Coffee Machines

NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto EDG625.B Melody 3 Play & Select Coffee and Beverage Machine EDG625.B by De'Longhi

3.5(10)

£74.99In stock

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1095 in Kitchen & Housewares
  
• Brand: De'Longhi
• Model: EDG625.B
• Released on: 2012-08-30

Product Description

DOLCE GUSTO SYSTEM 15-bar pressure for delicious, cafè-style coffee and real espresso every time. The diverse capsules (including espresso, cappuccino and chococino) guarantee a new and exciting way to enjoy deliciously stylish coffee.CAPSULE BASED SYSTEM The introduction of a capsule-based system offers maximum simplicity of useNEW CONTROL PANEL Play & Select system to set the coffee length with 7-level lighting LEDADJUSTABLE DRIP TRAY Drip tray height adjustable for any size cups and glassesSpecifications:Weight (Kg): 2.7Rated voltage/Frequency (V~Hz): 220/240-50/60Input power (W): 1500Pump pressure (bar): 15Water container capacity (l): 1.3EAN: 8004399326637

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
simple to use and tasty drinks
By Andrew
The dolce gusto machines and accompanying pods are a great coffee/beverage system.I previously had the Krups Dolce Gusto machine where you manually dispense the water so it was with great interest I tried this one made by De'Longhi which automatically dispenses the correct amount with a digital interface.Firstly, as with the manual machine you get the unit, a tray for discarded pods and a sample box of pods. The sample box of pods I feel could be a bit more generous but hey ho.The machine itself is very well built and is a doddle to setup. The instructions aren't the best but suffice. Commissioning the unit is a simple case of fill the water tank and running through some hot and cold water.Where this unit shines over it's manual versions is the digital dispenser. Each pod has a a small picture of a couple of bars on it. You insert the pod, select the appropriate number of bars on the unit using the selector wheel and press go. It dispenses the exact amount required then stops. Tremendous. You end up with a beverage with no guess work, but the exact amount of drink with the exact amount of water used. This can be overridden so you can run the coffee/milk whatever for less or more water to suit your taste.The machine itself looks stylish and not out of place in a kitchen and is nice and compact.The system of pods is simplicity itself with a large number of drinks available, more so online at the dolce gusto webshop. And I think this simplicity means you will find yourself using more than say a complicated machine which requires more interaction, maintenance and cleaning.Pods themselves are roughly £3.75 a pack. Cappuccino packs you get 16 pods, but 8 milk and 8 coffee so you can only make 8 drinks. Some might find this expensive but at roughly 42pence a cup for a great tasting coffee or hot chocolate or what not I think it is very reasonable.Make sure to let the pods drain in the supplied little bin for pods so that excess water ends up there rather than pooled at the bottom of your bin.Overall a very nice machine, that is simplicity itself to use with a wide variety of drinks available

54 of 60 people found the following review helpful.
Not perfect.....but I love it!
By mandynolan
UPDATE DECEMBER 2013:THIS MACHINE HAS BEEN BRILLIANT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW....THEN IT STOPPED...SO I PHONED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICES WHO WERE BRILLIANT AND THEY EXPLAINED OVER THE PHONE THAT IT WASN'T BROKEN...JUST NEEDED DESCALING!SO IT CONTINUES TO BE EXCELLENT..... AS ARE DOLCE GUSTO CUSTOMER SERVICES....ORIGINAL REVIEW NOVEMBER 2012:The Dolce Gusto coffee machine is an excellent pod coffee maker.It is easy to use and I have enjoyed every type of drink that I have had from it so far ....it is easy to set up, easy to use and makes a good cup of coffee....Its not perfect but it is easy to use....So lets look at the Pros and Cons.... and then you can decide if you want one!PROS1. Easy to set up2. Easy to use...fill with water, switch on until the switch is green,put in a pod, put the cup under,choose the water level(as indicated on the pod)pull down the lever and press the water button...and about 20 seconds later a cup of coffee....So Easy!3.You can make many different types of coffee one after the other4.Stylish machine5.I don't think that the machine is too big.6.Loads of types of coffee both hot and cold.7.The chococino is lovely....creamy hot chocolate....8.Comes with some pods in different flavours to try out.9.I will and have actually been using this, whereas, I don't really use my expensive "real" coffee machine....CONS1. The water holder feels a bit too plasticky...2. The container for used pods doesn't seem to be the right shape to me.3. The instructions that come with it are rubbish....I used my iPhone to scan the QR code on the front of the instructions and the ones I downloaded were much better, easy to use and made sense!4. The pods are expensive...but I think you would know that these machines are not economical...but I think the price is ok for what you get....5.Its not fresh coffee like a "real" coffee machine....but I have one of them and I am too lazy to use it..6. There is a lot of waste...the pods are just thrown away after use....7. I think you can only use Nescafe pods...although check out some ways around this on YouTube!8. Its not boiling hot for the smaller drinks ( although, it is good enough)....although the taller ones i.e. Americano are hot....Overall, I love it....It makes good coffee, in my opinion, and there are loads of varieties....I love the chococino but the Americano is good for a large, hot cup of coffee and I have found the skinny Latte and skinny cappuccino to be a good size and to be really tasty!So, if you want an easy to use pod machine I would recommend it.....

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent machine for good "lazy" coffee
By Darren Simons
I have always been a fan of coffee machines but have preferred the manual type where you have to ground the cofffee yourself and figure out how to add frothy milk for a cappuccino etc. (ie. the way coffee shops do it). Having used Nespresso in the past I was interested to see how this compared as an alternative in the pod world. Just to explain the difference here:- in "real" coffee machines you either have a section for beans / ground coffee, or you have to load the coffee holder with the right amount of coffee for the drink you are about to make (in the beans mode the machine does it for you to the tune of coffee grinding). Although it means you can choose the exact flavour or mix of coffee you like it can be messy and is time consuming / fiddly. You then add water for an americano, frothy milk for a cappuccino etc, but it does mean you can really make the coffee how you like it. Most weekend mornings this is what I end up doing and I'm yet to find a better coffee.- nespresso machines are pod coffee machines targeted at the so-called coffee connoisseur with masses of different pods providing different flavours, strength - you can choose how big the coffee will be, but anything after that is something you have to sort out... cappuccino/americano/latte variations all need doing separately. The pods are proprietary and expensive.- the Dulce Gusto system is like nespresso in that it's all about proprietary pods again, but rather than just coffee pods, there's pods for latte and cappuccino. This means by putting the appropriate pods in combination into your cup you get a huge range of coffees.For me, I don't really like nespresso as I feel I can make a nice enough coffee myself (I only drink espresso or americano) without the need for overpriced pods which produces a drink that's too small (for an americano). However, the Dulce Gusto system which includes the milk substitute does provide something a little bit different, especially good when there are visitors who would like a coffee.In terms of design, this machine is quite glossy and rounded, and looks nice in the kitchen - it consists of a ball-like section on the top where the pod goes and the controls reside, and a second ball-like section which is the reservoir for the water needed for the coffee. It's easy to over-fill and I think aesthetics has taken priority over function but it doesn't really matter. The controls consist of power, a lever for locking the pod in, a drawer to put the pod in, buttons to start the machine (hot or cold) and a control which works like a volume control to tell the machine how much water you want added.It works pretty simply - put the pod into the tray, close the tray, pull the lever down to lock it in, choose the amount of water (the pod tells you how much water is needed) and press hot or cold water. The cup base is movable so that you put it higher for a smaller espresso cup if you want. A green light on the side tells you when the water's hot. There's an overly designed pod bin where you put the used pods, but since they can't be recycled anyway you might as well just put it in the bin.In terms of results I was actually pleasantly surprised. The espresso came out quite nice, although not as good as I've had from the manual one. The crema (foam on top of the espresso) was nice and thick and the taste was good. I didn't think it came out that hot but that may be due to me getting used to them being too hot. Where I was more surprised was the cappuccino. In this case, you put in a pod for "cappuccino" which is basically powdered milk and sugar and set the water volume high. Once that's passed through, you put an espresso pod in and do that with a small water volume. The result although very sweet was actually quite nice.Overall, it depends what you want - for me, I prefer the manual machine where I can make a nice big cup of strong coffee how I like it. However, for those who really don't want to fiddle about with a coffee machine to get a nice cuppa (my wife being a good example) this is a very good compromise. There's lots of different coffee options, it's easy to use, fairly clean (although you need to clean the base which comes away), and tastes good. If you don't like powdered milk and object to the price of the pods (some of the coffees offered need 3 pods each so it can get expensive) then this may not be for you, but otherwise it's a more versatile coffee system than a nespresso.One other thing... the instructions are all in diagram form and pretty useless - if you can't figure it out, the website provides some more useful info.