Bean to cup coffee machines - thoughts on these?

[TTB]

I have the opportunity to purchase either of these at reasonably good prices but want to make sure the coffee they do (I like Americano, Latte and flat white) are decent - though i know a lot of that depends on the bean itself.

Anyone used these or own these?

I can have this one for £350
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/delonghi-rivelia...

Or this one at £400
https://www.home-appliances.philips/gb/en/p/EP6551...

[DKL]

I think you might struggle to get a good flat white at that price point. But they are a bit like washing machines and the more expensive you go the more "stuff" it does when you only really use 2 settings.
B2C machines are great, ours has done something like 15000 cups now and yes I've had it apart 3 times but it's still going.
Ours is a Melitta and Sage do some good stuff. You might find a really good deal in the next couple of weeks.

[Huzzah]

Recently had one of these.

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/delonghi-magnifi...


It's our second delonghi, very good too. ( they do get a right old hammering in this household)

[kambites]

Huzzah said:

Recently had one of these.

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/delonghi-magnifi...

It's our second delonghi, very good too. ( they do get a right old hammering in this household)

We have a very similar one to this, and it's pretty good. The Delonghi we had before it was also good and lasted about 10 years or so before it started leaking internally; probably about 10000 cups of coffee. I think they strike a pretty good balance between price and longevity.

However, we do only use ours to make Espresso because I pretty much only drink Americano and Espresso. My wife occasionally uses the milk attachment thing, but not regularly, and she only uses it with soya milk.

[Tickle]

Quite a long running thread on coffee, machines and beans in Food, drinks and restaurants.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[TTB]

Thank you all so far and also for the link

[onny]

I've had a Phillips Latte Go B2C machine for the last 4 years. Good but weak coffee, I always have a double shot. Easy to use... But I won't buy one again because of the cleaning required for these type of B2C machines with the Brew head and cavity every week or so. If you don't clean it regularly then you will have serious hygiene problems with moldy coffee residuals in the brew head and cavity. They work great , reliable and effortless until the weekly Sunday night cleaning. Buy a machine that has a build in grinder into a manual portafilter and then you will save yourself lots of cleaning effort and probably better coffee as well. I'm looking to upgrade atm, I'm looking at either at the Ninja Lux Mini or a Breville within my budget.

Edited by onny on Tuesday 10th November 01:53