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The machine is easy to clean and has some other nice touches, including a separate ground coffee in-tray if you want to add pre-crushed coffee. The milk tank is detachable so can be stored in the fridge when not in use to keep it fresh. Yes. Pay attention though: you can only prepare one cup at a time if you use pre-ground coffee in this machine. Delonghi offers so much choice when it comes to bean to cup coffee machines that you can easily spend more than you need to for very little improvement in functionality so it’s important to understand if you are getting value for money for the machines you choose. Coffee tastes even better when it’s brewed in a clean, well-maintained coffee machine. Not every cloth is suited for coffee machines though, and some of them may end up scratching the surface of your appliance. That’s why we’ve created a special microfibre cloth for coffee machines.
The coffee spout can be raised and lowered to accommodate everything from a tiny little espresso cup to a huge mug, once again proving that the De’Longhi Autentica Plus fits an awful lot into a reasonably small frame. It also features a control that lets you set how fine the machine grinds coffee in the beans holding compartment. The frother produces foam with a nice stiffness – but on some of the longer settings like latte and flat white its inability to heat the milk up to very high temperatures means that your cuppa will be drinkable instantly and not piping.The De’Longhi Autentica Plus is a mid-range bean-to-cup machine. It offers plenty of features and lots of customisation without getting all of the high-end innards we saw recently in machines like the Sage by Heston Oracle: things like a dual-boiler system. The De’Longhi Autentica Plus is a bean-to-cup coffee machine, one that chips away just about all the messy and annoying parts of having a coffee machine. It’s even lower-maintenance than a cafetiere, and the design has clearly been thought-out to cater for those who don’t have gigantic, sprawling kitchens. To keep it simple they have the most common selections as single buttons on the front of the machine – espresso, amerciano, cappuccino and whether you want one or 2 cups. If you want a cappuccino with a little less milk, no problem. A latte with more milk than normal, no problem. How about an Americano with more water, all doable. This style of machine offers fantastic versatility, at a level you might not expect from a largely accessible bean-to-cup model. For example, there’s a hot water button whose icon is even – gasp – a cup of tea. It’s also useful for turning espressos into Americanos. The standalone steam spout is perfect for preparing hot chocolate too.
If you’re going to be making cappuccinos and flat whites rather than dunking cold semi skimmed into your espresso, you have to get ever-so-slightly hands-on. A button on the De’Longhi Autentica Plus’s front turns the steam output on, and you manually operate this to heat your milk, and create any froth. There’s a risk of scalding your milk if you’re a novice (or if you’re not), but as with learning how to tie a bowtie or the perfect way to apply mascara: YouTube is there to help out. Before using the machine, make two cups of coffee. Choose the preparation method from pre-ground beans, but don’t use the actual pre-ground coffee. Take off coffee filter holder and with the mixture carefully wash the holder and its spouts as well as coffee filters.One of the narrowest bean-to-cup coffee machines on the market (only 19.5-cm wide), De’Longhi “Autentica ETAM 29.660” offers an authentic coffee experience. With a single touch, not only will you prepare traditional Italian espresso or cappuccino from freshly ground coffee beans or pre-ground coffee, but you’ll also be able to enjoy double espresso, slow-brewed long coffee (perfect for fans of filter brews!), a trendy flat white or a three-layered macchiato. The coffee machine is extremely simple to operate with a text display and control panel that are a pleasure to use. Automated maintenance programs allow you to focus all your attention on enjoying coffee. Did you know that coffee is the most widely consumed drink in the world? Everyone likes their coffee slightly differently – sweetener or sugar, oat milk or full-fat, strong or weak. When you make your coffee at home this also gives you more flexibility with the recipes. Making a great cup of coffee at home… This is one of Delonghi’s most attractive designs and at just 19.5cm wide, 47.7cm deep and 34.0cm tall it has a good compact footprint that will sit comfortably on your work surface without dominating it. Functionality 10/10 This falls within the category of a fully automatic bean to cup coffee machine because it includes a milk carafe that will automatically dispense milk into your glass for milk-based drinks such as cappuccino or latte Bean to cup coffee machines of this type were until recently out of the reach of most people’s budget.
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