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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
If you love your coffee - you'll love this machine
By luke997
We're huge coffee drinkers and within less than 2 weeks already made more than 200 cups.To summarise, this is a fantastic machine and well worth the price, competition with similar features is much more expensive.This is first machine we have which makes excellent coffee and it's very easy to use/maintain.We use to have other coffee makers but they always ended in the garage - as either coffee wasn't good or to much effort to make one & clean.Pros:Good looking, compact in sizeWell solidly made, not noisyBuilt-in frother adding milk/froth directly to the cupAdjustable amount of frothAdjustable strength/amount of coffee as well as how hotAbility to program your drink - exact amount of milk/coffeeLow maintenance and mostly self cleaningVery good coffee and crema - and that's tough since I compare it to Jura Giga X7 at work!Versatile - espresso, cappuccino, cafe latte, latte machiato, hot water, hot milk, beans or groundBuilt-in cup warmerCons:Yet to find one - beside being now totally addicted to it!UPDATE - 3 months later:I'm happy to report it's the most used kitchen appliance we've ever had!We've made > 900 coffees/cappuccinos (would have been more if it wasn't for holidays!) and machine is flawless.Coffees are brilliant and that's not just from us - but every single guest we've had!

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
1 month on
By J. A. Chay
I bought this for my husband's big birthday, he works from home and drinks nothing but coffee. I spent a longtime on line reviewing various coffee makers before deciding on this one. It is an expensive machine, but I especially liked the look of the attached milk jug. I knew if I had a seperate one I would forever be finding it unwashed. Well I have to say, so far this machine is worth every penny. It is totally fool proof, hubby can have a large stong cup, a press of the button and I can have a weaker smaller one. Its very simple to use, machine tells you what you need to do, fill the tank, empty the grains, descale, and you can't move on without doing what you have been told to do. Coffee tastes delicious, froth is great (and adjustable). Milk jug comes apart and goes into the dishwasher each evening. I have no negitives about this machine. If you are a coffee lover this machine is worth investing in.

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful.
Making good coffee is a doddle
By Dave
For coffee fanatics this is a wonderful piece of kit but for occasional coffee drinkers the price would be hard to justify.The machine itself looks impressive and would not be out of place in any kitchen but it is a tad on the large size and maybe too large for small kitchens or if you live in a bedsit.Setting up is simplicity itself. Open the top lid (LHS) and add beans, pull out/fill/replace water jug and you are near enough ready to make espresso. The espresso delivered has a good crema and is very rich.The espresso delivered straight out of the box with no adjustments was very good and I have still not had to alter any settings apart from the temperature. Initially it was not quite hot enough and now it is very hot.The problem with this is that I do not drink espresso very often and I do not know many people that do but the De Longhi then comes into its own as it also makes cappuccino and latte with the ability to customise almost all aspects of the drink to any individual liking.Go from big frothy cappuccino to less frothy latte, vary the amount of milk, vary the amount of coffee, change the coffee from extra mild to extra strong in five jumps and the really clever bit is that the milk is dispensed from a jug that just plugs into the machine and when you have finished making drinks there is a self clean button that cleans the milk jug and allows it to be unplugged and put straight into the fridge along with unused milk for next time.The machine is for home use but the milk jug still holds a decent quantity, about 2 pints. So when you are ready for bed and coffee is not wanted just plug in the milk jug and get hot frothy (or not so frothy) milk for your cocoa. Self clean the jug and put back into the fridge with just the cocoa cup to wash. It will even dispense hot water if you like.When switching the machine on or off it automatically goes through a rinse cycle which only takes a few seconds and then the machine is fit for use.The main tasks are to empty the waste grounds container about every 20 coffees. Fill the water tank (slide out/slide in). Wash the milk jug (dishwasher), and empty the drip tray. All these tasks take about 20 seconds each.This machine really does make coffee making a doddle and the coffees produced are very nice.