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Are the GE Profile Automatic and Café Affetto Espresso Machines Still Being Made?

Published · By the Espresso Shortlist editors · Prices and specs as of that date, from the pages under Sources

Summary

No. GE's owner pages show production of the GE Profile Automatic ending in 2023 and of the Café Affetto without a frother in September 2023, while the Affetto with a frother ran until September 2025. Café's product pages now say "This model is no longer being manufactured," while still showing sale prices of $659 for the Affetto and $629 for the Affetto with frother. The two brands' manuals describe close to the same machine under different names.

Production dates by model

ModelFrotherManufactured
GE Profile Automatic, P7CEBAS6RBBNoOctober 2021 to September 2023
GE Profile Automatic + Frother, P7CEBBS6RBBYesOctober 2021 to December 2023
Café Affetto, C7CEBAS3RD3NoNovember 2021 to September 2023
Café Affetto + Frother, C7CEBBS3RD3YesSeptember 2021 to September 2025

The Affetto manual also covers four more color codes, C7CEBBS4RW3 and C7CEBBS2RS3 with the frother and C7CEBAS4RW3 and C7CEBAS2RS3 without it.

What the manuals say each one makes

In the Affetto manual, the models without a frother make espresso, lungo, Americano, a programmable "My Cup" and hot water. The frother models swap lungo for steam. Espresso starts at about 8 to 12 g of coffee for about 30 mL, a lungo at about 100 mL, and an Americano adds about 100 mL of hot water to about 50 mL of espresso. My Cup defaults to a ristretto of about 15 mL and "can only be updated within the SmartHQ app." GE's manual for the Profile uses the same functions but calls the programmable drink "My Brew," and puts the steam wand only on the P7CEBBS6RBB.

The grinder is set by lining up a circle on the knob with the arrow on the grinder top, where "the smallest circle is the smallest grind size," and the manual warns that the setting "may change if the grind settings are changed in the app." Café's espresso page says all its models have "an integrated adjustable conical burr grinder."

Upkeep

The Affetto manual recommends descaling "once a month or more depending on the water hardness," in two stages that take 30 to 40 minutes, and shows "Empty Waste" after 8 brews. The brewer comes out by pinching two orange tabs. Café gives the Affetto a one-year warranty.

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Sources

  1. GE Appliances — GE Profile Automatic Espresso Machine P7CEBAS6RBB, owner support
  2. GE Appliances — GE Profile Automatic Espresso Machine + Frother P7CEBBS6RBB, owner support
  3. GE Appliances — Café Affetto C7CEBAS3RD3, owner support
  4. GE Appliances — Café Affetto + Frother C7CEBBS3RD3, owner support
  5. Café Appliances — Affetto Automatic Espresso Machine C7CEBAS3RD3
  6. Café Appliances — Affetto Automatic Espresso Machine + Frother C7CEBBS3RD3
  7. Café Appliances — Affetto owner's manual
  8. GE Appliances — GE Profile Automatic Espresso Machine owner's manual
  9. Café Appliances — Espresso Machines

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