Thanks for the useful tips on how to choose coffee beans! Just for the record, Lavazza is pronounced as "Lavatsa". In Italian, any time you see two ZZs you pronounce them as TS, the same way you would pronounce "Pizza."

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Hello, thank you very much, could you please recommend coffee beans compatible with Saeco Pico Baristo? Thanks!

Thanks! This is helpful. How about medium-dark roast with some oil on the beans? About 1/5 the bean surface.

Thanks you both. This was so helpful and simply explained which needed.

I'm grateful for your work. Thank you. I've been using Lavazza Italian Espresso medium roast. It's awesome, but I wanted a variety too. This helped ❤

I like dark, robust coffee. I'm not a big fan of medium roasts. Anyone, what is the best tasting, dark roast that I can safely use in my Philips 4300 Super-automatic? Thanking all in advance.

Is it Ok to use Lavazza crema e gusto classico for superautomatic?

what is Lavazza best beans for latte? i use the super crema for MANY years. i thought to try a different one IF there is a better one

Question for Gail. Which decaf coffee would you recommend for my Delonghi Eletta? The light roast at my local supermarket seems fairly dark and has a bit of oil. Not as much as the dark roasts but they're not entirely dry.

Gail, Great video! Can I use Lavazza's Gran Crema in my Philips 4300 super automatic espresso machine? I understand I can use the Super Crema, but Gran Crema appears to be a different coffee. It is a blend of robust and arabica but is a " medium dark" roast. Thank you.

This might explain why my Delonghi Perfecta doesn't work like it used to. Is there any way to clean the grinder on a superautomatic?

Me being clueless I bought starbursts espresso roast . It was a bag of mostly oil and a few means lol

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Is the Lavazza Caffé Espresso okay?

I have a question for Gail. Can you use Grindz on a semi-automatic with a built-in grinder like the Breville Oracle?

Can I grind oily beans in a separate grinder and use them in bypass ? I have a Jura impressa

How would you know if the beans are oily when buying? if they are in a bag like the one shown in the video, you can't see the beans prior to buying.

Hi Gail, I find it so difficult to find good beans for superautomatic and here's why: From what I learned from my research is that a lighter roast should be brewed at higher temperature like 95 to 105. For darker roast they should be brewed at a lower temperature like 91. As for my Saeco Intelia, The maximum temperature I can get is 85... So when I use medium or light roast, I get a sour or bitter taste and I use a really good coffee (Social Coffee People's Liberation). On the other side, I have a friend who used to brew Koffee Kult Dark Roast in is super automatic and it taste much better... Well at least it is not as bitter... The thing is that it is too oily for the machine... So my conclusion is that I should never have bought a superautomatic machine haha... But please convince me that I'm wrong! :P

Wouldn't grindz clean it out if you use an oily been?

So... It's just a grinder thing on superautomatics? Can I safely use oily beans or dark roast on a Saeco Poemia? Thanks!

Hi I've recently purchased a Miele CM6150 after watching one of your reviews. I've only used illy classic roast coffee beans but I'm thinking of trying Lavazza Cafe Espresso coffee beans would these be ok for my coffee machine?

Just saying, my dad has had a saeco superautomatic for going on 10 years now and has pretty much exclusively used oily dark roast espresso beans without any sort of problem. In principle i agree that oily beans are not the best thing for the maintancence of the grinder in a machine, but to those who like italian/ french roasts, i don't think the negatives (i.e clogging/build up) will have as big of an effect as these guys are making it seem.

Gail, can you name the beans in order from your left to right starting with the darkest to lightest. Thanks, looking for the name of the lightest colored bean. Having an issue with my saeco auto model hd8838 where it grinds the bean and then dumps it out with a no bean error, not sure why that is happening I have cleaned the machine to its fullest, even replaced the grinder ceramic disks. Currently I have been using lavazza super creme brand for years.

Using oily beans in your machine will ruin it. Trust me, I and many others have learned from experience.

Gail I got the lavazza super crema after your recommendation but they are oily beans even more oily than Starbucks ( pike place, house blend and Ethiopia, Colombia narino) I have Delonghi prima Donna elite machine My question is can I use the Starbucks beans that I mentioned?

I understand lavazza makes great beans. How do they compare to beans of decent quality but mediocrely roasted at home? Fresh roasted beans from local roasters are just too expensive

best expresso grinder for a cheap price? All the ones ive seen are 100 or above.

Please don't laugh. I just liked seeing the different colors of roasts and the shines they had. Sigh. I could almost smell the beans.

The oils on the outside of the bean Stick to the burr?.... but when you grind them the oil comes out anyways. I'm sorry but b.s is b.s who cares!

Throw them away.

Just don't use super automatics simple as that...

Lavazza beans?? Seriously?? No. Just no.

This coffee shouldn’t be allowed