Built In Coffee Makers

For most people coffee is an essential part of their morning ritual. We used to start our day with a commute to work but the pandemic has changed all of that. With more and more remote workers and companies realizing that they can be as productive as before with workers at home rather in offices, our morning rituals have changed.

For some people that has meant they need to find another way to feed their caffeine addiction now that their commute has changed. There is no Starbucks between their bedroom and their newly transformed living room home office.

Sure, there is probably a coffee maker in your kitchen somewhere, and you might be making frequent trips there to get that coffee. Let’s face it the coffee you make at home just doesn’t taste the same as what you get at a coffee shop. Those professional machines really do make a difference! Brew temperatures, operating pressure, the type of grind, all of those factors play into how your coffee tastes and less machines just aren’t able to produce the same results.

You probably have fond memories of, sitting in that long drive thru line, spending $5 a cup, as crazy as it sounds. It became your morning ritual, and you became spoiled with coffee that was brewed in a professional grade machine.

Well stop the presses, Starbucks is not the only place where you can get this coffee. You can buy a very specific type of coffee maker for your home, install it in your kitchen, and get the same exact coffee, maybe, dare I say, better coffee! You’ll also get the added benefit of not having to pay $4 per cup which means you might actually get to enjoy more delicious luxury coffee.

Granted these aren’t your garden variety Mr. Coffee machines, these are high end built in coffee machines that make coffee just like the big boys do. The two luxury built in coffee machines that we prefer most are which you should consider investing in are the Bosch BCM8450UC and Wolf EC24.

Built In Coffee Maker Features

The following are some features found in Bosch BCM8450UC:

Home Connect App

The Bosch Home Connect App serves multiple functions. It is a remote control, a shopping assistant, product manual, and repair technician all in one. This should really make your life easier. All you have to do is download the app on your smart device, and you are good to go.

Remote Control

It also has a remote control, so you can use your smartphone to navigate the machine wherever you are. You could be in your office, in your car, or the kitchen. Think about it this way; you can program the machine to prepare a nice hot cup brewing coffee from wherever you are. Upon your return, you can pour it into your cup and have it. You don’t even have to get out of bed a few minutes early to put on the coffee. You can do it from the comfort of your bed. It will still be ready when you want to drink it.

Remote Monitoring

You can check how much time is left for the coffee to be done from your screen.

Remote Diagnostics

You will not have to wait for days to get service if something were to go wrong with the machine. You can easily contact a technician who will start working on your machine remotely.

Personalized beverages

You probably have a favorite drink that you always get from Starbucks. However, instead of waiting in line and giving the same order every day, only to wait a couple of more minutes, you can store eight different beverages for quick and easy preparation. Within minutes, you can have your favorite drink in your hand. All it will require is a touch of the button…and you can call yourself a barista.

Cup Sizes

The height-adjustable dispenser can adjust for several cup sizes. It can brew two cups at one time and you can adjust your coffee however you feel. Doesn’t that feel better than having to spend money every day to get Starbucks coffee?

Built In Coffee Maker Features

With this machine, you will find everything you need. Here are some of its features:

Make your favorite coffees

Whatever you are in the mood for—regular black coffee, espressos, lattes, or macchiato—it will be there in seconds. You can even get steam, froth milk, and even hot chocolate for the kids—all at the press of a button.

Select your size

You can choose the cup size you want from the four pushbuttons presets. You can get everything from a one-ounce espresso shot to a 12-ounce coffee. You can also program unique sizes of up to 7 oz and save the settings to “My Coffee.” Now, every time you make a coffee, all you have to do is press on the “my Coffee” button, and you can have yourself a piping hot cup every morning.

Select the strength

You can decide just how strong you want your coffee. There are five strengths given in the settings. These range from extra-mild to extra-strong. You can choose which one you want and pour it in the cup size of your choosing. It has never been this easier.

Whole-bean and Pre-Ground Coffee

With this machine, you don’t have to worry about only having grounded beans. You can use whole-bean coffee, maybe even up to half a pound. You can then grind it automatically to make your drink. It can brew single cups from pre-ground coffee, so you will be able to have the perfect blend at your breakfast. The smell of the coffee is only going to make things better.

Adjustable Built-in Stainless Steel Burr Grinder

You have thirteen grind settings, which allow you to customize the whole-bean coffee based on the taste you want and what your body prefers. The machine is so customized; it aims to fulfill all the needs of your body. You won’t even find this with Starbucks coffee. But even if you do, it will definitely come at a big cost.

You can make it a double

Yes, this machine allows you to do it. For identical coffees, just press the Double Coffee button and you can put your cups underneath the two spouts. Now, select the button, and you can have double-sized coffee for the price of one.

Hot Water on Demand

The system is programmed to give you hot water of up to 14 ounces. Once again, the only effort you need to do is push a button. How hot you want the water is entirely up to you. Just push the button and the temperature will adjust according to your liking. Now, doesn’t that make things easier?

Easy to Clean

Wolf system can clean the machine with just a pushbutton. Just rinse the brew head, or you can clean the milk spout with the jet of the steam. It will be done in seconds. The milk is steamed and frothed without passing through the machine’s internal system; this makes cleaning so much easier. You won’t have to spend too much time or put in too much effort into it.

Built In Coffee Maker Return on Investment

These machines are not cheap but then again neither is spending $4 per day at Starbucks. Since the BOSCH BCM8450UC and the Wolf EC24 both retail for more than $3,000 each plus installation, how much coffee would have to drink in order for this to be a good investment and actually save you money? Turns out it’s a lot less than you’re probably thinking. Imagine if buying a $3,000 coffee machine actually saved you money!

Let’s do some quick math and compare the cost of a built in coffee maker with the cost of heading to Starbucks every day.

For the sake of this assumption, we’ll say you enjoy a Starbucks Latte only once per day. We all know there will be days where you get two and there will be days where you skip it and there will be weekends where you venture out for an iced coffee, but for the sake of the argument we’ll pretend those even out and on average you drink 1 per business day.

We’ll start with 52 weeks per year with on average 5 business days each week results in 260 business days or in our case 260 lattes.

At $4 per latte, we’re looking at $1,040 per year.

Oh wait…you’ve got a spouse, or coffee drinking children, or perhaps an aging parent who lives with you that also drinks coffee? You could easily be spending anywhere from $1,000 – $2,500 per year.

Let’s not even take into consideration the time you spend waiting in line or the cost of gas or wear and tear on your car.

All the sudden a $3,000 coffee maker doesn’t seem like it’s an outlandish and expensive splurge. This built in coffee machine could be saving you thousands of dollars by it’s 2^nd birthday let alone the untold tens of thousands of dollars over its lifetime. Which by the way these machines are built to last and some of the usage stats are pretty impressive. We’ve seen machines that have had 30,000+ cups brewed through them and they’re still going strong.