Delonghi La Specialista Coffee Machine

NerdyAndProud

I am in the market for a new coffee machine and am looking at the Delonghi La Specialista. Does anyone have one and can give me pro’s and con’s for it?

I like the grind and tamp all-in-one feature…. I currently have a separate grinder and the mess it makes is horrendous!

I am especially interested in how noisy it is, my current Sunbeam is the nosiest thing ever!

squeekums

damn thats pretty

i want one

NightHawk

I don’t drink coffee, but I agree with @squeekums

MrT

We have had our trusty Breville Barista Express for about 5 years now - they still sell the same machine at the same price 5 years on…it’s a little tank but does not have all the automatic features like Auto Tamping

https://www.billyguyatts.com.au/breville-the-barista-express-bes870bss.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw07qDBhBxEiwA6pPbHmy0-EFKOGvDV3GJmCBt3QYssyW08CxmY080F3FEF6lN9E37_jyc6xoCnPcQAvD_BwE

The some of the features on the Delonghi sound nice however I guess you pay for them 😜

NerdyAndProud

MrT I have that machine at work, it is a brilliant one! I still manage to get grounds everywhere though. So it is on the list if the Delonghi one doesn’t work for us 🙂

MrT

NerdyAndProud yes the mess is annoying, I just put a small plate under the grinder to stop it all falling into the base and underneath the machine - would love an auto- tamper 😀

Longdarkteatime

Have you looked on Coffee Snobs? Yes I am linking to another forum!! They generally are snobbish about many machines but most machines will have a mention. I got quite a bit of info from them prior to buying my dual boiler. Good luck!

NerdyAndProud

Longdarkteatime No I haven’t, thanks for the recommendation!

NerdyAndProud

So, I bought myself a new coffee machine today….. A Delonghi Magnifica S in black!

It is an automatic machine, but not the milk part ( automatic milks don’t get hot enough for me) and it was the same price as the semi auto one.

It has absolutely no mess whatsoever as all of the grinding and used coffee is on the inside of the machine. DH and I have had a coffee already and it is really nice!!!

Humphreybear

NerdyAndProud

We have one like yours. It is great

CassandraNORI

Nice - I have a DeLonghi Magnifica that must be around 6 years old - looks very similar but stainless steel. It’s been brilliant, can’t fault it. Just make sure you descale it whenever it tells you too. I really couldn’t be without it!

CassandraNORI

On the topic of coffee machines - we recently got a Nespresso pod machine using rewards points. But it turns out it can only take fancy Nespresso pods from either the Nespresso shop (of which there are only two in my city) or online. And I couldn’t for the life of me get the online thing to work. And then when I worked out the cost of the pods vs the number of coffees I have in a day it wasn’t very good.

So my plan was to get rid of my delonghi and keep the Nespresso but that is all gone to shit and I have this Nespresso machine taunting me. It makes really good coffee. What do you reckon the chances are that the fancy pods will turn up available and cheaper in the supermarkets soon?

WidowWyncke

Is that the new type of Nespresso?

We have used generic pods in all our nespresso machines.

CassandraNORI

Yes it must be new - didn’t look at the specs when I ordered it cos we were on a time limit for using points so I just grabbed the first one that fell within our points range. The other thing I don’t like is I will need to buy a milk frother thing too if I do decide to keep it.

JC88

Try urban brew pods! We use them over aldi pods. The coffee is very good and the pods biodegradable.

EFS

WidowWyncke

I think the Nespresso Vertuo pods will be still under patent.

It seems like a marketing ploy because they have lost the market for the standard nespresso pods.

CassandraNORI

WidowWyncke yes - that’s the one - Vertuo. I wonder how long til the patent is up? I’ve made it into the store once but it’s in a big Westfield type mall and not even the closest one to me. And online is so hard to navigate (and I’m no Luddite)

WidowWyncke

I used to order off the site, it was clunky considering how much money they have.