Bean to Cup Coffee Machines

[V41LEY]

Can anyone recommend me a great domestic bean to cup machine that really cuts the mustard ?
Thanks

[Shaw Tarse]

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[MitchT]

I have a Gaggia Titanium which I love. Can't remember exactly when I bought it though I've owned it for at least eight years. It was expensive and can be temperamental but the coffee is exquisite.

[easytiger123]

I bought one of these about 4 months ago:

http://www.johnlewis.com/sage-by-heston-blumenthal...

Expensive but it makes fantastic coffee with minimal faffing around. Does everything from grinding to tamping to extracting. It really is the dogs bks, and they send some chap over after you buy it to show you how to get the best from it and keep it clean. Get some decent beans and it will make a perfect espresso or Americano every time as well as doing proper foamed milk. I was slightly wary of both the HB branding element and the price, but I have to say it is amazing. Get it in black if you do buy as apparently the silver shows scratches.

[red_slr]

MitchT said:

I have a Gaggia Titanium which I love. Can't remember exactly when I bought it though I've owned it for at least eight years. It was expensive and can be temperamental but the coffee is exquisite.

Have the same, good machine had it for 11-12 years now.

[wotnot]

Coming at this from the opposite end of the spectrum I can recommend the Cuisinart machine my wife bought me for my birthday a couple of weeks ago.
It can't hope to compete with the high end offerings if your budget stretches that far, but I love the coffee it makes and I'm really happy with it.

[TIGA84]

easytiger123 said:

I bought one of these about 4 months ago:

http://www.johnlewis.com/sage-by-heston-blumenthal...

Expensive but it makes fantastic coffee with minimal faffing around. Does everything from grinding to tamping to extracting. It really is the dogs bks, and they send some chap over after you buy it to show you how to get the best from it and keep it clean. Get some decent beans and it will make a perfect espresso or Americano every time as well as doing proper foamed milk. I was slightly wary of both the HB branding element and the price, but I have to say it is amazing. Get it in black if you do buy as apparently the silver shows scratches.

I wonder how much it would cost without the Heston Branding, the machine must exist in some form or another under a different less-well-heeled brand. Like Bang and Olufsen is really Panasonic in a dress or whatever.

£1500+ is a big outlay.

[easytiger123]

TIGA84 said:

I wonder how much it would cost without the Heston Branding, the machine must exist in some form or another under a different less-well-heeled brand. Like Bang and Olufsen is really Panasonic in a dress or whatever.

£1500+ is a big outlay.

Sadly I don't think you can get the white label equivalent of this machine. It's sold as Breville elsewhere in the world and a quick Google shows it retailing for $2,000 in the US where it's simply called Breville Oracle.

My research before spunking that kind of dosh showed that at some price point around this level the machines involve a great deal of user input, effort and a fair bit of practice to get everything right. I'm not a barrista so this was the best reviewed of the machines requiring less effort. Big outlay for sure but Mrs Easytiger does this womanmaths bullst she refers to as 'cost per use' which apparently makes it a bargain given how much coffee we drink!

[anonymous-user]

TIGA84 said:

I wonder how much it would cost without the Heston Branding, the machine must exist in some form or another under a different less-well-heeled brand. Like Bang and Olufsen is really Panasonic in a dress or whatever.

£1500+ is a big outlay.

B&O use Samsung panels.

I've got a Cuisineart bean to cup and a Nespresso, I much prefer the latter in both taste and convenience.


That HB looks like a lovely machine, I'm now trying to justify one to the wife.

[carreauchompeur]

That Sage looks like a lovely gadget. I've personally been very happy with my Jura for the past few years, bought second hand for £300 but run to about £900 new. Creates amazing coffee with a great crema, every time.

[Sy1441]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Melitta-E950-103-Automati...


Seems a decent deal.

[DSLiverpool]

My mates imported this machine and its doing well - I am a nespresso guy but was swayed by this as it makes nicer coffee ..... https://www.latasse.co.uk/

Edited by DSLiverpool on Sunday 18th December 19:40

[feef]

Another fan of the Gaggia units. I've had platinum and titanium models and liked them both.

I also like doing it old school and where I felt the bean to cup machines let things down was the steam more than the coffee.

[LordHaveMurci]

Love my Delonghi, replaced a Gaggia Baby that broke.

Had it about 9mths now & wouldn't be without it, miilk steamer is not brilliant but does the job.

[HotJambalaya]

I just bought this to replace my Nespresso machine.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOMZ5E/ref...

Its great to be honest, very good machine.

[Patch1875]

Been looking to upgrade the Nespresso to one of these,Delonghi seem to be a good starting point but it's a nightmare trying to pick one as there seems to be loads of variations!

[williaa68]

easytiger123 said:

I bought one of these about 4 months ago:

http://www.johnlewis.com/sage-by-heston-blumenthal...

Expensive but it makes fantastic coffee with minimal faffing around. Does everything from grinding to tamping to extracting. It really is the dogs bks, and they send some chap over after you buy it to show you how to get the best from it and keep it clean. Get some decent beans and it will make a perfect espresso or Americano every time as well as doing proper foamed milk. I was slightly wary of both the HB branding element and the price, but I have to say it is amazing. Get it in black if you do buy as apparently the silver shows scratches.

When i went to the fat duck a few years ago they served nespresso! I guess Heston decided he could make a few more quid branding his own B2C....

[BrewsterBear]

LordHaveMurci said:

Love my Delonghi, replaced a Gaggia Baby that broke.

Had it about 9mths now & wouldn't be without it, miilk steamer is not brilliant but does the job.

^This.

I also had a baby Gaggia which did what most babies do and st itself. The coffee machine in my office is Delonghi bean-to-cup and it gets hammered 24/7 by over 140 blokes. It lasted 4 years of this abuse before I needed to order some spare parts. I was that impressed I bought one for my own kitchen when they were on offer at Currys a couple of years ago, down from £400 to £250.

I'm sure a £1500 Heston one will make marginally better coffee, but for my coarse palette I wouldn't get £1200 of extra value out of one.

[Patch1875]

http://www.johnlewis.com/de'longhi-magnifica-ecam2...

Quite like this one mainly because it's White, there are cheaper silver or black ones in the sale just now. Any one know the relevance of the numbers with delonghi?

[Bonefish Blues]

I have a Jura in drag (branded Siemens, made by Jura). We're on 10 years now and never an issue, which I think's exceptional for this type of machine.

On its demise we'll be getting another (likely Jura, as I don't think they produce for anyone else any more) from the lower end of the range as we don't need the automated machlattochino functions.