Newest Addition to the Family: EQ7 bean-to-cup coffee machine

Isn´t it beautiful? Even just to look at? *sigh*
May I introduce: the newest addition to our family: a SIEMENS EQ7 bean-to-cup coffee machine. We haven´t agreed on a name yet, though. But go figure.

The decision-making process for this one actually took us quite a while: "Do we really need a machine like that?" was just one of the questions in the early stage. "Do we need an additional "my coffee" function so everyone can set their own special coffee settings?" was one of the more annoying ones in the later stage. But we finally made it (I threatened to not ever buy the god-damned-thing if we didn´t decide within the next 2 minutes).

And today, the post delivered it - and I am already sure we made the right choice. The system does it all: tea, milk, coffee, with own buttons for Latte Macchiato and Cappucino. You can adjust the water and the coffee temperature, and the freeness of the coffee beans that are ground freshly for every cup of coffee. I´ll keep you informed about all the other features as soon as I´ve tried them all out - might take a while.

Now the exiting "experiment phase" starts: which coffee beans are best? Let me know which ones you favor in the comments!