Coffee machine This is a great machine. Very easy to use. Purchased for a church self serve cafe so the ease of use will make it great. Two flaws I have seen and one lie in the description. One it is a little loud which may be ok at home but in a church could be an issue. Two the coffee bean grinder doesn't tell you it is low until it is empty and it has made a cup with only half the beans or less. Wasted cup! The description says it will be sending Illy beans with the machine but they are not there. Not that that is a game changer but if you say you are going to do it.
Love This!! I have already saved tons of money sorry Starbucks! Best purchase I've made in years!! I highly recommend this coffee maker.
Beware DeLonghi Authorized Service We basically love this coffee machine and used it every day. We noticed a funny noise and called DeLonghi who recommended that we send the machine to their authorized repair Appliance Repair Center in Middletown New York. That was about 5 months ago. After about 6 weeks and many followup phone calls we finally received the machine back from Appliance Repairin pieces.Apparently they had not packed it well UPS denied the insurance claim. After more time and phone calls also to DeLonghi service we were told that the repair center was ordering the broken parts repairing the machine and sending it back to us. That was about 4 weeks ago. Two weeks ago when we called again we were told that the machine was fixed and would arrive back to us by the middle of last week. As of today still no machine and no confirmation of when we will get it.Appliance Repair Center is totally unreliable and DeLonghi needs to address this issue.It really makes me sad because I enjoyed this machine and have recommended it many times.
SuperAutomatic awesomeness! We've had our DeLonghi for a couple of months now & love it! It's super easy to use & makes for a quick cappuccino latte or espresso each morning. Looking forward to using this for a long time.
Excellent coffee/espresso/capp machine as long as you follow instructions.. I bought this for my husband as a Christmas gift and it earned its keep within two weeks. I had it delivered to his sister's house where we spent our holiday and we cranked out coffees and cappucinos at least 10 times a day. We have not had any issues whatsoever with it mechanically. One issue we have is purely cosmetic the grate you set your cup on is getting scratched up. Considering the money it'd be nice to see it better condition after only a few months in use. If you're buying this machine I would place a napkin under your cup so you dont mark up the grate. The other complaint I have is one that others have mentioned running out of beans or water before it brews your cup for you. Usually this happened to my husband after I made my cup. Oops! I've made it a point to now fill the water and beans and also empty the grounds before I make a cup. The water container can be a bit awkward to handle especially when its full. For this reason we keep a pitcher of water in the fridge slide out the water tank a few inches til the opening in the lid is accessible and use the pitcher to fill it.I love how you can really get the machine to give you the brewed cup that suits your taste exactly. Through the strength of the brew the size of the grind or the amount of water and milk it dispenses you can get your perfect cup of coffee. We use this every day and love it so much that when we go away for Easter we are taking it with us! Between my husband and myself we use it on average 46 times a day.
This got me into drinking coffee again! This coffee maker is truly amazing. Its quick and convenient. I recommend purchasing Starbucks syrups and whole bean coffee trust me you can taste the difference. Don't forget to purchase descaling solution as the product comes with one sample pack good for one descaling. I also recommend using distilled water to for longest lifespan it hasn't had problems but if you're spend this much on a coffee maker you better be taking good care of it.
Great product It is very easy to maintain and operate and produce amazing coffee. You can make different tastes of coffee for you and your family members.
Best coffee ever I bought my wife a DeLonghi ESAM3300 several years ago and the coffee was so good that even I started drinking a cup every once in awhile. Years later we now have given the 3300 to our son and have purchased 3 of the ESAM3500 model so we can drink good coffee at home at our mountain cabin at the office and at our son's house. Along with a particular brand of coffee we prefer the DeLonghi makes the best cup of coffee we have ever drunk anywhere in the world and we have traveled widely. The only problem is that we are now coffee snobs and need a fix of the good stuff twice a day! Several of our friends have bought a DeLonghi ESAM3500 too after drinking our coffee so the population of snobs is growing.It is important to keep the machine as clean as possible throughout or there will be problems. This is the Ferrari of coffee makers and it needs TLC to keep it performing at its maximum potential.
Good tasting coffee but inconsistent Great tasting coffee still had to return it b/c1 The temperature wasn't consistent and most of the time wasn't hot enough after you added cream.2 It also wasn't strong enough my husband likes Peet's to give you an idea and there wasn't enough caffeine in each cup to give him the caffeine jolt.3 You couldn't really make a regular sized 810oz. coffee. We had to hit the large setting twice to double the dose.Overall expected more for the cost.
One Year In and No Regrets I wanted to give this product some time before reviewing since there seems to be a great deal of reliability and build issues among various manufacturers of Super Automatic Espresso Machines. Given the cost of the unit I didn't want to throw out an initially positive review only to feel differently months later so considered this a calm and reflective review of my own experience with this model.I bought this unit as a Christmas gift for my wife in 2010 and we've used it HEAVILY since then we throw a lot of parties. All in all I couldn't be more pleased and have only a few minor complaints.First the good The machine is a workhorse. We turn it on and off all day frequently make espresso or cappuchino for a dozen or more guests and use this as our sole source of coffee other than the very rare press pot. The espresso is as good as any I've had from a home unit once you find the perfect grind setting for your favorite beans. Very hot excellent crema and a variable intensity that you set. I actually prefer the coffee from this machine over that from a Jura costing 4x more that a family member has. While I was somewhat concerned about build quality given some complaints in these comments I have experienced absolutely no issues at all and have performed no service other than a regular cleaning and a descale every other month or so.The only complaints I have are as follows1. The unit doesn't check for beans before you order a cup and will froth milk before grinding beans. So if you're out of beans and order a latte you're going to get a cup of frothy milk followed by loud prolonged whirring grind with no beans and an error message.
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Coffee machine This is a great machine. Very easy to use. Purchased for a church self serve cafe so the ease of use will make it great. delonghi esam3300
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