I love making pour over myself, but sometimes I don't have time in the morning with kids and pets so having the xBloom Studio allows me to never miss a cup.

There are tons of options depending on what you want or your skill level. You can use premade pods with crafted recipes and only fill the water and push a button, or use each part of the xBloom individually and brew a cup your way. The possibilities are endless.

The xBloom is also a great value when you compare all the individual components it combines. I look forward to using it for years to come.

I first rented this machine using the FLEX program which allowed me to pay $30 to try it out and see if I would like it. I purchased some beans from Bigface, Prodigal, and a couple of others. I really liked the pods that came with it but what sold me is being able to use my own coffee with the omni dripper.

I am more of an espresso nerd, so I don't want to fuss around too much with pour over. What I like is using the pods from roasters that I already like such as Prodigal, and they have done the hard work of developing a pallet and dialing it in themselves.

In my small apartment, I was able to save space with this machine since I could put my scale, grinder, and kettle in storage since this does it all!