Lelit Bianca V3 Espresso Machine, White #LEPL162TCW

Gorgeous machine, great coffee, frustrating PID/Menu

The machine itself is great, on par with any great e61 out there and loaded with features. The build quality and looks are out of this world. The only thing driving me a bit nuts is the PID/LCC menus and how painful they are to navigate. There is no way to save different shot profiles/programs and no way to reset things quickly to go back in manual mode so it makes using all those new cool features of the Bianca V3 a pain in the butt and you have to assume a v4 will come out with a revamped LCC or an app. It is honestly mind boggling that a $4k machine sold in 2024 is using such old school programming and electronics when smart objects are more affordable than ever and a great programmer can be found easily. Tldr : If you don't care about programmable features this is a beast and makes great coffee, if you care about the different modes and already have a good machine I'd wait it out for Lelit to step up their game with their outdated LCC.