De'Longhi Manual Coffee Machine Stilosa EC260.GR, 15 Bar Pressure, Cappuccino System, Automatic Switch-Off, Compatible with ESE pods, 2 Level Tray, Capacity 1L, Green

This is a super little coffee machine and is so easy to use for a range of coffee and hot milk drinks. It looks great on my counter top and was also great value in the Amazon Prime day

10/10, this has been used on a daily basis and continues to work well. There have been no issues, can do single and double espressos. It is easy to clean and change. Milk frother works well and makes excellent coffee. Would highly recommend. This has saved me money as I no longer want to buy coffee when out because I know I can make nicer coffee at home.

I have now had an opportunity to test out this nice compact machine. it looks nice in black and silver and doesn’t take up much space on the kitchen work surface. For the people who don’t like to read the whole review I’ll say here to save you reading further , I give this 4.5 stars. Using the larger portafilter with illy ground beans it works flawlessly. A nice ‘rats tail’ like stream of coffee slowly dribbles itself into the mug. Using the smaller portafilter with ESE 44mm coffee pods (as advised in the manual) it’s not quite such a smooth process, a mixture of ‘rats tails’ at first and then the coffee drips and plops into the mug but by the time my milk frother has made nice peaks of creamy milk, the mug has about 4oz of coffee in it. Ido not use the frothing wand, or faffing wand, as my wife calls them. They are hit and miss at best and they take a lot of cleaning and care to look after them. I use a stand alone milk frother. To use the Delonghi machine is very straight forward with just a few steps, especially if you do not use the wand. Turn it on, wait for the green light, twist in the portafilter, turn control knob to the right. easy! The cup warmer is a bonus and it does get quite hot. Using the cup warmer and heated frothed milk I find the temperature of a completed mug of coffee just right. Using cold milk it’s only just lukewarm. The machine is quite light so I put it in a rubber pad which helps when securing the portafilter. If using ESE pods with the machine worked as flawlessly as using ground coffee I would give 5 stars but it just looses out because of this. I will try using other brand pods just to see what happens. If there is an improvement I will update this review.

Love it. Did my research, this one has an actual boiler vessel and not a thermoblock . Best entry level espresso machine according to Coffee Kev (blogger) and has had good sale offers (De’Longhi direct normal price is about 125) Good results but still adjusting things like grind, dose, tamping pressure to get the best out of the pressurised portafilter/basket this model comes with. Once I’ve mastered it, I’ll get a bottomless portafilter and standard basket for it. Panarello on the steam wand is good. So I’m happy so far……. Update 7 months on So I quickly realised the limitations of this machine though I did appreciate its value for money. I did buy a bottomless portafilter and standard basket (it only comes with pressurised basket portafilter) and this did make a better espresso for sure, though getting one that seals well is quite challenging. The one I settled for is by no means perfect and it’s likely that another one might be worse, there simply is no way of knowing before you try one, and they are not cheap (£40-£70). Advertising ‘a 15 bar pump’ is a pointless exercise as this is well over the ideal pressure for coffee extraction and on this unit it is not controlled or limited with a PRV. This has an impact on the espresso it can make, and getting consistent results. Getting good results with this machine takes some research and practice if you’re a newcomer to home espresso as I very definitely was. There are plenty of expert guides online that can teach you the fundamentals and believe me it’s a well worthwhile exercise. It is also dependent on you also getting a good espresso capable grinder. If you only used the supplied pressurised basket/portafilter and use prepackaged supermarket ground coffee then you will get fairly low to average quality results. Using the supplied basket/portafilter with home ground beans fresh from a roastery will get you better results but the next really significant improvement you can do is to get a standard basket/portafilter and the fresh roasted beans to use with this machine, but for this you WILL need an espresso capable grinder. Beware - a lot of grinders purport to being for ‘espresso through to French press/cafetiere’ but they will not grind fine enough for good espresso! Fresh roasted means roasted no more than a week or two ago, 4 weeks absolute maximum. This in itself lifts the quality of the espresso really significantly, but I can’t stress enough the importance of quality grinding. It’s as important if not more important than the espresso machine. My desire to use my newly acquired knowledge and have better coffee making and drinking experiences quickly led me to upgrade to a better machine and fork out for a decent grinder. If you opt for this DeLonghi machine plus a standard unpressurised portafilter and spend more on the grinder (£200-£300) you’ll have made a good start to decent home espresso. All that might seem like a tall order if you were thinking the £100 for this machine alone was going to get you there. It really depends on your budget, your willingness to learn, and your expectations as to how far on the coffee journey you get. My current setup (without some generous discounts I managed to find) would set you back £500-£600 (grinder and espresso machine total) but that’s just considered ‘entry level’ in the quality coffee making world!

Very satisfied easy to use, the coffee pods really practical and easily recyclable I had before Tassimo coffee machine, I decided to buy this one first cause it's got the foam maker to make mi own cappuccino Second because the pods are much cheaper, tasty and easy to recycle then Tassimo pods

Lovely machine but was the wrong colour for me

The first shipment I received was opened, so I asked for a replacement. I like the machine. My parents 20 year old machine broke and they wanted a replacement, and this one is very similar to their old one. I really like the removable tank. I also like how small it is. For whatever reason, the dimensions aren't written here, but my father was able to find them on the company website.

Une machine idéale pour faire de bon café expresso ou autres. Je m'attendais à ce qu'elle soit bruyante, mais en fait absolument pas. Elle est pratique, compacte et très fonctionnelle.

Klasse Maschine Preis/Leistung Hammer - nicht nur für Einsteiger. Die EM450 kann auch "echten" Espresso mit einwandigen Sieben UND einer Mühle, die einen entsprechend feinen Mahlgrad für Espresso hin bekommt (die Mühle - das ist das A und O der ganzen Espresso/Crema Geschichte). Ich nutze eine Demoka 203. Die DeLonghi nutze ich als Zweitgerät neben meiner "Diva" LaPavoni Europicola. Hier ein empfehlenswerter Kurztest dazu: YouTube Kanal Toms Coffee Corner: "Delonghi Linea Classic EM450 Review and Test" Meine Bilder: Espresso mit bodenlosem Siebträger und klassischen Einwandsieb. Hier ist der Mahlgrad noch zu fein, Druckaufbau zu hoch, Espresso schmeckt trotzdem (und nur darum sollte es doch gehen). Das erste Bild mit der Crema und Einwand Sieb ist z.B. der "günstige" Versuchsespresso Lidl fair trade bio Espresso, ca. 13 €/kg, oder dann richtig gut und italienische Empfehlungen: Izzo Supermiscaela,, Mondial Crema Rosso. Lavazza Espresso Barista oder - Neapel lässt grüßen - Kimbo. Wer es dann noch weiter treiben will, ist dann halt bei frisch gerösteten Bohnen des Rösters des Vertrauens. Außerdem kann man natürlich auch das 10-40ig fache für eine "richtige" Maschine ausgeben - Willkommen in der Espressoterik! Für mich mich als Durchschnittsespressoliebhaber aber nicht nötig :-) Aus meiner Erfahrung, lieber mehr Budget in die Mühle stecken, die bleibt in der Regel und ist die Basis für guten Espresso. Eines halte ich aber schon für relevant: Wie langen die Maschine hält und vor allem reparierbar ist (Ersatzteile in 2 Jahren wenn die Garantie rum ist?) ist fraglich. Da hat man natürlich mit einer klassischen Einsteigermaschiene - die dann schon das dreifache+ kostet wie z.B. die Lelit Anna denke ich mehr Sicherheit, dass man die in 10 Jahren+ noch betreiben kann. Ich habe mich trotzdem - als Zweitgerät - für die DeLonghi entscheiden weil ich hoffe, dass die große Marke langfristig Ersatzteile/Reparatur etc. bereit stellt. Deswegen wäre ein chinesiche - noch günstigerer - Einstiegsmaschine keine Option für mich. Außerdem sollte man sich überlegen welches System man haben will. Ich denke dem Thermoblock gehört sie Zukunft (schnell betriebsbereit). Für mich ist das eine gute Möglichkeit im Vergleich zu meiner LaPavoni Kessel Maschine mal zu testen, wo die Vor- Nachteile sind. Aber letzlich kommt es immer darauf an ob man einfach guten Espresso/Cappucino etc. haben will oder wie tief man da einsteigen will. Die mitgelieferten Siebe machen auch mit "alten/hell gerösteten Bohnen" und/oder zu groben Mahlgrad tolle (Fake?) Crema durch die doppelwandige Bauweise und Verjüngung auf ein kleines Auslassloch. Hier passendes Zubehör für die nächsten Schritte nach den druckoptimierten doppelwandigen Sieben die mitgeliefert werden: Siebe passen alle der Dedica, sind identisch. Ich habe mehrere ein/zweier "Dedica" Siebe einwandig bestellt, passen alle. Siebträger: ich habe sowohl einen bodenlosen bestellt als auch einen mit Doppelauslauf, hier passen die Dedica Siebträger NICHT da die "Ohren" der EM450 leicht "angephast" sind. Hier sollten aber die Casabrews passen! Folgendes passt (Artikel Bezeichnung bei Amazon): bodenloser Siebträger: CAPFEI Bodenloser Siebträger 51mm für Casabrews CM5418/Cecotec Power Espresso 20 mit 3 Ohren 4mm Dicke und Holzgriff Doppelauslauf: Siebträger 51mm für Cecotec Power Espresso 20/Casabrews CM5418 mit doppel Auslauf - Filterhalter aus Edelstahl inkl. Sieb

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