Terra Kaffe TK-02 Super-Automatic Everything Machine
If coffee doesn’t count unless the beans were ground five seconds ago, this is probably your machine. TK-02 grinds fresh for every cup and makes multiple drinks at the touch of a button. More maintenance than our Line1? Yep. But that’s the price of admission for fresh beans without doing any of the work yourself.
It does everything a modern super-auto should without looking like an eyesore on your countertop. KitchenAid is hit or miss, Juras are nice but look like they’re from 2002, and the new Ninja Auto Barista is way overcomplicated, despite what the 100 coffee influencers in your feed might tell you. For the combination of coffee, capability, ease of use, and design, TK-02 is our pick.
Most super-autos make “coffee” by adding more water to espresso. TK-02’s hybrid brew unit adjusts volume and flow to make actual drip-style coffee, while still pulling espresso when that’s what you want. Integrated automatic milk frother makes latte-style drinks easy too.
TK-02 has a dedicated iced coffee profile that brews at a lower temperature, helping keep your ice from immediately disappearing and your coffee from turning into brown water.
A dedicated steam heating element and precision frothing system let you dial in the foam exactly how you like it, using dairy, oat, almond, or whatever else is in your fridge. Cappuccino people, you’re covered.
TK-02 is covered for two years or 5,000 brew cycles, whichever comes first. If something goes wrong within the warranty period, Terra Kaffe will replace the machine with a refurbished unit at no cost.
You get 30 days or 150 brews, whichever comes first, to put TK-02 through its paces. Return it within the trial for a full refund less a $55 restocking fee. Just hang onto the original packaging until you’ve decided it’s staying.
Thoughtful Features
make your daily coffee ritual even more enjoyable.
Froths Any Milk
Whole milk, oat milk, almond milk, whatever you keep in the fridge. TK-02 has a dedicated heating element for steam and a precision frothing system that lets you control the amount and texture of your foam. Cappuccino, latte, flat white…push the button and let the machine handle it.
Hot Coffee. Iced Coffee.
TK-02 doesn’t make iced coffee by brewing a normal hot drink and hoping for the best. Its dedicated iced profile brews at a lower temperature to keep your ice from immediately melting and watering everything down. Because nobody ordered an iced coffee hoping it would eventually become room-temperature coffee.
Real Drip Coffee + Espresso
This is one of the big reasons we like TK-02. Most super-automatic machines make their version of “coffee” by essentially pulling a long, watered-down espresso. TK-02 uses a hybrid brew unit that adjusts brew volume and flow to make actual drip-style coffee, while still pulling proper espresso when that’s what you want.
Enough Coffee for the Whole Family
Sometimes one cup at a time isn’t enough. TK-02’s Drip Carafe setting brews a full 28-ounce batch, enough for roughly four mugs of coffee, directly into Terra Kaffe’s matching carafe.
Add the carafe setting to your drink list in the app, hit brew, and TK-02 handles the rest. Great for weekend mornings, having people over, or those days when “just one cup” never stood a chance.
The Elegance of One-Touch Everything
This is ultimately why you buy a super-auto: fresh-ground coffee without having to become your own barista.
TK-02 grinds the beans, doses the coffee, brews your drink, froths the milk, and automatically handles routine rinsing along the way. Like any machine dealing with fresh grounds and milk, though, it requires regular cleaning and maintenance. The good news is TK-02 keeps track of that too, reminding you when it’s time to do your part.
It’s more work than dropping a pod into our Line1, but if freshly ground beans are non-negotiable, TK-02 makes the process about as painless as it gets.
Connected Brewing.
Personalized for You.
TK-02 is a legitimately smart coffee machine, not just one with an app because somebody in marketing thought it needed one. Set schedules, build your own drinks, fine-tune how they’re brewed, and save everything to your account. Software updates happen over the air, too, so the machine can actually get better while it sits on your countertop.
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Set an automatic wake schedule in the app and TK-02 will be warmed up and ready to go when you are. One less thing standing between you and the first coffee of the day.
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With more than 100,000 possible drink combinations, you can build and save drinks exactly how you like them. Your creations are tied to your personal account, so your coffee preferences can even follow you to another TK-02.
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Want to nerd out? Go for it. Adjust dose, volume, temperature, and other brewing parameters to dial in your cup. Or leave everything alone and push the button. Both are perfectly acceptable ways to drink coffee.
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The built-in grinder handles fresh whole beans automatically, but TK-02 also accepts pre-ground coffee when you want it. Particularly handy when somebody in the house drinks decaf but nobody wants to surrender the entire bean hopper to it.
LOOK UNDER THE HOOD.
The generously sized hopper holds up to 16 ounces of whole beans, while its low-friction interior helps keep them moving smoothly toward the grinder. Less babysitting, more coffee.
Want a decaf after dinner without dumping out an entire hopper of beans? The dedicated pre-ground chute lets you switch things up one cup at a time. Also great for trying something new without committing the whole machine to it.
This is one of TK-02’s party tricks. The brew unit automatically adjusts itself depending on what you’re making, allowing the same machine to pull proper espresso or brew true drip-style coffee instead of simply watering down an espresso shot.
The built-in grinder automatically adjusts to help dial in your coffee without requiring you to stand there fiddling with grind settings. Fresh beans go in, properly ground coffee comes out, and TK-02 handles the details in between.
The brushed stainless steel dial gives you fine control over milk aeration, so you can adjust the texture and foam to suit everything from a flat white to a cappuccino.
A cleverly designed drip tray helps keep splashes contained and your countertop cleaner. A small detail, right up until you remember how often you normally have to wipe down the area underneath a coffee machine.
A large, high-resolution capacitive touchscreen keeps everything from choosing a drink to customizing one quick and intuitive. When it’s not in use, the dead-front display disappears cleanly into the machine instead of making your kitchen look like mission control.
Connected
CAPABILITIES
Connect TK-02 to the Terra Kaffe app to unlock its full bag of tricks. Create and save custom drinks, schedule automatic wake times, adjust brewing parameters, and receive over-the-air updates that add new capabilities over time
Magnetic
Front-facing compartments
Easy-access water tank and waste bin for smaller spaces. Waste bin catches every ground for a mess-free cleanup. Check water level without opening the door. Magnetic telescoping nozzle holds its place for your favorite cup.
TECHNICAL SPECS
- Weight
- Dimensions
- Cup Clearance
- Bean Hopper Capacity
- Conical Burr Size
- Water Tank capacity
- Pump Pressure
- Drip Tray Capacity
- Milk Carafe Capacity
- Waste Bin Capacity
- Cable Length
- Power
- Voltage
- Line Frequency
- Warranty
- 29.5lbs
- 17.5” (D) x 10.4” (W) x 14.3” (H)
- 5.5”
- Up to 16oz
- 48mm
- 75fl oz
- 9 bars
- 40fl Oz
- 600ml
- 9 pucks
- 3 feet
- 1400W
- 110-120V
- 60hz
- New TK-02 machines come with a 2-year / 5000 brew limited mfgs warranty.