omaneo.SASKIA

The omaneo.SASKIA is an attempt to pack three appliances into one: grinder, portafilter machine and milk frother sit on a footprint of a good 40 by 40 centimetres. The decisive thing about it is not an advertising promise but a measurement: the brew group measures 58 millimetres. That means all standard-size barista accessories fit — tamper, distributor, bottomless portafilters, finer baskets. Anyone who wants to get better later does not have to change appliance for it. In everyday use, what speaks for the machine is that the grinder grinds directly into the portafilter (30 settings), that a pressure gauge shows the pressure, that the steam wand swivels freely and that hot water can be drawn separately. The manufacturer states a ready-to-use time of around 35 seconds and 1400 watts for the steam system. High availability and fast delivery. The honest reservation concerns the specifications themselves. The supplier's documents contradict each other in several places. On the water tank it is settled: Dieter checked the appliance himself, and it holds 2.8 litres — the 45 ounces in the manufacturer's graphic are wrong. We list the pump neutrally at 15 bar — the 20 bar in the picture advertising is an advertising figure, not engineering. The brew temperature is fixed, regulated at 92 degrees — the four selectable levels from the advertising do not exist; checked on the appliance. For context: a bar figure above 15 describes the pump anyway, not the pressure at the coffee — around nine bar is the target there. And there is no long-term experience with this model yet. What counts in the end is the cup — and there it delivers: with cappuccino and everything made with milk, our own use produced really convincing results. The steam wand froths strongly enough, and the grinder grinds finely enough for the extraction to hold up. Who it is for: beginners who want to start with a single appliance instead of buying grinder and machine separately, and who want to keep the way up open thanks to the standard size. Anyone looking for pressure profiling, a plumbed-in water connection or documented series quality is better off in a different class.