KitchenAid Fully Automatic Espresso Machine KF7 - Porcelain

The KitchenAid KF7 is a bean-to-cup machine with a 3.5 inch touchscreen, an automatic milk system and over 20 recipe options. It grinds, doses, brews and textures the milk on its own, and it remembers how four different people take their coffee.

Nobody has to learn anything to use it. Beans go in the hopper, milk goes in the container, and each person taps their own profile and their own drink. Behind the screen it grinds fresh for every cup, and two spouts mean two cups come out together rather than one after the other. Metal-clad, and built to sit out on the counter.

Highlights

• Over 20 recipe options across espresso, lungo, americano, coffee, cortado, macchiato, cappuccino, latte, latte macchiato and flat white, nearly all available as doubles
• Four user profiles, so each person saves their strength, size and milk once and taps it from then on
• Automatic milk system with a 790 ml container and hose, no wand technique to learn, and one of the simplest cleaning routines in this class
• Two coffee spouts, so two cups are poured together instead of in turn
• Removable bean hopper that twists and lifts out to swap decaf or another roast, with auto purge clearing the grinder between batches
• Three coffee strength levels and three brew temperatures, set once per profile then left alone
• 2.2 litre water tank with a fitted filter, enough for a full morning

Who it's for

• Households where a few people drink different things and nobody wants to adjust a machine to get them
• Anyone who wants proper milk drinks every day without learning to steam milk
• People replacing a pod machine who want fresh-ground coffee for the same effort

One thing to be clear about. This is a fully automatic machine: no portafilter, no tamping, and the milk is textured for you rather than poured by hand. That is exactly why most people buy it, but if making the coffee yourself is part of the appeal, we will show you the machines that are.

Living with it

Day to day, say yes when it prompts the milk rinse, and empty the grounds container and drip tray. The milk container lifts straight out and goes in the fridge or the dishwasher, which is about as easy as milk handling gets on a machine like this.

Then periodically, the "Clean Me" indicator tells you when a cleaning cycle is due and walks you through it, and the brew unit comes out to be rinsed. Set your water hardness on day one, because the cleaning and descaling schedule adjusts to it. Tablets, filter and strip are all in the box.

FAQs

• Do I need to know anything about making espresso?
  No. It grinds, doses, brews and textures the milk on its own. You choose the drink on the touchscreen and it does the rest: no portafilter, no tamping, no steam wand technique.
• Can it remember how different people take their coffee?
  Yes, up to four people. Each profile holds its own drinks at its own strength, size and milk setting, so nobody resets anything.
• Can it pour two cups at the same time?
  Yes. There are two coffee spouts, so two drinks come out together rather than one cup at a time.
• How much cleaning does it actually need?
  Less than most machines in this class. It runs an automatic milk rinse when you accept the prompt, and the milk container lifts straight out to go in the fridge or the dishwasher rather than being scrubbed in place. Beyond that the screen tells you when a cleaning cycle or descale is due and walks you through it.
• Can I change how strong the coffee is?
  Yes. Three coffee strength levels, three brew temperatures, and adjustable milk and foam volume. Set it once inside your profile and every drink comes out that way.
• Can I switch between regular and decaf?
  Easily. The bean hopper twists and lifts straight off, so you can empty or swap it without digging beans out of the machine, and auto purge clears the grinder between batches.
• What is the warranty, and who fixes it if something goes wrong?
  KitchenAid covers the KF7 with a 2 year warranty, and Coffee Warehouse is a KitchenAid warranty and service centre. If it ever needs work, it is handled by the people who sold it to you rather than shipped off to a stranger. Call us at 1-888-742-1777.

Specifications

• Type: Fully automatic bean-to-cup espresso machine
• Drinks: Over 20 recipe options, nearly all available as doubles
• Display: 3.5 inch touchscreen
• User profiles: 4
• Grinder: Built-in with smart dosing and auto purge between batches
• Bean hopper: 270 g, removable
• Milk system: Automatic, 790 ml removable container and hose
• Delivery: Two coffee spouts
• Adjustments: 3 coffee strength levels, 3 brew temperature levels, milk and foam volume
• Water tank: 2.2 L, removable, with filter
• Dimensions (W × D × H): 26 × 47.3 × 36.3 cm
• Weight: 12.7 kg
• Warranty: 2 years
• In the box: 2.2 L water tank, water filter, removable bean hopper, milk container with hose and lid, brew unit cleaning tablets, filter mounting spoon, water hardness test strip

Why buy from Coffee Warehouse?

• We are a KitchenAid warranty and service centre, so warranty work and repairs are done by us, not couriered off to someone you have never spoken to
• Two Ontario showrooms, Markham and Richmond Hill, where we will run a milk drink on it so you can taste the foam and hear how loud it is, plus live virtual demos if you are not nearby
• Help getting it set up, from water hardness to bean choice, so it tastes at home the way it did here
• Free shipping and financing available
• Toll-free support at 1-888-742-1777, before you buy and long after