Dualit 84202 Espressivo Coffee Maker Review

This DUALIT Espressivo coffee machine is seriously flawed if ground coffee is used to make espresso.

The metal filter gets irretrievably blocked with trapped grounds. Because of this you have to buy the special filter papers that Dualit have manufactured to try to solve the problem. If perchance the machine is used by someone who doesn't know about the filter papers you are well and truly compromised. On three occasions my kitchen has been covered in coffee grounds as the filter explodes it's grounds all over when it's removed under the extreme pressure build up. I've gone through 4 filters in the last year and although they are only £5 each it is extremely annoying that one is forced to keep outlaying money for what is after all an inherent and dangerous fault with the design.