CANDY Portable Espresso Machine with Strap, 3 in 1 Coffee Maker, One-Touch Operation, Rechargeable Cold Brew Up to 60 Cups, for Ground, Ideal for Camping, RV & Outdoor, Home, Heating in Plug-in Mode

Makes a good cup of hot espresso coffee...if you have it plugged in or use hot water. I have not figured out the difference between the espresso and the americano settings, since how much your cup is filled is dependent on how much water you put in. This is not a fast machine. It takes a while to heat the water before it actually pushes it through the coffee filter. If you want instant gratification, this is not the espresso machine for you. If you can wait a couple of minutes then it is perfectly fine. I recently tried the cold water setting to make my coffee. It was actually quite good. Good value for the money. Slim design. Good flavor. Good value. A bit slow.

It makes great espresso and it has a nice layer of crema on the espresso which my old espresso machine doesn't do. The cold brew that it makes is great, too. What I didn't know when i bought it was that it doesn't heat the water when using with battery. It only heats up when using 110v. The description got updated now to make it more clear that if you use battery power you either heat the water on a stove or fire or you drink a cold brew, which i must say does taste really good.

This product is bang for the buck. Does espresso, americano, and cold brew. Seems to only heat when plugged in, and doesn't heat water on battery power, limiting the user to cold brew. There's not nearly enough volume pushed through for me to consider a cold brew from it because its as large as an americano.

This thing is a great idea but horrible execution. It doesn’t heat up on battery mode it only pushes water so you have to use hot water which totally defeats the purpose. Also there buttons for espresso and americano but it just dumps the whole tank of water and doesn’t actually measure so I can’t even think of a reason to have those buttons. Basically just a huge version of those cylinder portable espresso makers. I will be returning mine. Back to the drawing board this thing is worth maybe $20 as a novelty

first off i will say the first shot of espresso i made with this machine was incredible. i was shocked. it was better tasting than what my delonghi makes on some days. this was after cleaning it out and plugging it in to make sure the battery was charged. i ran it plugged in. this is important because................... this machine needs 400 watts for the heating element to function. no portable lithium battery will provide this. like all portable espresso machines of various sizes this requires you to use hot water in order to use it, unless its plugged in. what sets this thing apart from those smaller machines is that this also functions as a real espresso machine. BUT, most cheap car inverters will power this thing. if you are like me and have always wanted an espresso machine in your personal vehicle this can still be it. 400 watts is far less power than my normal espresso machines use. so this is bigger than a aeropress, smaller than a full size espresso machine, and has the same noise level you would expect from a real espresso machine with a real water pump. no idea if its really 15 bar or whatever it claims but it made a real shot of espresso with good crema so i really dont care. i think this is a good deal for what you get. ultra portable espresso machine, its incredible.

Update from 1/18: half year, did not really travel a lot. However, when I need it, it works. Just come back from a trip, use it for two hot americano, satisfied with its quality. Up the star to 5 for now! Update from 8/17: Candy’s support reached out and sent me a new unit for further testing, it works this time. Tried both Espresso, Americano and Cool brew. First day impression is not bad, I won’t say the coffee quality is excellent but for this price, design and etc., it worth the bucks. So raise to 3 star for now. Will try few more trip and report back here. Hope it will last! Review from first unit: First cup, heating takes quite some time but water out ok. Second cup, the plumb quit working. Spend an hour to see if I can make it working. No luck. The button and status LED and etc. are not intuitive enough. Overall, feel and look like a solid product. But it just does not work for me. Not even reach the coffee tasting part.

Giving this 3 stars and not 1 because I was possibly not using it correctly. I could not get the water to warm up and make an espresso. Really difficult to use especially at the camp site. Was not user friendly.

Bought this to use in the camper. You have to put in hot water so as long as you have a hot water source you are good. It will also do cold brew which is fine. It’s easy to use and makes a great little espresso shot! Super portable and a rechargeable battery is pretty slick. Not a bad little machine for the money, even gives you a little crema too!