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Great coffee, very convenient with milk frother and self cleaning features. Very happy customer!

It's like having your own barista at home 24 hours a day. Perfect coffee and with the choice of bean to cup or ground coffee, plus milk automatically added the choices and beverages are endless. I am in coffee heaven.

This was purchased to replace a similar De'Longhi machine that had lasted 10 years, and i was not dissapointed with the quality of the item and its ease of use. it makes great coffee and in the sale was a resonable price, i am not sure that i would have paid full price for it though. the auto milk frother is easy to use and make great cappuchino, it auto cleans every time , the milk could be a little hotter, but the coffee is hot enough. if i am making hot chocolate, then i tend to heat some milk in the microwave and top with frothy milk. if it last anywhere near as long as the last one then it is great value. one thing i have found very useful is the statistics counter which tells you how many coffees it has made, it made me realise we all drink way too much coffee.

Great coffee machine easy to use makes a great drink

Great coffee machine, easy to use once you have customised it to how you like your coffee. Easy to clean.

I bought this machine a couple of weeks ago, sonfar I can say that it's excellent. DESIGN - this is an elegant machine that aesthetically lives up to the money you spent on it. It feels solid and well made, the main body being of high quality plastic. The buttons and display look good, are simple to use and have a nice feel. In a nutshell, is this is something you will be proud to have on your worktop and are likely to receive compliments from most people who visit you. - whilst fairly narrow, this is not a small machine in terms of height. - beware both the drip tray and warming rack will scratch if you are sliding rough textured cups around on them. A bit of care (and close supervision of guests!) will keep things looking pristine. BLACK COFFEE - as you’d expect the machine makes great espresso (but calls it a short coffee) for which you can adjust both the quantity and strength, meaning you can get it as you like it, with a decent crema. The smallest quantity you can dispense as a preset is 40ml, so not quite a ristretto but pretty close, but the ‘my coffee option’ (basically saves your strength/volume preferences) allows a minimum quantity of 20ml. - there is also a long coffee option which taste-wise is essentially a filter coffee and noticeably a different drink from the short coffee. I suspect it is made at a lower pressure. - this machine does not make a one-touch americano, but it can easily add boiling water to your espresso, thus creating the same drink with two-touches (or three if you want to stop the water early!). - in the bean hopper there is a dial to select one of 7 grind settings, meaning you will find exactly what you need for the beans you are using and the drinks you usually have. - I also really like the ground coffee option for both short and long coffee which many machines do not offer. It is really useful if you are partial to flavoured coffees, have guests who demand decaf or if you occasionally fancy using something different from the beans you have in your hopper. - the coffee temperature has four settings and is scalding hot on the highest, so no complaints there. MILK BASED COFFEES - this machine makes five one-touch milk based coffees - flat white, latte, cappuccino, caffelatte, and espresso macchiato - plus the option to dispense plain frothed milk (aka babycino), for which there is also a 'my milk' setting to save your favourite quantity. - the machine controls the quantity of the coffee and milk in each drink, however all one-touch buttons can be reprogrammed to your own quantities if desired. If you fancy a different quantity just as a one-off, you can also cancel the milk while it is being dispensed to create a smaller stronger drink. - the texture of the foam is controlled manually using a dial on the milk carafe. There are three settings: minimal froth (essentially just hot milk), medium froth (latte etc) and stiff froth (cappuccino). The machine does not remind you to change the dial, so if you forget you will get the wrong drink. - the latte, cappuccino and espresso macchiato on this machine are excellent. Adding gingerbread syrup to my lattes gets me a drink equally as good as I've purchased out, and the cappuccino foam is impressively stiff. - The flat white is less good; the quantities are way off and it's nothing like you would expect if you regularly purchase this drink on the high street. However, as mentioned above, you can reprogram the button to get a much more authentic result. - as seems to be the case with most similar machines, the milk is not super hot, but once combined with the coffee it is more than hot enough for my taste. If you are using the plain milk to make hot chocolate then it would likely need drinking pretty quickly though. You can also use the steam wand to froth your own milk (not the machine doesn't come with a jug though) which yields a hotter result. MILK CARAFE - the milk carafe is made of clear plastic, and fits nicely in the fridge door. It normally does me 5-6 drinks before needing topping up, and being clear you can easily see when it needs refilling, thus not wasting a drink by suddenly sucking on air half way through. - it is easy to attach and detach from the machine and you are prompted to activate a steam cleaning cycle after every drink. I tend to do this when I have finished making a set of drinks which seems to work fine. OTHER - the water tank is filled from the front (really useful if you plan to put it under your kitchen units) and can be topped up with a jug rather than taking it to the tap. - the machine cleans itself on both startup and shutdown which seems unnecessary. I don't really mind because the drip tray capacity is enormous, but it does seem to mean I refill the water reservoir at a greater rate than I am drinking. - it’s worth registering the machine with DeLonghi. I’m not sure if they always have a welcome offer, I got two free bags of coffe beans. Overall I am very pleased with this machine and hope it lasts me a long time. I'm not sure I could convince myself to part with the RRP, but at the price point it can usually be found at I feel like I've got myself good value for money. If you are struggling to decide on which machine to get, and aren't buying solely to make perfect flat whites, this is probably one of the best options for you to consider.

Like the variety of coffees but taking too much space