They should be banned from from crowdfunding forever
They did make a product and ship it, although years later several thousand people still haven’t received their orders, or their orders arrived literally shattered, or missing components.
I received my order, and it was pretty good. I liked that it was portable, had a sturdy stand, and a carrying case. I don’t like that cleaning it or using it as directed could result in breaking it.
There are obvious product design flaws, with many backers’ units failing catastrophically in the same spot, to the extent that should’ve been caught during the product testing phase they said they were investing more in. There are no replacement parts available despite the company saying purchases would be under warranty and replacement parts would be available for purchase. These guys will put their time and money into just about anything other than answering customer requests or sending customer orders or simply telling the truth.
Against the rules of their crowdfunding platforms, they used backer funds on fancy marketing materials and campaigns, and according to their financials officially filed in the UK, giving themselves personal loans of over £500,000 from the company’s (i.e. backer’s) funds. After all that, they claimed to be broke and unable to ship what backers had already paid for, unless backers paid even more money within a matter of hours. That’s a saga in and of itself, where people paid the additional amount multiple times (in some cases unintentionally) and still received nothing.
The team at CoffeeJack and HRIBARCAIN will blame almost anyone else in the universe for problems they caused themselves, or should’ve been aware of, or should’ve addressed in a timely way. They’re incompetent and dishonest, not least with their use of backer funds, and go out of their way to gaslight their backers.
This is the tip of the iceberg and you should go to IndieGoGo or Kickstarter to see the full story. Covid delays are not the reason for their catastrophic company management, misappropriation of backer funds, and treatment of their backers.
I wish I could recommend them, but they’re a disaster, and dishonest. People should steer well clear of CoffeeJack and HRIBARCAIN.
Many people have recommended other espresso tools, like Picopresso or Joepresso, and frankly, they are much better quality, much more affordable, and make better espresso.


