Budget coffee machine

[v8-powered]

Looks like a bean to cup machine then with no basket in view?

Yes it's bean to cup (haven't used one so I wondered what happens to the grounds) - and how does it compress/tamp the coffee...or don't they? I suppose they're mini versions of the Costa machine in the local Coop and there's a grounds bin?

Also what are they like to clean - do they have to be done after each cup?

Grounds sit in the compartment behind where the cup is, it has a tamping mechanism inside.

DeLonghi machines are pretty good - we've had one for 6 years or so and it's been great, used quite heavily. I usually clean the milk widget every few cups and empty the grounds weekly. Machine tells you when it needs a filter change or a full descale.

[Count Steer]

Looks like a bean to cup machine then with no basket in view?

Yes it's bean to cup (haven't used one so I wondered what happens to the grounds) - and how does it compress/tamp the coffee...or don't they? I suppose they're mini versions of the Costa machine in the local Coop and there's a grounds bin?

Also what are they like to clean - do they have to be done after each cup?

Grounds sit in the compartment behind where the cup is, it has a tamping mechanism inside.

DeLonghi machines are pretty good - we've had one for 6 years or so and it's been great, used quite heavily. I usually clean the milk widget every few cups and empty the grounds weekly. Machine tells you when it needs a filter change or a full descale.

Thanks. I rather like DeLonghi stuff.

Probably a bit ott for my useage* and I quite enjoy doing the milk with the steam wand.

I assume you can keep the milk container in the fridge when not in use ie overnight? Also, when you say filter change, are they consumables?

* Wife sticks stubbornly to her fresh ground Papua New Guinea beans and drip filter - while I bought an intro pack of 12 different bean types + 4 lots of decaff beans and have been happily experimenting in the quest for the perfect capuccino.

[Ant]

Mine is a DeLonghi, regular basket type, but I rarely use it. I have a separate DeLonghi grinder. When I was in John Lewis earlier in the year, there was a Sage rep demonstrating some nice machines, all sorts, for all sorts of eye watering prices.

[Taipan]

I recently replaced the wife's knackered old De'Longhi with the one below. I drink tea so cant really comment,but there are lots of oohs and ahhs when people get a cappuccino from it. You can adjust how frothy it is etc.

Looks interesting, there's not the usual coffee basket with a handle on. What happens to the coffee grounds? The Amazon blurb says the bean grinder is silent...is it really that quiet?
I'll probably give De Longhi a good look when my cheap as chips one gives up. (Still going strong - doing one cup per day ).

You pull the bottom tray out and the grounds are there. It tells you when to empty it. It also runs a cleaning cycle each start up and through the milk wand if you've used it. Dunno how they say its quiet? I've definitely heard it when it's on. WHirring and a steaming etc?

[v8-powered]

Dunno how they say its quiet? I've definitely heard it when it's on. WHirring and a steaming etc?

Yeah, I wouldn't say they are quiet but difficult grinding the beans in silence
Make a decent coffee though.....

[Count Steer]

Dunno how they say its quiet? I've definitely heard it when it's on. WHirring and a steaming etc?

Yeah, I wouldn't say they are quiet but difficult grinding the beans in silence
Make a decent coffee though.....

Yep. That's why I was a bit about the blurb on Amazon.