Compare: Francis Francis X1 vs. Ascaso Dream UP

A couple of retro beauties for you today -- both single boilers, both do pods & grounds, both have steel casings. Gail takes us through their feature and functional differences.

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Howto & Style

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• francis francis
• x1
• ascaso
• dream up
• features
• comparisn
• review
• single boiler espresso machine

[schopey]

thanks for the comparo: now if only you'd make a cup of coffee in each... let us see and hear you taste it...

thanks again

t

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@schopey The X1 has been discontinued, so we can't do any more testing on it -- sorry! - Kat

[daoskillz]

i luv your guys vid and thanks for all the effort you put into to make these videos!!

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@daoskillz Thank you! Really love hearing when people love them and appreciate all the work that goes into them :) - Kat

[44Bigs]

The Dream UP also comes with a nice aluminum tamper and an extra three-hole steam wand tip, right? :) The autofill and electronic temperature control on the X1 is really nice though.

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@44Bigs Yes, it comes with the metal tamper and the option to switch out the steam tip -- sorry about not accentuating that in the video. :D - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@skoredreng Fancybutt! ;) - Kat

[SeattleCoffeeGear]

@robotmotor you're welcome, as always :) - Kat

[skoredreng]

Yay... Commenting from my new iphone4! :D

[robotmotor]

its good machine thanks