The Rivelia has a nifty little bean swap system that allows you to uncork one hopper stuffed with beans and swap in a second, with minimal fuss and no mixing of beans. It really works like this: While you flip the bean hopper to the unlock place, the Rivelia’s display screen will merely ask you what you need to do with the surplus beanage, which quantities to round 5 grams, or half a shot.
You may select to get a mini-drink from the surplus, or ask the Rivelia to eliminate your little bean downside, sight unseen and no questions requested. Then, simply swap out one color-coded bean hopper for the opposite, and right here you’re consuming decaf as a substitute of your morning rocket gasoline.
The bean swap is a straightforward and deft resolution to an irritating downside that has dogged bean-to-cup machines since their inception. It is also indicative of the thoughtfulness of this system general.
Simple, Button-Press Customization
Swapping out beans is all properly and good, however how’s the espresso? The reply is not simple. Bean-to-cup machines just like the Rivelia, and different De’Longhi fashions just like the Magnifica Evo ($650) and Dinamica ($1,300), exert simply as a lot stress as a standard espresso machine. However additionally they are inclined to grind rather less finely than espresso made with a pressurized portafilter.
This coarser grind makes the ensuing cup an entire lot much less finicky, and fewer prone to be overbitter or deeply acidic, but in addition much less intense. It is a easy cup, with among the edges shaved off. It is good for many who’d like to simply press a button and be ensured a frothy cappuccino with out taking a look at stress gauges or worrying they’re going to botch a shot fully.
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And so the Rivelia will not rival a harder, fussier portafilter machine. However it does make cups pretty much as good as any bean-to-cup maker I’ve tried, partly due to its useful “bean adapt” operate. The machine might be programmed with as much as six totally different bean profiles. While you need to add a brand new bean, the machine could have you set it by means of the paces.
