A one year review…. I wanted to wait to be fully informed
I researched, researched and researched until I decided to buy! I have had my Delonghi for just over a year and usually I don’t write reviews but decided for this I would invest a little time.

I love coffee. When lock down happened then coffee is really the only thing I enjoy as I find it social but it doesn’t leave you with as much as a hangover as wine!

Firstly, it looks great but I would advise caution as I bought white not thinking about the microwave, toaster or kettle which consequently had to be changed or else my partner would have bagged me to death about the lack of Co-ordination of our appliances!

It’s really easy to use and set up. I guess you can take experimentation to a whole new level or likewise just actually hit a button and get your fav type of coffee.

The metal tray does scratch fairly easily as mentioned on reviews which takes away slightly from the look but I guess it’s like wearing a pair of trainers every day for a year.. it will get worn.

The milk frother works well and obvs is an easier way to achieve your favourite drink than frothing separately. Like most reviewers then it comes to personal preferences as to the temperature of your drink. I’ve made coffee and ppl accept it and made coffee and ppl think it’s cold (take a mental note and add a little hot water).

In terms of cleaning after daily use then I guess that’s the bit which is every so slightly frustrating particularly with the milk frother. Clean at the time. Don’t do what I do and hate myself every night before I go to bed because I’ve left it all day. Especially during the summer. Milk can quickly turn if not refrigerated. The tray itself has a few nobbly bits which are difficult to get right into. A quick rinse and wash every other night and we are good to go!

All in all I’ve probably saved a fortune to be honest. If you think about most coffee joints I was buying a latte every day for about 3.50 on my way to work. Now I make it to go and occasionally still treat myself that’s 300x 3.50 and I can’t make the calculation because to write the actual amount would mean that my partner would kill me! (It’s about 1k per annum)

Given the accessibility of getting main stream brand delivered now by Uber then save yourself a fortunes and get this machine! I’m annoyed I didn’t do it sooner.

In summary pros

Ease of use
Posh coffee in the house
Looks nice
Blissful coffee mornings without leaving your house

Cons
A commitment to clean everyday
Trays a bit futtery/easily marked
Coffee stops if tanks empty and doesn’t start again where it finished

Overall——- what are you waiting for?

Also, for info, I haven’t been paid to write this review but what I would say if anyone wants me to test or send me a free upgrade then I’ll happily receive. Wouldn’t we all

Have an awesome day and treat yourself— hit by now!

Picture shows silver/stainless but its white
Just a quick note to say that the picture shows a stainless colour but the description says white.
You get white.

It looks smart I must say, as the display is stainless silver, bu the main body is white.

Lovely coffee without too much fuss
I have just finished my fifth cup of coffee as the machine arrived earlier and I could not resist trying out as many functions as possible. Lovely coffee, great Cappucino. Rooky error the first time of leaving the wand on the hot milk setting, so that one was a flat white. Good to know!

Takes a little bit of working out, but perhaps that is my age. All in all, a lovely machine and I am proud to have it in my kitchen.

Lovely coffee without too much fuss
I have just finished my fifth cup of coffee as the machine arrived earlier and I could not resist trying out as many functions as possible. Lovely coffee, great Cappucino. Rooky error the first time of leaving the wand on the hot milk setting, so that one was a flat white. Good to know!

Takes a little bit of working out, but perhaps that is my age. All in all, a lovely machine and I am proud to have it in my kitchen.

Great coffee
Love this machine it makes great coffee we have tried several different beans, it gives you 5 choices of strength which is really good as some beans are stronger than others. It makes really good cappuccino I make a double and the froth is really good. It also cleans the froth nozzle and coffee nozzles each time to keep everything clean and running smoothly. The hot water is great and it is all very quick. Like the fact that parts are stainless steel on this machine.

Just unbelievable! So good, so easy and so stylis!
I adore this machine! Everything about it is so well made. The outer is obviously plastic, but all the parts that matter feel solid. It’s so solid that even the grind is quiet! It is so much more solid than cheaper machines by DeLonghi.

We must make eight coffees a day and it is just effortless with this. The tank comes out of the front which is so much easier than a tank from the back. Good size bean container.

Just unbelievable! So good, so easy and so stylis!
I adore this machine! Everything about it is so well made. The outer is obviously plastic, but all the parts that matter feel solid. It’s so solid that even the grind is quiet! It is so much more solid than cheaper machines by DeLonghi.

We must make eight coffees a day and it is just effortless with this. The tank comes out of the front which is so much easier than a tank from the back. Good size bean container.

Its amazing!!!
Im not sorry at all for this purchase… in fact im sorry that i didn’t order it before.
The coffee taste is completely different than my previous coffee machine. And it doesn’t take a time at all. Easy to clean, easy to refill. The machine is amazing!

Good produc
Very good once you have set It to your liking

Need programmeability.
Good frothy drink what I like, programmable option, not good enough for my opinion , send it back, already sent back a melitta barista ts , not hot enough, this is a bit hotter, Not happy sent this back too, now on order a primadonna soul, customer service reckons it is fully programmable, so ordered one, I do prefer the water tank system, frother , rinsing system better on th delonghi. Frothy weakish coffee, what I like, the machines mentioned probably do a good espresso etc.. not for me. Hope this was helpful.

Need programmeability.
Good frothy drink what I like, programmable option, not good enough for my opinion , send it back, already sent back a melitta barista ts , not hot enough, this is a bit hotter, Not happy sent this back too, now on order a primadonna soul, customer service reckons it is fully programmable, so ordered one, I do prefer the water tank system, frother , rinsing system better on th delonghi. Frothy weakish coffee, what I like, the machines mentioned probably do a good espresso etc.. not for me. Hope this was helpful.

Great bean to cup machine
This is my second Delonghi coffee machine, only upgraded as I wanted more automated machine. Have to say really easy to operate. 2 or 3 button presses and all is done for you. The milk container is fantastic as it fits on the top drawer off door in fridge. If you want a no mess convenient bean to cup machine this is what I would recommend. Makes great cappuccinos etc. I trust in this brand as I have bought quite a few items and found their aftersales impeccable.

Great bean to cup machine
This is my second Delonghi coffee machine, only upgraded as I wanted more automated machine. Have to say really easy to operate. 2 or 3 button presses and all is done for you. The milk container is fantastic as it fits on the top drawer off door in fridge. If you want a no mess convenient bean to cup machine this is what I would recommend. Makes great cappuccinos etc. I trust in this brand as I have bought quite a few items and found their aftersales impeccable.

Great machine and well worth the money
We bought this to replace a faulty earlier model we had. We decided to upgrade a little and it was definitely worth paying a little bit extra.

This machine is fantastic. Easy to use, easy to maintain and makes great coffee. We personally prefer extra strong taste and this machine delivers on all levels.

It’s not the smallest machine on the planet but it looks great on the worktop and isn’t too noisy.

The milk attachment is great too. You do need to use cold milk but we just fill it up and keep it in the fridge until the next time.

If you want to enjoy milk based coffees and choosing your own beans this is for you
Just to provide some insight to people like myself when I was doing my own research. First of all think about which coffee drinker type are you and what you value the most.
A) you really need convinience and want a decent coffee fast – this would be mostly a nespresso drinker. And if you were worried about capsule waste or just the high cost per capsule now averaging 40 cents there is another option which is a reusable capsule. You need to check which ones would work for your machine.
B) If you would like to drink coffee from fresh beans and your main drink type is coffee with milk (latte, capuccino, etc) then a bean to cup is definitely for you. This machine is a really good bean to cup. Its pretty easy to use (not as easy as a nespresso one) and gives you good coffee. To get a good coffee will be trial and error until you get the right grind for your beans. We are still trying to learn. With lavazza beans we are around 15 cents per capsule excluding the cost of the milk, so much lower than what we were spending in capsules. Also as some reviews here said, this machine uses a lot of water, when turning on and off but if this is to ensure the inside mechanism is clean I dont see any harm on it. You can save the water and water the plants.
C) Coffee for you is a hobby and you like to enjoy the full experience from the perfect grind to the pressure, quantity etc then something like a sage oracle would be perfect. It does require more work and more maintenance. But probably thats part of the experience too.

Myself: we drink around 3 coffees in the morning between me and husband. I drink decaff affer lunch. We both have a nespresso for the last 13 years and we were mainly drinking espresso. For us coffee means short ristretto size full of cream and body. In the morning I do like my capuccino. Whereas I love coffee since I can remember the reality is I dont have a lot of time to learn all the settings and clean the machine to keep it spot on. With this in mind Ill summarize below

Pros:
1) really easy to use (but worth reading the instructions to setup). Once youve adjusted your settings it will be pretty easy to use on a daily basis. Would recommend a dirty coffee mug when turning on and off the machine.
2) For those that drink decaf you can use ground coffee for it so you dont have to swap the beans. I normally do a rinsing after I do a decaf to ensure its all clean and ready for the next espresso.
3) You can do milk based drinks at the touch of a finger. Im still using my aeroccino as I can make the capuccino foam for a single drink without leaving anything in the container and its easier to clean I find.
4) You get the chance to use fresh beans and find the coffee that suits your taste buds.
5) The grind settings for this type of machine are not bad at all. We are still trying to learn the best combo between coffee strenght and grind.
6) pretty straightforward to clean so far and would definitely recommend a water filter to avoid a lot of descaling. I have the delonghi filters but thinking of trying the charcoal stick which I use on my water bottle to see if the machine would cope with it just to avoid plastic waste.

Cons:
1) The body / cream levels are more ‘watery’ than a nespresso. To reach this conclusion weve used the same beans on the nespresso (reusable capsule) by using the manual grinder and the eletta and even though they both look really creame the body of the nespresso was better. Theres something quite powerful of using the capsule and all that pressure inside. If only there was a machine that had a really good and compatible reusable capsule it would be fab.
2) coffee waste – here nothing wrong with the eletta as such as all of the non capsule machines suffer from the same sin. The amount of coffee needed for an espresso is almost 3 times higher than the nespresso even though its a lot cheaper than if you buy the capsules. I just wish this machines could be more efficient with coffee usage. Maybe one day.
3) Lack of cup warmer – it looks like its there but does nothing. The model above comes with the menu setting which allows to turn this feature on and off. Some people complain about coffee temperature so this would help. What I use instead is the water from turning on the machine and throw it away before taking my coffee. You can also warm your cup in the microwave.

Ill be honest here, if there were really good reusable capsules out there I would have kept the nespresso longer as the espresso has more body. But overall for the coffee user I’m happy (my husband is not as he drinks more espresso than me).

So hope this review is helpful to you.

Great machine! Drinking more coffee than I ever have... eek!
Strong thumbs up from me for this machine. It’s tidier, quicker and all round better than my previous one.

If you drink milk based coffees, then the temperature you’ll get from the frother is not the same as if you got it from a coffee shop. If you want that, then you’ll have to go for 30 secs in the microwave. But it’s drinkable at that point in time, and appropriately frothy.

The coffee crema and taste is simply excellent.

Great, expensive but great.
Love it. I deliberated over which to get for a few months, and when this one went on special offer I jumped on it.

The resale value is good too. We have soft water here so there’s less of an issue with limescale build up.

The good thing with this one is you can use the steam wand or the milk caddy. It also has hot water too.

Nice coffee but confusing UI
Great coffee but definitely lacks in ease of use. I’m now the office barista explaining how it works. Still wonderful coffee.

Best purchase yet.
I can’t go to the coffee shop, so I brought the coffee shop home.
From delivery, out of the box and making stellar Lattes in 10 minutes. What a marvelous machine this is! Everything from Espresso to Latte done lickety split with next to no effort from the user.

Wonderful coffee, goodbye pods
This machine is wonderful, makes a very tasty and creamy coffee, and a very frothy cappuccino. It is very easy to use and to clean. It’s all you need to say bye bye to the expensive pods, saving the environment while saving money in the long run.
It is also very easy to costumize, which allows you to set your own ratio of milk to coffee on your drinks, or set how large your “long coffee” is.

For those who say the drink is not hot enough, follow the manual and increase temperature on the menu, it comes from factory set to 2/4. Don’t warm up the milk as it makes it your drink less frothy and less tasty, and you won’t be able to store it again on the fridge.
As good as this machine is, if you feel it’s still not quite like the coffee from your favourite coffee shop, there’s a reason those machines cost 15 grand. Get real because this is a very good quality domestic machine and makes excellent coffee.

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Only have it a few days and coffee is getting better each day as I experime

First time with a bean to cup machine? - read this
I had been thinking about buying a bean to cup coffee machine for some time and when this particular machine was on offer, about a month ago, I decided to take the plunge. Never having owned one before I didn’t know what it would be like owning one, so if you are in the same position, read on. Although this relates specifically to the De Longhi machine I have, I suspect most of the points I am making will apply to all of them to a greater or lesser degree.

These machines are quite needy, like a high maintenance wife (or should I say partner of either gender or none), you love them, and want to keep them, but they are a bit of a pain in the neck:

1. The water tank will need filling up regularly, at least once a day, (if you have a family all using it 3 or 4 times a day) – it holds about a litre I would say at a guess, but if you think that you will get a litre of coffee from that you would be very mistaken. When you switch on the machine it warms up by flushing warm water through the machine, and when you switch it off it does the same. So that uses a lot of water.

2. Don’t expect it to make Starbucks or Costa size lattes etc. my machine doesn’t and I doubt any other one does either. Mine dispenses small, Italian sized, lattes/cappuccinos, by default. Now it is true that this machine allows you to vary the amount of milk that gets dispensed and the amount of coffee too. So the first thing that I did was program the cappuccino button to give me a big mug full. The problem with that is that the amount of coffee grains is the same it just runs more boiling water through them so that by the end it’s quite weak. So it sort of works, but i didn’t think it was great. It might be ok if you like fairly weak coffee, but if you are an extra shot type of person it probably won’t do. At the moment i find it easier to just put two small cappucinos into one mug as it tastes better but obviously takes a bit longer to sort out.

3. The milk container is pretty good, but you obviously have to store it in the fridge between making drinks. Also after you have finished making your drink, or drinks, you have to set the dial on the milk dispenser to “clean”, which flushes hot water through the milk container pipes – this uses even more water in the tank (see 1 above). You also need to clean the milk container manually every day or two.

4. specific to this machine, other people have mentioned that the metal drip tray cover scratches – and it does. if that is going to freak you out this might not be the machine for you. True you could buy glass mugs with a smooth bottom, but most of those can’t be put in the dishwasher. Also putting the milk container on and pushing the water tank in place also marks the drip tray cover and there is nothing you can do about that. Somebody said that it’s made of plastic with silver paint, but to me it looks, feels and sounds like solid metal so I don’t think it will ever look too bad – even with the scratches.

5. All the water from rinses and cleaning the milk container tubes has to go somewhere. By default it will got into the drip tray. The drip tray isn’t that big so if you allowed that to happen you would be emptying the drip tray a lot. I put a plastic tray over the trip tray to catch the water because it’s easier to empty this rather than keep pulling the drip tray out and emptying it.

6. The used coffee grounds go into an area behind the drip tray – you will need to empty this every few days depending on use.

7. The manual recommends you give the internal gubbins a full clean fairly regularly – I haven’t tried that yet. You have to descale the inside too – I have’t done that either yet, and they recommend a water filter is fitted and replaced at regular intervals. I don’t know how much the descaling fluid and filters cost

So in conclusion, I love the coffee and don’t regret buying this machine, but it is needy. It bleeps when it wants more water, it bleeps for you to empty the drip tray, it bleeps when the coffee grounds need emptying, it bleeps when it wants more coffee beans – so it does a lot of bleeping! If you want a machine that you just switch on and forget, while it dispenses cup after cup of coffee with no input from you then this (or I suspect any other) bean to cup machine is not for you.

Great coffee machine. Requires a bit of learning to suit your taste but well worth it.
Has been a solid machine over the past year, had no troubles. Has handled all bean types great. Don’t use the finest grind as can struggle with some bean types, but have experienced no taste consequence. Every program customizable for volume. Would say machine is designed more for smaller coffess rather than larger (can’t adjust how much coffee is ground only amount of water used), but can use ‘double coffee’ portions if you want larger coffees. Requires fairly regular cleaning of the milk container to avoid milk turning bad, but this is to be expected. Use britta filtered water in it in a very hard water area and no issues as of yet, with periodic decalcification.

Great coffee machine. Requires a bit of learning to suit your taste but well worth it.
Has been a solid machine over the past year, had no troubles. Has handled all bean types great. Don’t use the finest grind as can struggle with some bean types, but have experienced no taste consequence. Every program customizable for volume. Would say machine is designed more for smaller coffess rather than larger (can’t adjust how much coffee is ground only amount of water used), but can use ‘double coffee’ portions if you want larger coffees. Requires fairly regular cleaning of the milk container to avoid milk turning bad, but this is to be expected. Use britta filtered water in it in a very hard water area and no issues as of yet, with periodic decalcification.

Buy good coffee let this do the rest.
I love this machine! First venture into the Bean2Cup machines and wish I had done it earlier. Its just so easy to make great coffee everytime. Only feature I would like is to plumb it into a water supply, but git into routine of filling up water, empty tray and grounds at night to avoid the morning stress.

Great coffee & options
I’m glad I spent a bit more than originally planned when looking for a Bean to Cup.
I read reviews saying it’s hard to setup and it’s not hot enough but I disagree. It was fairly self explanatory to setup as is the digital menu. The coffee is hot and you can adjust it up or down to suit your liking. You can also change the coffee strength and volumes to suit your taste and cup sizes. Water tank is a fair size, the front loading makes life easier too as this machine is on a worktop underneath wall units. The Cup warming plate is another good feature But you need to set the auto on timer if you want warm cups in the morning. I use the same Lavazza beans I use in my machine at my office (which was almost twice the price!) and I find the result even better with this DeLonghi!

Been thinking about getting this machine for a while....so glad I did.
This machine is a godsend. I used to spend a lot of money on high street coffee and when the shops closed due to Covid, I finally decided to purchase a bean-to-cup machine.
Every option is customisable so if you’re not happy with the default amounts of milk and coffee, they can be adjusted independently.

To those concerned about the temperature of milk produced, I would say the machine makes warm, ready to drink milk coffees – Italians just don’t do extra hot milk coffee drinks! If you like your coffee UK-coffee-chain-hot, or usually like your coffee extra hot, I suggest you froth the milk manually using the wand. This is what my hubby likes to do (he likes his coffee scaldingly hot), I froth my dairy free milk using the jug and this works a treat for us.

We like Lavazza Rosso beans and use setting nr.r 3 on the grinder. If you’ve been thinking of buying a bean to cup coffee machine, you won’t be disappointed. Makes delicious coffee and will save money in the long run.

Now that’s an upgraded coffee!! but also brews a perfect tea.
Our old delonghi bean to cup died after 4 and a half years of heavy use so it was time for an upgrade. This is superb perfect choice of bean strength a great selection of coffees and I no longer have to mess about failing at frothing my milk. One thing I didn’t realise is this brews a perfect cup of tea with the hot water tea tap so for my wife that was an absolute winner as the tap comes out at the core edge speed to brew a proper cuppa. All in all very happy and something that is defo worth the purchase in these strange times of working from home. Top work delinghi.