Siemens EQ 300 Review

We have been using Siemens EQ 300 for more than 3 years and I can conclude that it is one of the best automatic coffee machine at that price range. If you are an espresso addict, I’m pretty sure that you will love EQ3 espresso machine! Here is the detailed Siemens EQ 300 test and review.

Siemens EQ.300 Coffee Machine

By Metin KARAL – Review Editor

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Pros

Best thing with Siemens EQ3 is its simplicity and quality. Real Siemens quality! Although EQ3 is an entry level automatic coffee machine, it has many superb features that many upper level automatic machines don’t have. First of all, it has extremely easy to use big control buttons and LCD screen. You can make a delicious cappuccino just by touching a button. Its espresso is also remarkable. Siemens iAroma system works good and makes a tasty coffee. External milk nozzle and ceramic grinder is other distinctive features of EQ3.

Cons

What We did not liked about Siemens EQ3 is water reservoir capacity (1.4L) capacity. Siemens EQ3 has an excellent self cleaning system but this system consumes too much water. Consequently you must refill water tank as needed. 1.4L water tank is enough for a regular home use, but if you are brewing too much coffee, 1.4L might be a bit small. We are making approximately 4-5 cups of coffee daily and no problem but if your coffee needs more than that, you must refill it frequently.

Take Note

Although Siemens EQ3 is a great coffee machine, it is hard to find it on the marked. It is very difficult to find it in US and in UK. Due to supply problems, there are very high price fluctuations at Siemens EQ3. You can find base £700+ price or £400 discounted prices! If you can find a near £400 price, don’t miss it. It is really great fully automatic coffee machine.

Compare Siemens Coffee Machines

Magnifica SEQ9EQ.500EQ3
DisplayNo DisplayTFTTFTLCD
OperationAutomaticAutomaticAutomaticAutomatic
Bean
Container
250 gr235 gr270 gr250 gr
Wattage1450 W1,500 W1,500 W1,300 W
Weight9 Kg 11.495 kg 8.5 kg 7.348 kg
Water
Reservoir
1.8 L2.3 Liters1.7 Liters1.4 Liters
Cup WarmerNoYesNoYes
Milk
Frothing
Steam
Wand
Milk
Reservoir
Milk
Tube
Steam
Pipe
Pressure15 Bar 19 Bar 15 Bar 15 Bar
Noise71 db62 db62 db67 db
WiFiNo Yes NoNo
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Design

Siemens EQ3 is classical bean to cup type super-automatic Coffee machine. Having iconic Silver/Black view with well engineered touches. Minimalist Design with two Coffee dispenser, one moveable milk nozzle, garbage tray with LCD display and big control buttons.

Siemens EQ3 bean-to-cup automatic coffee machine has a very clear LCD Display and big operation buttons. Big and clear buttons help you to make all types of coffee easily. It has an easy to use interface.

EQ3 is a bit smaller than upper models (Like Siemens EQ.500 and Siemens EQ9 series automatic coffee machines). It is about 7 Kg weight and that makes it fairly stable. For this reason, no vibration during operation.

Runner Up
Siemens EQ3

  • LCD Display
  • Preset for Espresso
  • Preset for Cappuccino
  • Preset for Latte Macchiato
  • 1.4L Water tank
  • Cup Warmer
  • Silent Operation
  • Ceramic grinder
  • Steam Pipe for Milk Frothing
  • 15.000 Cups of Coffee Guarantee
  • Specs

    Siemens EQ3
    DisplayLCD
    Bean Container250 gr
    Weight (kg)7.348 kg
    Water Reservoir1.4 Liters
    Pressure15 Bar
    Noise67 db
    Cup WarmerYes
    OperationAutomatic
    Milk FrothingSteam Pipe
    GrinderCeramic
    Wattage 1.300 W
    Siemens EQ.300 Specs

    Siemens EQ3 Touch Panel

    Siemens EQ 300 has total of 10 big front buttons. Some for maintenance, some for additional options and some for coffee types.

    On/Off Button – Located upper center of the front panel. Used to switch on and off the machine. When switched ON, machine makes a quick self test and clean. This quick clean is very useful since it automatically cleans internal parts of machine and helps maintenance. Notice that, you must locate an empty cup for water disposal to the under part of the dispenser. Siemens EQ3 has also automatic switch-off function (default is 30 minutes and it is adjustable)

    One or Two Cup Coffee Button– Located left upper of front panel. Used when you want to prepare two cup of coffee (default is one cup). When you want to use this feature, locate two cup to the coffee dispensers and select this option. Good feature especially when you want to prepare two cups of coffee quickly.

    Coffee Strength Button – Located left upper of front panel (three bean figure). Used to adjust the strength/intense of your coffee. For example, some people prefers especially intense espresso and some people prefers light americano. There are 5 levels of Coffee strength: Very Mild / Mild / Regular / Strong / Very Strong. Each level is represented by a single bean figure (eg: 4 beans = Strong) on the display LCD panel.

    Siemens EQ3 s300 Bean-to-cup automatic Coffee Machine, black Front View (s300 Model)
    Siemens EQ.3 s300 Coffee Machine Front View

    Control Buttons

    Cup Warmer Button – Located left upper of front panel. Used to warm coffee cups. Although it looks like a good feature, it is not as useful as seen. It is a passively heated by means of boiler. It is not so powerful and it warms cups very very slowly! Especially if you are in a cold room don’t expect something much about this feature. For this reason, I think, this feature is removed from most of the upper models.

    calc'nClean Button – This is service program. Frequency of service program depends on hardness of water you used and how frequent you used your Siemens coffee machine. When calc’nClean button lights up you must perform a full Siemens eq 300 calc n clean service. (See service manual how to do a calc’nClean service). Calc n Clean warning doesn’t prevent machine to work immediately (at least for 1 month). This lets you to buy necessary Siemens EQ 300 cleaning tablets and descaling tablets (or liquid). Total calc’nClean process takes approximately 30-40 minutes. After the cleaning maintenance, you get a clean and healthy coffee machine. This is also necessary to use machine for years.

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    Pro tip: Even you make a full calc n Clean maintenance as needed, after a while I saw that, there are some coffee residues at the brewing unit. It is very difficult to clean that residues just by wiping. And I cleaned it by a air blower at the next maintenance cycle. Now, I see much less residues on the brewing unit.

    Coffee Programs

    Mainly, you can prepare 4 different types of coffee with only one touch!

    Espresso – Espresso is the most basic type of coffee. Most of the other coffees are derived from one shot espresso, which is about 1 ounce (around 25-30 ml and adjustable) and usually extracted from 6 grams of coffee. With the Espresso program you get 1 shot espresso. It is a bit strong coffee. If you are not familiar with espresso you may find it very hard to drink but it is usually the best coffee for coffee lovers! I’m usually using julius meinl coffee beans to prepare my espresso. It is tasty and its price is affordable. illy coffee is also great but, it is usually pricey. If you find a good discount, don’t miss it. It is also great coffee.

    As I said, most of the coffees are derived from one shot Espresso. For example, if you want to make Iced Coffee Latte, this Espresso shot is a good starting point.

    Look at my YouTube Video about How to prepare perfect Espresso with Siemens EQ.300:

    My Siemens EQ.300 Coffee Machine for Preparing delicious Espresso video

    Caffe Crema – When you see “Crema” word you may think that it is a milky coffee but it is not! When you chose this program you get diluted espresso (around 80-200 ml and adjustable) with aromatic froth. That is somehow similar to filter coffee or americano but a bit more intense and smells remarkable. Try it!

    Milky Froth

    Cappucino – There are two stages in preparing Cappuccino: Preparing Milk and adding Espresso. Firstly, you must pour some (around 2/5 of a cup) milk to a cup. (If you prefer a glass cup you will get great looking Cappuccino also) Then place it under the spout. In order to froth the milk you should place the milk nozzle in to the milk. Rest is straight forward. Super-automatic Siemens EQ 3 will froth and heat your milk. Consequently, your coffee is added and you get delicious Cappuccino.

    Notice: If you are not planning to make another milky coffee, for hygienic reasons, you must wash milk nozzle immediately. (Milk nozzle is also dishwasher safe)

    Look at my YouTube Video about How to prepare iced Latte with Siemens EQ.300:

    My Siemens EQ3 s300 Coffee Machine for Preparing iced Latte video

    Latte Macchiato – Preparing Latte Macchiato with Siemens EQ 300 is same as preparing Cappuccino except you must use less milk. Personally, I prefer Latte Macchiato. Milk foam of Macchiato is denser than cappuccino. Spread of coffee over milk is also great.

    Milk Button – Although it is not related to preparing coffee, you can prepare only milk froth by Milk Button. Very convenient for your kitchen!

    Look at my YouTube Video about How to prepare Latte Macchiato with Siemens EQ.300:

    My How to prepare Latte Macchiato with Siemens EQ300 video

    Milk Nozzle & Self Cleaning

    One of the biggest advantage of Siemens EQ3 from other competitors is Milk Nozzle.

    Siemens EQ3 espresso coffee machine has a moveable and removable external milk nozzle. Milk nozzle is extremely easy to use (and works excellent). It is extremely easy to clean the nozzle also. Likewise, in similar coffee machines, there is a milk tank. When you want to make milky coffee, you first fill milk tank. After that, milk is transferred from milk tank to coffee cup through internal pipelines. The problem is cleaning that internal pipelines is usually very difficult and that pipelines are usually non-hygienic. The good thing with Siemens EQ.300 is that, it does not use such a milk process. Milk nozzle is external and removable.

    No internal pipeline = Very easy cleaning + Hygiene. Siemens EQ3 has a big advantage over similar coffee machines.

    Siemens EQ.300 Grinder

    Siemens Coffee Machine Bean Container (Siemens EQ300 Model)
    Siemens EQ3 Espresso Coffee Machine Bean Container & Grinder

    Siemens EQ300 fully automatic Coffee machine has 250g capacity Coffee Bean Container. Using fresh beans to brew coffee is definitely a big PLUS! Ground coffee starts loosing its aromatic flavor after 3-4 days. Grinding the coffee beans just before using is distinctive feature of the EQ3 espresso machine. Although, there are higher capacity coffee machines, 250 grams capacity is fairly enough for home use.

    EQ3 has a ceramic grinder. Ceramic grinders are superior to stainless-steel type grinders. Because, stainless-steel grinders easily heat as it is used. Hence coffee beans start to burnt and you get ruin flavor from any coffee you made. Fortunately, Siemens EQ3 has ceramic grinder and you will not meet such a thing.

    EQ3’s grinder is adjustable. You can set grinding level according to your needs or type of bean coffee you use. Siemens recommends finer grinding level for dark-roasted coffee beans and coarser grinding level for lighter coffee beans. It was at the finest level when I buy the machine. Then I changed to medium level and now I get much more better coffee! You must try all of the levels to find best level for you.

    Here I must mention about noise level of Siemens EQ3. EQ3 has a 67 db. noise level Especially while grinding bean coffee, EQ3 is a bit noisy. But at this price level, that much noise is normal. If you want more silent bean-to-cup coffee machine, you must prefer an upper model, like Siemens EQ9, which has 62 db. noise level.

    Bean Container & Water Filter

    Bean container can store about 250g of bean coffee. This is fairly enough for home usage. 250g / 6g for each espresso ~= 40 cups of coffee. But the problem is water tank is relatively small (1.4 Liter) and you must fill the tank frequently. There are some high capacity automatic coffee machines, like Saeco Lirika, but this is enough for daily home use. If you are making too much coffee in a day, that might be annoying. But, if you are making 4-5 cups a day (like me) it is not a problem.

    I must mention about its water filter also. EQ3 is capable of using Brita water filter. Unfortunately Brita water filter is not available in the box and sold separately. Good water is a MUST to make good coffee. For this reason if you are using hard water, it’s a good idea to use water filter in Siemens coffee machine. Alternatively you can use filtered water. Brita makes cheap and effective water jugs that produce good filtered water. Read the Brita Marella XL review for more information.

    Siemens Coffee Machines

    Siemens has big experience in home appliances. Perfectly combines engineering with functionality. As a result of that experience and development, Siemens making great coffee machines for years. EQ series are bean-to-cup coffee machines of Siemens. EQ family coffee machines are fully automatic and extremely easy to use coffee machines. EQ Coffee machine models range from entry level (EQ3) to networked (EQ9) bean to cup models. In all of the models, simplicity and quality is standard. If you compare budget bean to cup coffee machines, you will see that Siemens EQ3 is one of the best coffee machine with reasonable price.

    Siemens EQ300 Espresso Coffee Machine - Great Latte Macchiato
    Siemens EQ3 Coffe Machine – Latte Macchiato

    Compare Siemens Bean to Cup Coffee Machines

    Siemens EQ.300 Bean to Cup coffee machine is a real fully automatic BTC. Bean to Cup coffee machines are extremely easy to use coffee machines. Unlike to other classical (manual, moka coffee pot) coffee machines, you only put coffee beans (and water) as input and bean to cup coffee machine gives you perfect fresh coffee in a short time. You don’t deal with grinding coffee beans, heating water or adjusting proper amount of coffee for perfect espresso coffee. Because, bean to cup fully automatic coffee makers do it for you!

    Siemens coffee machine has a feature named “iAroma System” combines and integrates all machine components and technologies to ensure a great taste of coffee (Always same taste, as long as you use same coffee beans). For this reason, it is a fantastic feature for people who want same delicious taste (Like me). Because you know what you get!

    Siemens EQ300 is entry level Espresso Coffee machine of Siemens. Other upper models are Siemens EQ6 and EQ9. Siemens EQ.6 and EQ.9 models have some additional features like more customization, onboard milk tank, WLAN (Wi-Fi/Internet) smart phone connection etc. But in all series you get a perfect coffee.

    Siemens EQ 300 Review Summary

    Siemens EQ.300 has one of the best price/performance ratio over similar automatic coffee machines. It is an extremely easy to use bean to cup coffee machine.

    Making “near” coffee shop level quality coffee in home comfort is possible with Siemens EQ 300. This machine aims “best standard” coffee in all cases easily and actually do that!

    It has many customization options to make your own coffee, like customizable coffee strength, customizable grinder level, customizable coffee volume, etc. All of that customization options give you chance to make “your” coffee.

    If you are consuming too much coffee in a day, in that case, Siemens EQ.300 might be a bad choice for you. As I said before, it has a 1.4L water tank. This is fine for a regular home usage, but not enough for high volume coffee needs. For example, if you use it in an office environment, water tank will finish quickly. For that cases, Saeco Lirika might be a better choice, which has a 2.5L water tank capacity and 500 gr bean container capacity.

    Siemens EQ 300 is one of the best budget automatic Coffee Machine on the market. It is extremely easy to use and makes delicious coffee & derivatives at home comfort. Siemens guarantee that you can make 15.000 cups of coffee in its guarantee period for personal use (not for commercial use) with EQ3. This is really awesome especially for a budget automatic coffee machine.

    Runner Up
    Siemens EQ3

  • LCD Display
  • Preset for Espresso
  • Preset for Cappuccino
  • Preset for Latte Macchiato
  • 1.4L Water tank
  • Cup Warmer
  • Silent Operation
  • Ceramic grinder
  • Steam Pipe for Milk Frothing
  • 15.000 Cups of Coffee Guarantee
  • Troubleshooting (Tips and Tricks)

    Siemens EQ3 Restart Appliance Problem

    After using 1.5 years, I met the “Restart Applianceerror. This message was flashing and disabling Coffee Machine. When I see that error, I restart my EQ3, usually Coffee machine starts running, but not always!

    I tried a few things, like making a full calc’nclean process, removing and re-inserting brewing unit, etc. But non of them worked.

    Lastly, I found a solution!

    When I removed red brewing unit, I realized that it is fairly dirty, even though I regularly did calc and clean procedure. Coffee residues was sticked to all part of unit. Especially in gear region.

    It looks like, somehow, that Coffee residues, prevent fully working of machine mechanism.

    Siemens EQ3 Restart Appliance Solution:

    Then I took a plastic brush and cleaned all part of the brewing unit, deeply, under tap water for 5 minutes. At the end, unit was like new!

    Dried gently, and re-inserted to machine.

    So far, so good! No problem since then.

    Siemens EQ.300 dispensing Coffee into the drip tray Problem

    You might meet the cases for Siemens EQ3 coffee machine for dispensing coffee into the drip tray. In this case, you get a “white coffee”! Actually this white coffee is just water. No coffee in it.

    When you open the tray door, you will see grounded coffee at the right side of tray. Problem is dirty brewing unit.

    Solution: Solution is similar to previous Siemens EQ3 Restart Appliance problem.

    Take a plastic brush and clean all part of the brewing unit, deeply, under tap water for 5 minutes. Dry gently, and re-inserted to the Siemens EQ.300 machine.

    Update: After 6 months, same problem happened again. Then, I washed Siemens EQ3 brewing unit in dishwasher 🙂 It is like a new now 🙂

    27.07.2022 – Update: Same problem after 4-5 months. But no problem. Washed in dishwasher and its perfectly working 🙂 It seems that, regular deep clean is needed for brewing unit. Fortunately it is very easy.

    After siemens eq3 restart appliance problem cleaned my siemens eq300 brewing unit in dishwasher
    Cleaned my Siemens EQ300 brewing unit in dishwasher

    Difficult to Adjust Grinder

    Unfortunately changing the grinding level at Siemens EQ3 Coffee machine is extremely difficult!

    Looks like, the plastic rotary selector will broke!

    Product manual says that you must use rotary selector only when the grinder is operating.

    Yes, by that way you can change the grinding level but it’s still very difficult!

    Solution is simple: Let the bean container finish coffee beans! When the container emptied, the rotary selector easily rotate.

    How to Enter to Setup Menu in Siemens EQ3

    Siemens EQ3 has a quick setup menu. You can change water hardness, auto-standby, sound and menu language. If you have some problems, you can also restore factory defaults in this menu.

    Press 3-cup button and Calc’n’clean buttons at the same time for abot 3 seconds. You will enter to setup menu of Siemens EQ3. You can use Cappuccino button to navigate between menu options. You can use Latte Macchiato button to select an option. You dont need to memorize all that button functions. LCD display helps you while navigating. It is extremely easy.

    Where to Buy?

    Buy From Amazon

    Alternatively, Buy From Producer, Siemens

    Siemens EQ 300 Test

    Metin Karal

    Easy to Use
    Tasty Coffee
    Customizations
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    Summary

    Siemens EQ.300 is one of the best entry level automatic Coffee Machine on the market, at this price range. Siemens guarantee that you can brew 15.000 cups of coffee in its guarantee period for personal use (not for commercial use) with EQ3. This is really awesome especially for a budget automatic coffee machine.

    4.8

    Written by Metin Karal
    Metin Karal is a Computer Engineer and He is interested in reviewing products that He used or liked. He also likes programming in C#. Currently, He is developing a really challenging memory game, PairMem which is available at  Official Microsoft Store for free download.

    9 thoughts on “Siemens EQ 300 Review”

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    2. Excellent review.
      I have now ordered one of these. The entry level one without the lcd display: Siemens EQ.300 TI35A209RW. 330 euro incl VAT.

    3. Can you tell me how Siemens eq.300 is capable of using Brita water filter? You put in water tank Brita filter? if answer is yes, can you send me wich one please.

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