The world's simplest bean to cup coffee machine?

[Sterillium]

Looking for a recommendation for a coffee machine for a relative...

Said relative is NOT a fan of technology, but IS a fan of coffee, pretty much exclusively Lattes. Is there such thing as a bean-to-cup Latte machine that doesn't have any fancy spouts or frothers etc. But, instead, just has a button you press so that a Latte comes out?

[markiii]

there are, we had somein my london office that looked like they had an ipad stick to them.

load with milk, connect water, drop beans in the top and literally just pic what you want from the screen.

I found it much better than most barista coffee tbh

[nordboy]

I bought my wife a Delonghi Eletta plus for christmas. She's useless at tech but it's really simple to use. The only issue is the descaling that it needs every month/ 6 wks.

She loves it and hasn't even thought about going to buy a coffee from the high street, says the machine is far better coffee.

I then buy the beans from Waveney Valley coffee, which is superb and their customer service is excellent. ( https://www.waveneyvalleycoffee.co.uk/shop )


I did get a very good prime deal from Amazon at the time, it's gone back up in price now.

Edited by nordboy on Sunday 31st January 18:47

Edited by nordboy on Sunday 31st January 18:47

[vaud]

The miele machines do this and are excellent (in my view)

[EastLondonGunner]

Jura E8 is worth a look.

[tapandunwrap]

The Delonghi ones are pretty simple. Power button, then one button to make coffee. They do have a steam wand but you can just not use it?

Otherwise, i'd suggest nespresso for simplicity, but the coffee is nowhere near as good.

[tapandunwrap]

I would add that anything that does one-button latte will need a milk tank and begin to get fiddly.

[Sterillium]

Milk tanks are fine, it's just the coffee making bit that needs to be as simple as can be.

[mikewilliams79]

can strongly recommend this, half price at the moment too

https://www.nespresso.com/uk/en/order/machines/ver...

[Sterillium]

mikewilliams79 said:

can strongly recommend this, half price at the moment too

https://www.nespresso.com/uk/en/order/machines/ver...

Looks good, but not bean-to-cup.

[mikewilliams79]

Sterillium said:

Looks good, but not bean-to-cup.

Apologies. Not with it. Very good coffee though and huge range. Worth considering.

[dbryder]

I have the Lattego 2200, used to be £100 less in the sales though.

https://www.philips.ca/c-e/ho/coffee/espresso/phil...

Pretty simple to use, but will require a monthly clean and grease.

Lattes from it are great, and easy to clean as it’s milk frother means milk doesn’t go into any tube or anything.

/d

[vaud]

tapandunwrap said:

I would add that anything that does one-button latte will need a milk tank and begin to get fiddly.

The Miele just has a hose that you dunk into a cup of milk (or you can buy a very expensive flask). No tank to rinse.

[Skyedriver]

Great question OP

I'm going to read a few write ups on the ones mentioned. I'm a coffe fan, about 6 or 7 instant a day, would love to make something more akin to decent cafe standard (ie better than Starmucks). flat whitw will do, or maybe cappucino .....

[sutoka]

Cannot be bothered going downstairs to the coffee machine at the minute so using an Aeropress, easy to clean and takes about 20 seconds to use while working from home. Still need kettle though

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerobie-AeroPress-A80-Cof...

[mikewilliams79]

sutoka said:

Cannot be bothered going downstairs to the coffee machine at the minute so using an Aeropress, easy to clean and takes about 20 seconds to use while working from home. Still need kettle though

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerobie-AeroPress-A80-Cof...

Complete PITA IMO.

[otolith]

Nespresso is an upgrade from instant.

[greygoose]

tapandunwrap said:

The Delonghi ones are pretty simple. Power button, then one button to make coffee. They do have a steam wand but you can just not use it?

Otherwise, i'd suggest nespresso for simplicity, but the coffee is nowhere near as good.

I have a Delonghi and it is very easy to use and take care of, just have to descale it every few months and that is it.

[Belle427]

I use one of the cheaper Nespresso machines, just stick half a cup of milk in the microwave for a minute to warm and top up with the pods.
As said not bean to cup but much better than instant with some decent pods.

[romeogolf]

Your biggest challenge will be the milk frothing for a latte.

Coffee is easy and can be done with the simplest of machines, but the frothing the milk requires a steam wand which means it's a lot more than "press a button and let it do its thing".

We've had a Philips Saeco for about 7 years, the exact model is long discontinued, but the fact we still have it and use it suggests they're decently well made.