Sunbeam Cafe Crema EM4800
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Sturdy, simple but great coffee
Cafe Crema EM4800CI have only owned these bought off FB Market place. They are basic machines that need the coffee grind to be fine (Lavazza goes well, Victoria does not) and don't worry about the frother. Make a good coffe with a lovely crema. Top up with milk and 30 seconds in the microwave. All good.
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Great value for money
Cafe Crema EM4800BI've had my Crema for 8yrs and use it almost daily. It started spitting steam out the side of the seal, with some investigation I found that bettween the two layers of metal in the coffee cradle it had blocked with coffee granules.
A new cradle(the part that holds the coffee) and I'm back to a perfectly good operational machine.
Story is don't grind you coffee too fine.
EM4800 still going strong after 18 years
Cafe Crema EM4800We bought this machine 18 years ago.
After numerous moves (including living overseas for 5 years), and two double espressos a day, this machine is still going strong.
I love this machine, and with my favourite coffee brand find I just can not buy a better coffee anywhere.
I don’t know if it’s applicable to the new Sunbeam models, but if your coffee tastes burnt, just run some water through the machine after frothing the milk and before brewing.
If this thing ever fails I’ll be replacing it with another manual 15 bar Sunbeam.
Just brilliant.
Good budget coffee machine
Cafe Crema EM4800CBought as a gift for my partner a few years ago and it is still going strong. Sometimes gives the coffee a slightly burnt taste if the head isn't cleaned thoroughly enough, but that is to be expected. After 4 years the only issue with this machine is that the milk frother doesn't seem to get as hot as quickly as it used to.
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Great machine, great coffee but didn't last long enough
Cafe Crema EM4800CI really like this machine, it is easy to use and the coffee quality is very good. I use a professional two group head machine in an organisation I am involved in and I can get the same quality out of my little Café Crema, however, at a much slower rate. I only have two gripes, I had to modify the drip tray cover so it would fit properly and not keep falling off and secondly after two years the machine started to leak internally. I am in the market now for a new machine as I need my home coffee and I would consider buying another one to replace it.
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Gets the job done.
Cafe Crema EM4800CAt first i didnt know how to use it and i made bad coffee.
I then watched some videos on youtube then my coffee tasted the same as retail coffee.
This product gets the job done and can create micro foams for your cappuccino.
Easy to clean with tablets if you are not lazy to rinse it multiple times.
This product gives you the power to manually pack your grinds.
If you dont care, then just spend extra on an automatic machine.
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Can’t face the morning with out it
Cafe Crema EM4800BLove using this machine for my morning before the work coffee. It is so easy to use even my husband and 12 year daughter can make delicious coffees with it. Not hard to clean, it also has some great options for different types of coffees. Definitely one of my favourite appliance in the kitchen.
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Makes superb crema on delicious coffee. BUT drip tray corroded almost right through in places. Wher
Cafe Crema EM4800CThe EM4800C makes beautifully rich coffee with great Crema. Easy and quick to use, not noisy, looks good on the kitchen bench. Can be cleaned efficiently . Cannot bear to get rid of it but new drip tray is required to replace corroded original. Where can one be purchased if the EM4800C is discontinued?
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Best coffee machine i have ever had
Cafe Crema EM4800CHave had my sunbeam EM4800 for over 6 years and couldn't be happier. Never had any issue with it, always got crema on my long black even for my ('very long') early morning coffee (full mug or even bowl).
Recently relocated to Japan and had to purchase another brand (De L.) as my old aussie sunbeam unfortunately doesn't work here without a transformer and have to say the coffee is nowhere near as good as the one I made with my old Sunbeam. No or minimal crema, quite messy leaking etc. Hope to one day find your brand in japan.
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Mechanically good; visually lacking
Cafe Crema EM4800BMakes steadily coffee with crema for nearly eight years. Minimal maintenance required: changed only used filter (2 cups) recently, plus occasional descaling. Drawback: drip tray using plastic veneer simulating stainless steel is utterly ugly for a while by now. Most simple to use and makes milk froth nicely. Good overall nevertheless.
Great machine
Cafe Crema EM4800CI have found this machine easy to use and it makes great coffee, 9 out of 10 times.
The switch can be really hard to turn and the drip tray has corroded badly on the inside but it is still powering on so I can live with that. Instead of buying a coffee I'm happy to wait to get home and make my own which I have found I enjoy more.
Great little machine. Lives up to its name.
Cafe Crema EM4800BTrue. If you're like me and love crema on a black coffee, then with this machine you can get results to rival most from any cafe. You will need a couple of other things to achieve this: a proper tamp, a good burr grinder, a little time and patience to experiment to get the right procedure and finally consistency in executing your procedure.
I've had this machine for 6 years. I only use it to make about 10 coffees per week but it still works as well as it did when it was new.
It had / developed two minor defects; hard to turn control knob (thi
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Cafe Crema EM4800I have a Sunbeam Piccolo as well, and I like it better. The Coffee quality both machines produce is excellent, but the Cafe Crema 4800 has superior milk frothing, producing finer milk bubbles and thus creamier froth. The EM4800 Cafe Crema is heavy in weight, with quality finishing and stainless steel parts highly polished and attractive to display on anyone's kitchen bench-top. My criticisms are: 1) There is not enough room between the coffee holder and the base tray for anything but the small espresso cups. This makes it harder to clean,
... Read more as you want to put milk jugs and such under the expresso outlets while steaming it through to clean it, as well as larger capacity cups to catch more than the recommended 35ml espresso extraction mentioned in the supplied booklet. 2) The rubber nozzle cover for the wand works well but complicates the cleaning process. 3) It takes twice as long to froth and heat the milk as the Piccolo model takes, ( I feel it takes too long). 4) The "float indicator" on the drip tray is unnecessary as a full drip tray is easy to empty, and this indicator with its plastic part that straddles the whole drip tray is further complication to clean and re-assemble. 5) The lever lock has a detachable catch on the top which can get in the way while you are attaching the lever pot, so I took it off to make it easier. 6) There are nylon nozzles protruding from the coffee holder which probably assist in the final flow of crema extraction, but if you want to put extra pressure on the tamper while loading, these will crush inward, so I feel they are hindrance. 7) The water tank at the rear is very narrow and requires good aim and steady pouring if you fill it with a jug from the top. It also has an over-complicated lid rather than a simple flip top. As to longevity, I will just have to wait and see, but the little piccolo is simple to use and clean.
Great but doesn't last much beyond 1 year
Cafe Crema EM4800BWe have loved our coffee crema and have used it everyday. We are onto our 3rd or 4th (I've lost count), all of the previous ones broke within 12 months but Sunbeam replaced it. Our current one is on it's last legs and has lasted just over a year. Good value, easy to use but won't last much beyond 12 months with regular use.
Great coffee machine but wont last
Cafe Crema EM4800BI'm on my third machine now, the others were perfectly timed to expire just after warranty ran out. So every 3 years I get a new one! Great for Sunbean but so dissapointing. Makes great coffee and quite easy to use but...quality is not there. My current unit is leaking steam internally and losing wand pressure. May have to try another brand?
Makes great coffee and easy to use
Dont last long.
Questions & Answers
I have had my machine for about 17 years and the milk frother doesn't build up a head of steam to froth the milk anymore.... the rest of the machine works perfectly. Any solutions to rectify this issue, this has been a really great machine
Yes I just bought my first and steam pipe wasn't working so I carefully removed it, with bottom oring then placed it in a saucepan with a tablespoon of cream of Tartar and covered it with boiling water and let it sit for an hour to descale it. Now it makes perfect Cappaccinos'.
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| Category | Semi-Automatic and Manual Coffee Machines | Semi-Automatic and Manual Coffee Machines |
| Price (RRP) | $229 | $229 |
| Pump Pressure | 15bar | 15bar |
| Water Tank Capacity | 1.7L | 1.7L |
| Replaced by | Sunbeam Cafe Crema II EM4820 | Sunbeam Cafe Crema II EM4820 |
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