Meraki Espresso Machine Review

For the current generation, Meraki lists a 350 ml brew boiler and a 550 ml steam boiler in stainless steel, a rotary pump, PID, a heated group, a 58 mm portafilter, 38 mm conical burrs with 45 settings, a grinder scale accurate to ±0.2 g, a 2 L tank, 1,600 W and 32 lb, with about 4 minutes to heat up on the US version. Specs checked on October 15, 2026, from snapshots of Meraki's pages (its store blocked our checks) and the manual.

Instrument readings so far come from a pre-production prototype: Daddy Got Coffee measured about 10 bar on a blank basket and a 2–3 degree offset between the PID and his probes at the group, with temperature falling off on back-to-back shots (video, August 10, 2024). He also found the machine signaled ready at about 2 minutes while the espresso was still about 10 degrees cool, and stable after about 10 minutes. Treat these as early numbers; we found no instrument test of the production Gen 2.

Both generations share the rotary pump and two PID-controlled boilers, by Meraki's FAQ. The practical difference for owners is the portafilter: Gen 1 baskets and handles don't fit Gen 2, while Gen 2 takes standard E61-style 58 mm portafilters. Our E61 picks explain that standard.

Meraki's store search data showed $1,799 on October 16, 2026; earlier snapshots show $1,999 as the regular price and $1,799 as a sale price for Gen 1, and $1,999 for the Gen 2 pre-order. We couldn't confirm which generation the current price applies to, so check the product page. Price checked on October 16, 2026. Shipping is free on orders over $200, so add only your state's sales tax.

Our button goes to Meraki's own store. Returns and warranty both assume you bought direct: products from resellers follow the reseller's policies.

Meraki's pages list Shop Pay and show Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna icons, but no terms; we don't list any.

Meraki gives a 2-year limited warranty from delivery. Claims go through a support ticket or service@merakitech.com. Using non-original parts or accessories, modifying the power cord or functional components, unofficial firmware or unauthorized service voids it, and service isn't offered across regions.

Returns run 30 days from delivery for direct purchases, in original condition and packaging. Meraki sends a prepaid label, but for a return that isn't dead on arrival it deducts a $100 US return-shipping fee from the refund. A machine that arrives dead must be reported within 14 days, and then Meraki covers all costs.

There's no US service locator or importer. The Gen 2 page says a machine that needs service is "inspected and repaired locally by authorized technicians", so you don't ship it overseas, but Meraki doesn't name them. Lance Hedrick's concern was exactly this: a tight, hard-to-open body and unclear third-party repair (video, May 27, 2025). Does Coffee, after a year, described the internals as modular, so a faulty unit is swapped as a module (video, August 22, 2025).

Weighing is the Meraki's main idea: the grinder doses to a weight and the brew side can stop the shot at a target weight. On the prototype, Daddy Got Coffee asked for 19 g and both the machine's scale and his own read 19.3 g (video, August 10, 2024). After two years with a Gen 1, Does Coffee set 36 g out from 18 g and got 35.6 g in about 25 seconds (video, July 27, 2026). Recipes can also load from Meraki's NFC-tagged bean bags.

Meraki recommends filtered water with hardness below 60 ppm or TDS below 200 and supplies no filter; the manual has no descaling section. It asks for a backflush and a brush clean of the shower screen once a month, and burr cleaning every 1 to 3 weeks depending on how much coffee you grind.

We found no CPSC recall of a Meraki machine as of October 15, 2026. UL or ETL listing not found in our search.

Meraki sells direct, so there's no marketplace rating. On r/espresso, 5 of the 323 posts and comments we collected from November 28, 2025 to October 21, 2026 mention a machine failure, by keyword. That's a small, one-site sample and the keyword count can catch false positives, so treat it as a reason to read the threads, not as a rate.