@66Mustang you would be surprised how much it saves you down the line as well as making better coffee! 6x 1kg bags of beans are around £20. If your average double shot espresso for cappuccino etc is 20 grams, that’s 300 coffees for £20 or 15p each. My nespresso pods used to be twice that at least, so it’s a saving of 45p a day assuming 3 coffees just for you! Or £165 a year (and better coffee)

rudolf said:

I like the De Longhi espresso make with the milk heater/frothier built it. Model number 

EC230.BK 

Makes a great coffee especially if you use Lavazza Espresso coffee.

This one I’m quoting is £99 on the Delonghi website at the moment under “manual espresso makers”. I have the entry level one but I don’t think they sell it now so this looks like the equivalent. The model number for the one in a different colour is:

EC260.BK

both these two are called the “Stilosa manual espresso makers.

They make a great coffee as good as any cafe IMHO though they are messy. My Mum has a De Longhi Dolce Gusto Nescafé pods thing - I’m not a fan at all of the coffee but they are not messy.

I’m pretty sure De Longhi did a hybrid machine that took pods or made espressos depending what you fancy but I can’t see it on their website at the moment.

I have a German Profitec Pro 500 just for brewing expresso. I've been using it every morning before work for over 3 years now and have no particular complaints.Type your comment