Whether it's a bargain depends on how fussy you are about your coffee, and how lazy you are when it come to making the real kind.
Pre- house-fire, we'd had a bean to cup job for a few years and I have finally replaced it. When I first looked, they all seemed a lot more expensive than the first one and I've been watching the prices.
Just got this
www.delonghi.com/en-gb/ecam22-360-b-magnifica-s-automatic-coffee-maker/p/ECAM22.360.B
£415. Alleged full price £820 which I guess nobody has ever paid.
I'm familiar with the de Longhi machines, our last one had done about 7,000 cups IIRC. I'm not very coffee fussy, lazy enough to like the idea of pressing a button for coffee and I don't find the cleaning too much of a chore.
Just breaking this one in. It does milk, so automatic cappuccinos if you want them. First cappuccinos were frankly a bit watery but I can tweak that - upping the brewing temperature and increasing the strength setting will improve it, and maybe grinding a bit finer. And better milk - we only had skimmed, I prefer something a bit more cowy for coffee.
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