De'Longhi Magnifica Start ECAM220.60.B, Fully Automatic Bean to Cup Coffee Machine with 4 One-Touch Recipes, Soft-Touch Control Panel, Auto Milk, 1450W, Black

As someone completely new to coffee machines, the De'Longhi Magnifica was a great first experience.I was a bit nervous at first, but it turned out to be much easier than I expected. The soft-touch control panel is very intuitive – everything is clearly labeled and simple to use, even for a beginner.It offers four one-touch recipes, and so far I’ve tried the espresso and cappuccino – both came out delicious. The milk frothing nozzle is manual but easy to control, and it creates a smooth, creamy foam that really upgrades the drink.The size of the machine is just right – not too bulky, and it fits nicely on the kitchen counter. You can adjust the cup size and coffee strength easily, and the coffee bean and water capacity is more than enough for several cups before needing a refill.In terms of cleaning, it's surprisingly low maintenance. The trays and tanks are easy to remove and rinse, and it even gives alerts when it needs cleaning or descaling.As for coffee quality – it’s excellent. The machine grinds the beans fresh for every cup, and you can really taste the difference in richness and aroma compared to instant or pre-ground coffee.Overall: If you're new to coffee machines and want something straightforward, reliable, and capable of making great coffee, this machine is a solid choice.

First impressions1. Its a large machine so making sure you have the space for it first is important.2. Classy looking, almost like what a hotel would have or self service coffee machine that they have in car dealerships.3. Set up relatively easy as mentioned instructions provided are very generic but a quick youtube guide from delonghi will provide you with all the help.Usage1. Loud on initial start up but this is mentioned in the setup guide2. Grinds beans well just remember you can adjust the grind size (mine is currently set on size 2 which seems like a good overall setting)3. First few usage you will have to keep going back to the set up guide for any customized settings (you will understand once you have the machine)Coffee1. Depending on the settings you are able to create your perfect cup (did not use the machine on default settings to make my first cup so can not comment on how well this is done)2. Fresher coffee beans do make a more flavorsome cup but also I find that the machine itself will help with extracting a very full body coffee regardless of the freshness or price of the beans. (of course the fresher the beans the more flavor)3. Even with supermarket beans are able to enjoy a very tasty coffee (same beans used with a cafeteria, reusable tassimo pod and this bean to cup machine)3.1. Using the same beans with 3 different methods the Delonghi magnifica was able to produce nice (although thin before of the beans) crema, flavor was alot more intense too. (again down to the beans used)Cleaning1. Everything you want to clean comes out for easy cleaningMy cons1. The only thing I dont like is when removing the water tank it tends to scuff up the polished drip tray cover and to avoid this I either have to force the water tank upwards while pulling out or remove the entire drip tray before removing the water tank. (more of an annoyance for myself)ConclusionNot exactly budget but not exactly expensive either, for the coffee it produces regardless of beans used the flavor, convenience, looks and maintenance, its a joy to have and I look forward to firing up this machine in the morning.

Beyond expectations, wonderful coffee, and so easy, also the frothy milk attachment works fabulously, now even my husband can now make me a wonderful coffee at a touch of a button, I also love using fresh coffee beans for each cup ❤️

Pros: good coffee taste, can set grinding size, both powder and beans, good quality as usual, easy touch screen with basic functions, adjustable coffee outlet height, can use it as hot water outlets ahaCons:- water runs when turning on and off. A bit in an ache as I use still water rather than tap, and the dripping tray needs to be cleared more often.- no sign when running out of coffee beans. The cover is in solid black and you can only realise by opening it up or by hearing the grinding sound- weird little red dripping tray apart from the big one

Lovely machine - ordered as a Christmas present. Worked beautifully for just 3 x weeks - then water volumes began to be very erratic - expresso was very watery and disappointing. Tried everything - finer grounds setting, cleared reservoir, used different beans, followed all troubleshooting tips - no joy. Contacted Amazon - they won't replace (though it is still available on Amazon) but will refund BUT.....As a Prime customer I am very disappointed that Amazon expect me to package up this faulty, very heavy, fragile machine and organise a commercial delivery company to return it to them to get a refund. It was delivered originally by an Amazon Prime Van to my door. As the original packaging has already been recycled, this is a difficult ask of me. I would not order kitchen equipment such as this from Amazon again - very disappointing after sales support/returns policy. Replacing like for like with delivery to my door and pickup of faulty machine should be the Amazon response.

I've been striving to produce coffee shop quality coffee for years and this machine does it. I like that it is fully customisable with user defined settings for strength, milk volume, water volume and above all coffee temperature. The downloaded instructions take a bit of wading through but once the machine is set up it's really low maintenance. I like that it cleans the milk and coffee nozzles after use, you don't get that in a coffee shop :)

Makes great coffee and not as noisy as our previous model. Cleaning can be a bit awkward as the filter bit (I’m sure it has a proper name) is in a side section behind the water container and goes in at an angle.