

So far so good. Works well and makes fine drinks. Very easy to show folks how to use. As many have pointed out, and Philips directions say, it takes several drinks for the unit to fine tune itself. I particularly appreciate the ease of cleaning the LatteGo frother. The unit itself is also easy to clean and it heats up quickly for the first drink of the day. It fits easily on my countertop. The grinder is surprisingly quiet and the grind consistency is perfect. I also had no problem brewing a decaf using pre-ground coffee. Very pleased.

2 year edit *** This machine is still working great after two years! No issues with it really the only thing that we have noticed is that a lot of times it will signal for you to empty the coffee grounds container and sometimes when it does it, there will be nothing in. It will have already been cleaned out or there will be times when there is not much in it and it will signal for it to be empty and other times when it is full to max and it doesn’t let you know. What that being said it’s not the biggest deal but just something I thought I would mention. We are still very happy with this purchase! 1 Month EDIT ****** After using this machine for about a month, I am happy to say that the water tank issue is no longer a thing. Not sure if it just needed a couple weeks for the filter to completely soak in the water but now I am able to make about 5 to 6 cups of coffee before I have to fill it up. before only half of the water would be used in the tank and I would be having to fill it and now it is almost empty as it should be when I need to fill it. Very happy that that has changed so if you were having this issue and you just bought it, just give it a little bit of time and it should work itself out. ******* I’m going to start with the positive on this machine. First off I bought this machine as a present for my fiancé for Christmas. We were using a Keurig k pod system for years and wanted something to upgrade to. I will start by saying the look of this espresso machine is beautiful. No complaints on all the way it looks so sleek and modern and the touchscreen makes it even better. Love the design. When it comes to the espresso. I think it tastes fabulous. I am definitely not a coffee connoisseur so there might be espresso snobs that may say the opposite because they may be used to having a top-of-the-line cup of espresso, but I am very happy with the taste. Now for the negative.. I’d probably say the most annoying thing about this machine would be how often you have to fill the water container. I did see this issue in the reviews when I was looking to purchase it, but didn’t quite get exactly how often you have to do it. You have to fill the water tank every 3 cups that you make which I think is a bit over the top. The second issue I have with this machine is that yes it has profiles, which is great, but they are not the kind of profiles that will save your coffee by just a touch of the button. You have to actually go to each individual coffee drink that you want and the adjustments will be saved from the last time you did it. That isn’t as big of a deal to me as the water is. Other than those two things, this is a great machine and a hell of an upgrade from our Keurig coffee drip machine. Overall, I am happy with this machine, but like I said, there are a couple of things to consider when buying it.

This machine is good enough. Not a waste of time or money. If you’re use to amazing hand made espresso then this won’t mimic it. It’s no “Rocket”. If you like Starbucks then this should work for you. What it is. It’s a good reliable machine. Not made in China! Easy as pushing a button. If you like a Cappuccino this will make one but you have to sort thru the drink menu. The instant button is only available on the more expensive model. Stupid! Espresso with temperature turned all the way up is still not quite hot enough. However, it does make solid hot water. It does make a quality froth with all milks. Remember to over fill the milk above the recommended level. Grind never gets fine enough. Brewing espresso is too light and too fast to get amazing. This is probably better than any other machine in its price point. Go ahead and buy it.

I have another popular espresso machine. It still works great, but the grinder can be loud and the process of making any type of coffee leaves a mess to clean up after. I decided to look into a fully automatic espresso machine. After much research I decided on this Philips 4400 series machine. The features looked good and seemed to do every type of coffee me and my wife like. It also seemed to be easy to use and would not have to do much clean up after making my coffee. My only concern was if it was going to be able to make a strong enough espresso or coffee Latte. Once I received the machine I set it up by following the instructions on both paper and on the screen. It was very easy to setup. I put some of my favorite coffee beans and started making espressos as that is the basis for just about all the other drinks you make. At first the espressos came out watered down. I made some changes to the settings and adjusted the grinding from 6 to 2. That made a huge difference. By the way, when adjusting the grinder, you have to do it while you're making an espresso and only turn the nob once at a time. After getting the espresso to the right strength, I saved it to my profile. From there I tried ice coffee Latte and a hot coffee Latte. They both came out perfect and the frothy milk is fantastic. If you look at my photos. You can see how good the coffees came out with the frothy milk on top. Cleaning was a breeze too. I have the machine set to clean and warm at the beginning when I turn it on. It will drop some water when it does that, so I put a cup so that it doesn't fill the tray as quickly. When shutting off the machine, it will clean its self and will drop some water as well, so I leave a cup after as well. This really is an impressive machine with easy clean up. If you're able to get it on prime day or other time that has a discount, it becomes even more worth it. The only thing, I can think of that would make this machine even better, is if the outside was made completely of steel. I think it would give it that prime look and feel. On the other hand, the way it looks now, still looks nice and it's very light to move around. If you're considering a fully automatic espresso machine, I highly recommend this one.

At $1,000 I would expect that a coffee machine would produce at good cup of coffee. This machine can’t even make a marginal cup. The instructions say to brew 5 cups of coffee so that the machine can calibrate itself. We brewed 12 and consistently got diluted, weak coffee, even if we chose the coffee setting, the Americano, or even a cappuccino. The second day we brewed another 10 cups of coffee with the same results. We cranked up the temperature setting to the highest, taking it off of Eco mode and the coffee was just not hot. If you added milk or cream, forget about it, you were drinking slightly warm, watered down coffee. Any Keurig would crush this thing in terms of coffee, temperature and taste. When I tried to contact Phillips, there were no US representatives that you could talk to about this product. Period. I dealt with a woman who does not own a unit and admitted that she has never used the unit. She was just simply typing in what I said and looking at her screen and reading what the machine was telling her to resolve the problem. She told me that to fix the weak coffee I needed to make at least 17 cups. She was very specific with the 17. I read her the troubleshooting guide for the product which again says to make 5 cups of coffee and to possibly adjust the grind setting which we did. I informed her that not only did we make 17, which is in no written instructions or online, we made more. She had no helpful advice with regard to the temperature setting nor the diluted coffee. As such, we are returning this piece of junk. I should have read the 20% of the reviews that talked specifically about weak coffee and low temperature. My bad. I should’ve known not to order a super automatic coffee machine from a company that makes toothbrushes and medical devices. Onward and upward.

I purchased this machine a few months ago and I purposely waited a bit before doing the review because it has so many features and I wanted to use a few of them before reviewing. This machine actually replaced two machines in our house. We had two separate coffee machines because I like espressos and my husband likes just plain coffee with a latte every once and awhile. I wanted a machine that he could easily use to make his own lattes. This machine has the option to have two separate profiles and it actually has a third profile that you can use for like a guest. The profiles are fairly straightforward but they're not the "one touch make a drink" kind of thing. The unit just remembers what you like for your particular kind of drinking so you can step through it quickly. So if you're looking for something that is "one touch and make a drink" this is probably not the machine for you though it is a great machine. The one flaw that I found is more of a design error by the company and hopefully Phillips fixes the problem for future releases. Your beans are stored in the top of the machine and for every cup it vibrates and pulls down some beans and does a fresh grind, tamp and brew of the drink.... however the required amount of beings doesn't always slide into place into the grinding hopper to make your drink so if you're not paying attention you could be making a cup of coffee that turns out VERY WEAK because the beans aren't sliding into the hopper to be ground. It's hard to explain but I put a video up so you can see. It really is just a design issue Phillips needs to make more slope in the bean hopper so they will slide down into the hopper easier. There's no mechanism that measures how many beans are in the hopper before it grinds and tamps down, it just grinds for a certain amount of time and assumes it's got enough beans in there. So there's nothing to indicate if you're out of beans....you just have to remember to check and manually push beans into the hopper area. The lid is clear so checking really is just visually looking to see if there's beans in there. But if you don't check and you're out of being your first indication is you take a sip of coffee and it's closer to the water than it is to Coffee LOL

I’m not proud of the amount of coffee my family and I have consumed in the last 2 months, but I will say that this machine has made it easy to do so. For starters if you don’t want to read, the machine is excellent and worth every penny, I’ve owned many types of coffee makers, super automatic and others and this one is by far my favourite, with the colour screen and huge option of coffees nothing even comes close in this price range. NOTHING. Ice espresso is a delight in the summer, the latte is better than any I’ve bought anywhere, the coffee is perfect, espresso is excellent, the spent coffee pucks come out nice and dry and as expected, this machine performs as well as or better than your local Starbucks or specialty café. The machine operates very quietly, however at around 800 coffees the machine started to lose its prime, so the water pump runs with a small air bubble and is now louder than when we first bought it. Some might also complain that you have to fill the water and empty the grinds frequently, WELL, unless you want to spend 5000$ stop whining. This machine actually cancels a coffee if the hopper doesn’t have enough beans, it will pause and prompt you to fill up the water if it runs out mid coffee, and continue the coffee once you’ve filled it, the milk doesn’t have the same ability, so fill it up according to the drink your making. Eliminate your kettle for making a tea, because this machine has a hot water function that works flawlessly with incredibly hot water, which can also be used to pour 100ml of super hot water to VERY QUICKLY heat up your mug ( my wife finds her coffee not hot enough because she likes so much cream ) I drink mine black and often goes right into a yeti. Its burn your mouth hot when your coffee is served. You will not regret buying this machine, Also, buy the right beans that are not oily for your hopper to work well. Oily beans are not good for super automatic machines. Tonino Lamborghini is a great choice. No affiliation with them. Just a huge preference.

Es la segunda máquina que compro y la pasada toda excelente pero esta Acabo de abrir mi compra y preparar mis cafés pero constantemente sale la leyenda “Añadir Agua” aun cuando tiene el agua llena …. Constantemente sale ese anuncio y es tan molesto porque interrumpe la Preparación de mis cafés :( que decepción pues es una máquina cara (más de 1000dlls ) para que me salga así :( …. Muy pero muy decepcionado :( espero el vendedor pueda darme alguna garantía !

I waited 6 months testing this machine before o review it. This machine is amazing! Prefect good tasting cups of coffee and specialty drinks, always consistent. The grinder and machine is quiet, but the frother is loud. I love the external milk frother that’s very easy to clean. It foams and steams milk extremely well. I tried the frother with egg nog, oat milk, and other plant based with good results. The egg nog latte it makes is so good!! It won’t foam non dairy as well but it works! Cleaning/emptying the machine and adding water is very easy. Very simple to use with on screen controls and having 2 user profiles for custom user taste drinks. Good quality Espresso beans is the best and it holds many cups worth. I’m very happy I chose the 4400 model. There is nothing negative to say. It’s so simple, compact, and well designed. Recommended!

Trying to ask for replacement of a part and the option is to return. I do not want to return. The machine is perfect other than the one part.

Je suis encore à l'ajustement du café mais cette machine fonctionne très bien. Très silencieuse. J'ai le nouveau modèle 2024 "Silent brew" 4400. Le pavé tactile est sensible et fonctionne très bien. Facile à comprendre. Les étapes s'affichent sur l'écran. Je suis très satisfait à date. Le mousseur à lait fonctionne très bien quoique je dois encore trouver la recette parfaite de café et mousse de lait. Le nettoyage est super facile. La machine chauffe vite. L'eau très chaude, pas de soucis avec ça. Les boissons glacées sont bonnes. J'adore. J'ai acheté ce modèle car le café glacée en raccourcis à l'écran. Pas sur les vieilles version 3400 par exemple. On dit 12 boissons mais en réalité c'est plus 13, si on ajoute le lait emultionné pour le chocolat chaud par exemple. Le café latté est le meilleur jai jamais goûté. Dommage que nous ne pouvons pas changer les icônes dans le menu rapide sur l'écran. Bref, je recommande la 4400 de philips. J'ai essayé la 3400 avant mais j'ai du la retourner. Pour 10$ de plus, j'ai eu le nouveau modèle 2024. Je recommande ce produit surtout si vous aimez les boissons lactées. Parfaites à tout coup.