Saeco Primea Touch Plus Espresso Machine

Saecos new Primea Touch Plus is an outstanding new espresso machine that brews all you favorite espresso drinks automatically. In fact it is the only espresso machine on the market that has a color touch screen making programming your favorite beverage including cup size, milk frothing, and many other functions easy. Also unique to the Primea is its Touch2Cappuccino System, which can dispense coffee and milk from both spouts at the same time, so you can make 2 cappuccinos or 2 lattes with 1 touch. Another exclusive feature to this Saeco machine is its internal milk container. With enough milk to make 4 cappuccinos, the built-in milk container eliminates the need for an external pitcher and hose. The Primea takes care of everything: grinding, tamping, brewing, steaming, frothing. It even has a motorized drip tray to let you accommodate short espresso cups as well as tall milk glasses. With the Primea Touch Plus, you can control almost every aspect of the machine down to the temperature of its cup warmer.

Learn more about the Primea Touch Plus:

Crew Review
Pros & Cons
How it Works
Care
Features & Accessories
Tech Specs

Crew Review

Pros

One-Touch - One-touch espresso & Americanos, plus Rapid Steam functionality means you can quickly switch between brewing and steaming functions
Color Display - One-touch espresso and Americanos, plus Rapid Steam functionality means you can quickly switch between brewing and steaming functions.
Built-In Milk - Two plastic milk containers can be swapped in and out of the machine, keeping the milk cold and fresh

Cons

Rinsing - Due to the built-in milk system, you will spend extra time rinsing and cleaning the frothing components
No Manual Steaming - With the milk frothing fully automated, you do not have a standard steam wand to better control your results

How it Works
Each time you brew, you'll set the shot volume, dosing and pressure uniquely so you can easily tweak your shot to your preferences.

Read the manufacturer manual for full instructions on operation

Care
For detailed care instructions, please refer to your machine's user manual. We recommend that you also incorporate the following into your cleaning routine:

Descale every 2 - 3 months. We recommend using Dezcal. Read: How to Descale an Espresso Machine
Soap out water tank (if applicable) and drip tray every few days
Remove the brew group and spray it down with hot water (no soap!) about once per week
For best results, follow the rinsing prompts and keep the milk containers clean.

Features & Accessories
The Primea Touch Plus features straightforward functionality and an animated color interface.

Components & Functionality

Animated Color Touch Screen: Each of the 8 types of drinks that you can make with the Saeco Primea Touch Plus has its own icon on the animated display screen: hot milk, hot water, espresso, coffee, long coffee, espresso macchiato, cappuccino, and latte macchiato

Automatic Milk Frothing and Steaming: This super automatic machine will pull milk from the removable milk reservoir, froth and dispense just the right amount into your cup

Touch2Cappuccino System: The Saeco Primea is the only machine that can make not just 1, but 2 specialty milk drinks from start to finish with a single touch of the screen.

Programmable Icons: After making your drink, the screen will ask if you would like to save your settings, so you can create the same drink any time you want.

Double Boiler System: The Primea Touch Plus has 2 stainless steel boilers that ensure there is always water at the right temperature for brewing, steaming, or dispensing hot water.

Touch Lift Drip Tray: Saecos touch lift technology lets you adjust the height of your drip tray to match your cup sizes with an up and down button that activates the motor as you press.

Bipass Doser: When you want to brew a quick batch of preground coffee, you can use the Primeas bipass doser located on the top of the machine.

Aroma System: The Saeco Aroma System pre-wets your coffee grinds to ensure the best possible coffee extraction. This feature, also known as pre-infusion, can be turned off or on, or lengthened to suit your taste.

Automatic Turn-on and Energy Save Functions: Your Saeco super automatic can be ready to brew right when you get up. You can also set it to shut down after a certain amount of time, so you never need to worry about wasting power.

Built-In Milk Container: The Saeco Primea Touch Plus comes with 2 plastic milk containers that can be swapped in and out of the machine. Since the milk containers are not insulated, each one should be removed between uses and stored in the refrigerator.

Milk Rinse Cycle: It is important to rinse any milk residue from the machines internal components after every use, and the color touch screen will remind you to do this. By simply placing a cleaning container where the milk container usually goes and running this cycle, your machine will be sanitized automatically.

Included Accessories The Saeco Primea Touch Plus comes with a user manual, an additional milk container and a variety of helpful tools. To assist cleaning cycles and maintenance, the Primea comes with a Cappucinatore cleaning pin, applicator, water hardness tester, lubricant for the brew group, cleaning brush and cleaning detergent.

Tech Specs