Coffee machines - whaddaya know?
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All that jazz said:
Bluequay said:
All that jazz said:
I've been looking at the Fracino Piccino for some time now but my man maths isn't yet at the point where it can justify £550 to make some brews, especially when I need to spend another £150 on a grinder for it. 
You need to try harder!! It looks like a great machine, their Cherub machine came out just after I'd purchased mine or I would have gone for it, made in the UK as well, so you can add supporting local manufacturing bonus points to your man maths calculations 
Coffee-making alarm clock wakes you up with a freshly brewed mug by induction heating!
http://www.designboom.com/design/alarm-clock-coffe...
No idea how much or where from but I like the look of that and smell of coffee to wake me up, just dont bang on clock to make it snooze for 10 mins!
http://www.designboom.com/design/alarm-clock-coffe...
No idea how much or where from but I like the look of that and smell of coffee to wake me up, just dont bang on clock to make it snooze for 10 mins!
Baron Greenback said:
Coffee-making alarm clock wakes you up with a freshly brewed mug by induction heating!
http://www.designboom.com/design/alarm-clock-coffe...
No idea how much or where from but I like the look of that and smell of coffee to wake me up, just dont bang on clock to make it snooze for 10 mins!
that is coolhttp://www.designboom.com/design/alarm-clock-coffe...
No idea how much or where from but I like the look of that and smell of coffee to wake me up, just dont bang on clock to make it snooze for 10 mins!
On the Josh Renouf website http://www.joshrenoufdesign.com/ , it is said to retail at £250
jinkster said:
Who makes the best bean to cup machine? I was looking at the Miele CM range
Never used one myself but came out very badly in a group review I saw in a magazine the other day. They raved about the Sage one (I think it was called The Oracle or something) and a Panasonic which was less than half the price of the Miele. I don't think it's worth spending a huge amount of money on a B2C - £3-400 should get you everything you need. De Longhi, Philips Saeco and others come to mind.
A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
Bonefish Blues said:
I don't think it's worth spending a huge amount of money on a B2C - £3-400 should get you everything you need. De Longhi, Philips Saeco and others come to mind.
A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
Yes £400 is perfectly reasonable!! First world problems. A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
Blown2CV said:
Bonefish Blues said:
I don't think it's worth spending a huge amount of money on a B2C - £3-400 should get you everything you need. De Longhi, Philips Saeco and others come to mind.
A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
Yes £400 is perfectly reasonable!! First world problems. A recent recommendation for one at John Lewis comes to mind too, also on this thread in the last month or so - sub £200 and getting great reviews from buyers.
crossy67 said:
carreauchompeur said:
Yep, sadly that was a Saeco one which seems to have been inexplicably half price, was £175 now £350.
Wow, I was lucky for a change then :-DI really enjoy mine and have at least one double espresso a day.
Well done
On the point of b2c machines, we had a jura f50 which cost close to a grand, over 6 years and 10000 cups of coffee it had one small water leak on the membrane regulator which cost £11 to repair before the pump gave in. Instead of replacing the pump we bought a delonghi magnifica for about £400. Within 600 cups the grinder had stopped grinding. You could hear the mech spinning but the actual grinder did nothing. They took it away and it came back repaired. The service book said there was an alien body in the grinder which I don't believe, I'd hoovered it out as recommended with no joy and had read about failing grinders online being quite common. The coffee it makes its easily as good as the jura, but if problems like that keep occurring we'll be going back to jura despite the premium. I also found jura to be excellent customer service, but so far delonghi have also been good, if a little to soon in the machines life to want to find out.
We have a DeLonghi Magnifica. It makes great coffee, and there's no sign of problems with the grinder. But the machine has started to mess itself internally.
Instead of the little curved arm sweeping the compressed 'cake' of grounds off the top of the infuser and into the little internal waste bin, it now breaks the cake up and spreads the grounds in the other direction and all over the inside of the machine. Takes ages to brush all of the crud out of every corner.
(This must be after about 2-3000 cups.)
Instead of the little curved arm sweeping the compressed 'cake' of grounds off the top of the infuser and into the little internal waste bin, it now breaks the cake up and spreads the grounds in the other direction and all over the inside of the machine. Takes ages to brush all of the crud out of every corner.
(This must be after about 2-3000 cups.)
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