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