The automatic espresso coffee machines look much cheaper than a bean-to-cup machines, but what is the difference?
While both machines can make an identical espresso cup of coffee as each other, one is more hands-on, and the other is more hands-off.
Bean to Cup
A bean-to-cup coffee machine will make espresso from whole beans, and it will grind just enough of the beans and brew a single espresso at each button press. Fully automatic grinding of beans to pour the espresso into a cup is why they are called bean-to-cup coffee machines.
Automatic Espresso Machine
An espresso machine makes a perfect cup of espresso from water and ground coffee at the touch of a button.
The Difference
The Automatic espresso machine needs ground coffee to work, and it can’t process the bean when whole. So you either have to forgo the freshly ground coffee or buy the already ground coffee from the store. Or purchase whole beans and grind them when you want a coffee.
The whole bean grinds on demand, then packing the coffee into the brewing chamber and forcing hot water through to make coffee in one button press. This machine gets called a bean-to-cup coffee machine because it makes freshly ground espresso from roasted beans.
The automatic espresso machine only does a small part of making the coffee from beans and requires much more human intervention to make an espresso.
One Press
If you want freshly ground espresso at the touch of a button, then only a bean-to-cup machine can give you that.
More work
If you want to have to grind the coffee each time you want to use the machine or buy store-bought ground or even batch grind your own, then pack the coffee into the brew head, press a button, then look at the automatic espresso machines.
Freshness
As soon as the coffee bean has been ground, it loses freshness. The clock is ticking. The bean-to-cup machine’s feature will only grind what it needs for that current cup, making the freshest ground coffee available at home.
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