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Krups 871, a real time video of how I like to make my coffee on this machine. Following the instructions makes a horrible watery drink somewhere between dishwater and weak drip coffee.

Throw away the instructions, weigh 16g to 18g of ground coffee and tamp hard enough so that about 35ml of hot water flows in about 28 seconds from the time the drips become a stream and it is quite nice to drink as a hot espresso.

Then steam some milk creating very fine foam (instead of big bubbles) and you should end up with a nice creamy smooth cappuccino style drink that even a sweet tooth will not need to add sugar to.

Part of the trick is how firmly the coffee is tamped, and the timing of the espresso until about 30-35ml is through.

If you see frothy bubbles appearing in the stream at about 30 seconds and can hear a bit of hissing, you have gone too long!

The other part of the trick is not to hat the milk too hot. If you can't hold the frothing jug in the palm of your hand, it is about right.

The Krups 871 Espresso Bravo steam espresso maker is available pretty cheap. I had one given to me, bought another in a second hand shop for $15, and recently acquired a third. The one in the video is about 30 years old and still works great.

In the video I am using Robert Timms brand coffee beans from a supermarket, marked down as old stock - so cheap. There's no crema on the espresso, but the taste is comparable to coffee shop espresso.

If I buy nice fresh (expensive) beans from our local coffee plantation there's deep dark foam (crema) , so I use cheap beans :-)across the top 1/4 to 1/3 of the espresso. I don;t have much money so I use cheap beans :-)