Delonghi ECAM44.660.B Eletta coffee Cappuccino with 1450 W, black grinder Machine

This review is for the De'Longhi ECAM44.660.B Eletta Bean to Cup Coffee Machine, 1450 W - Black Benefits of this machine - very easy to use and saves a lot of time with one touch for most popular drinks - ability to customise drinks to suit your taste - automatic frother works very well and has several settings for the different drinks - felt uneasy using pods environmentally and this machine grinds beans fresh - we use the milk from this machine to make hot chocolate for our toddler as we feel safe it will not be too hot for her - we do use this to make tea. Saves boiling the kettle and you can have hot milk too - love seeing the different layers of the drink through the coffee mug Points to note - check the dimensions - we have not yet had the joy of performing maintenance on this. But these machines will require regular filters, decalc and cleaning - grinders are never going to be silent Tips - Lavazza coffee beans can be had relatively cheaper from Costco if you are a member - Branded coffee cups can be very expensive. We have found the IKEA 365+ clear mugs a very suitable alternative. They do 2 sizes and we have found the smaller ones are a good size for the Cappucino and the larger ones for Lattes and the flat white coffees. - Using a small tub under the "taps" when running a clean on the milk caraffe and when powering off the machine, means the drip tray has to be pulled out much less frequently - Placing your coffee cup under the machine when it's turned on means it can get hot with the rinse. - We always run a clean on the caraffe if it's come fresh out of the fridge just to help pre-warm it - I have attached an image we have printed and laminated showing the different drinks that can be made. This is much easier to show to guests when they are deciding which drink they would like. - The image also includes the different froth settings for the different drinks so will save you having to pull out the manual We are relatively newbies to the world of coffee coming from a cultural background of tea drinkers. However we had recently been frequenting more and more Costa and then used the Aeropress with a separate frother at home. We have now moved onto this splendid device and now on average I will have at least 2 coffees a day from this machine (Cappucino in the morning and Flat White later in the day) and then the family have adhoc lattes throughout the day. As always, if you find this review helpful please make sure to let me know. Knowing you've found it helpful motivates me to do more such reviews.

I was working up to buying a coffee machine for many months before right at the last moment changing my mind on the model I was going to buy. I felt like I’d researched all the options and had settled on a Sage Barista but now that I’ve owned the DeLonghi Eletta for a month, I know it would have been a terrible mistake to go for the Sage. In essence the Eletta is perfect for the person that enjoys a coffee out and about (like Starbucks or Costa) but isn’t really arsed about the efforts and origin of the bean or how it made its way to your cup. Knowing coffee fanatics personally, I just really don’t care- I just want a nice coffee to wake me up in the mornings. The Eletta is 90% effortless. 10% not awarded because duh, you have to put water in frequently (not every time you use it, but at least once a day) and you have to offer it some basic maintenance like emptying the grounds, wiping the tray. However this is a small price to pay for the perfect coffees every time. I got the model with the milk tank, and if you have kids, this is also essential. I was reluctant due to the additional efforts in cleaning required however it has made the entire machine that more useful because it gives us a perfect hot chocolate, ovaltine and tbh I have even been using it for tea. I just always ensure I give the straw a rinse through immediately after making a batch of hot chocolates etc. Other additional benefits are the pre-programming features. You basically tell it what quantities of coffee you want. My husband and I always fill our flasks before work. The spout moves up and down depending on your cup size. Bonus. We have set it up to give us 100ml coffee on a “my coffee”, then tell it to do 2, so in essence we get a 200ml coffee flask made with enough room to add milk. It’s flippin perfect. You can change all the quantities on all the pre programmed drinks too so if you like a specific ratio of coffee to milk with your latte or cappuccino, it remembers. All this and you don’t even have to tamp the coffee down. It also accepts pre ground coffee btw but we have been happy buying beans. It takes no more time to fill our flasks than it was when we boiled the kettle to make instant coffee. To set it up: well, it got delivered at 9pm one evening and I followed the basic instructions and before 10 I was confident to make my morning drink, which I did. It took me less than a day to feel like I knew the machine. As for noise, I can’t say I find it annoying- it is a grinder after all. It makes noises that you’d expect. My husband gets up before 1am for work and I have not yet been disturbed by it. So it’s not that bad. Enjoy!!!

In Feb 2026 we bought a De'Longhi Magnifica from Amazon. Quickly returned as the internal mechanisms jammed up and spread ground coffee all over the place. Thank goodness we stayed with De'Longhi for their Eletta Cappuccino model. Good sized water container. Good sized coffee bean container. Good sized milk carafe. Good sized coffee grounds container. So, filled with water and beans, there's nothing more to do for a few days other than enjoy really fresh, tasty Expresso, Cappuccino, Filtered and Americano coffees. At a variety of strengths and a variety of measurements. Weekly cleaning is a few minutes. Then refill and brew again. Significantly quieter than the Magnifica for not much more cost. This is a serious bean to cup coffee machine with various easy options. One cup. Two cup. Mild, medium, strong, extra strong. Small cup, medium, large, extra large. Comes with a descale filter to combat hard water. Auto on and auto off for convenience. Hot water and milk for (e.g.) teas and hot chocolate. A sensible size delivering fast brews without any fuss or plumbing. Place anywhere near a three pin plug (kitchen mostly, but dining room for dinner guests). Solid construction. Well muffled. Good looking. Excellent support direct from De'Longhi (now Kenwood). Best of all the resulting coffee has super taste and a genuine crema. We tried various beans and even the cheap Amazon Arabica 1Kg bags tasted fine. But for special occasions Lavazza Qualità Rossa Coffee Beans are some of the best for this machine. Not to mention that wonderful fresh coffee smell for the first cup of the morning. An excellent machine. Can't fault it.

A justified purchase, well just. I got this at half price on deal of the day and even so spending over £400 on a coffee machine seems quite ridiculous. However I managed to justify it to myself and I have not been disappointed. The coffee is truly excellent, it’s incredibly easy to use and its very fun to be able to choose an option and just press a button to get a great tasting coffee. It is a bit of a monster and takes up a fair amount of space so be warned if you have a small kitchen. The styling won’t be to everyone’s taste but it’s definitely not ugly and it’s going to be a talking point when anyone comes into the kitchen. Your guests will also be sure to ask for a coffee! I’ve drunk more coffee today (it got delivered this afternoon) than I normally drink in a week but I guarantee if you buy it you will do the same as you will want to try everything it makes. This is probably the reason why I feel wide awake at 11:35pm! Quality wise, it feels good. Lots of plastic but doesn’t look or feel cheap. It’s easy to navigate through the menu and coffee options and you can customise just about every drink from strength to size and type and quantity of milk. I have read reviews saying that the coffee is not hot enough for them. Unless you enjoy the sensation of blistering your mouth then this machines coffee is plenty warm enough. It is worthwhile preheating your cups with hot water (rinse function) first to keep your coffee hotter though. It is a very automated machine, and if you fancy yourself as a bit of a home barista then look elsewhere. If your not bothered by trying to look like you know what you are doing with compacting and milk frothing and want a machine to do it almost perfectly then you will be hard pressed to find better. I have only had this for one day, so it is quite premature to write a review. However as sad as it sounds I’m already looking forward to firing it up tomorrow morning and so I felt the need to write about it. In conclusion, yes it’s very expensive but it makes a whole lotta great coffee.

2024 Edit: After 3.5 years, milk frother has stopped working. The machine was out of warranty by then (which runs for 2 years only), so I paid them £190 to fix it. It has been fixed quickly and efficiently, the machine returned to me intact, and I continue to use their product. Getting close to 4 years of daily use, total cost with out-of-warranty repair £720. Having a defect after such long time is not ideal but not unheard of, I accept it. Very important to me was how they handled the repair. Very happy customer overall. The rest of my original review from 2020 is below. This is my first professional coffee maker and I feel that this was a good choice. However, there are few things which I feel could have been improved in this machine. Pros/Features: - Does excellent coffee and fluffs milk well - Burr grinder allows choosing fineness level of your coffee - You can use pre-grounded coffee too, and machine remembers this setting - You can set water temperature - You can crudely customize levels of water and milk in your favourite coffees (more on that later) - You can create your own coffee recipe (only one) - It can give you just coffee/water/milk so you can get rid of your old kettle Cons/Useful usage tips: - Grinding adjustment (little dial inside coffee beans container) can be adjusted ONLY when mill is in operation! Meaning, when coffee is about to be grinded, be ready, have a lid open and adjust quickly when mill starts to operate. I feel that this has not been emphasized enough and explained in the manual. Do not force the dial, it won't move when mill is not in use, you may break it! - There are few coffee types available in this machine: Cappuccino (Max. milk froth setting), Macchiatto/Flat White (Min. froth setting) and Caffe latte (No froth). You have to adjust froth level manually before making coffee. Make sure you remember these settings, otherwise you are not making coffee as designed. The manual should have these settings explained in some more prominent place. - You can customize and adjust amounts of water and milk in your favourite coffees by doing "live" example, which machine will remember: Press button for milk to start, when done press again to stop, then water with coffee will go, and you press button again to stop water. This is very unreliable and not precise, because it solely relies on your measurement each time. Also, you can't customize coffee beans amount at all, just water and milk. Temperature cannot be set per coffee also, setting is for all coffees. For example, you feel that you want to remove 20ml of milk or add 20ml of water to your favourite coffee? No chance, you have to make a coffee from the scratch and machine will remember what you did again. By doing it again "live", you are changing both milk and coffee values, and each time you destroy that perfect amount of ingredient you may have achieved previously.

My husband and I had wanted to buy a bean to cup coffee machine for a while. I was looking for something of great quality and value and this seemed to be the best choice at the time I researched. Having worked with commercial coffee machines in the past, I would say (after about 5 weeks of usage) this is a great compact version which so far doesn’t compromise on the necessary functionalities. We also chose this model because we didn’t want the faff of a barista-style machine. Plus we wanted to avoid the waste that pods create (plus coffee grounds are great for compost)! I followed the setup instructions to a T - it’s important to treat this sort of equipment as per manufacturer instructions. If you are not prepared to keep on top of cleaning and maintenance - this is not the machine for you. However if you are willing to commit to rinsing the milk jug/coffee system after each use, plus keep on top of the descaling regime, the machine will last much longer and be a fabulous choice. It’s relatively simple to set up. I watched YouTube videos to figure out the functionalities. We tend to prefer espressos and cappuccinos, so we use the single/double coffee or cappuccino options. The milk jug creates great foam with various choices of foam levels. You don’t need to go too high to get a good amount of foam. The other reason I chose this machine is that I only drink one caffeinated coffee in the morning, then decaf for the rest of the day. It has a secondary input for pre-ground coffee, where you can select decaf as an alternative (or vice versa based on your preference). The machine produces good crema on top of espressos. Plus the default grind setting has worked well on 2 types of coffee bean so far. You can also adjust the strength of coffee without the faff of adjusting the grind by choosing from the various taste strength options. There are only 3 negatives I can point out so far: 1. The machine has to be regularly rinsed and descaled, meaning it uses more water than probably most other coffee making options. 2. We have an average of about 4-6 coffees a day. The machine asks for a descale roughly every 2 weeks. The descaling process is about 30-45 mins and uses about 4l of water. The machine comes with a water hardness measurement as part of setup, so descaling frequencies may vary (I live in an area where water is very hard). We have therefore invested in descaling product (the official Delonghi approved of course, otherwise this could nullify your warranty), which should last us about 2-3 years! It costs about £45. 3. Following on from above, don’t forget to consider the cost of consumables and cleaning materials - look the costs up on the delonghi website before buying if budget is a big factor. Personally, the above negatives wouldn’t have made us choose differently. Overall we are really enjoying this machine and are so glad we bought it!

I have had this machine for less than two years. It worked well until recently and I was quite happy with it. However it developed a fault. It was stuck in a a sequence where it would continuously shut down and restart, making it impossible to make a coffee. I contacted De'Longhi and returned the machine for a repair. When it was returned the fault had not been fixed. Although I could make a coffee the continuous stopping and starting was still a problem. I could not recommend this machine based on its long term performance and poor customer service.

I've had this coffee machine for a couple of months ago, and all I can say is if you are looking for a bean to cup machine you need to consider this one! I was looking at buying a coffee machine for some time prior to purchasing this but didn't think I could afford a De'Longhi machine, however I managed to pick this one up in the Amazon Prime Day sale. The machine itself is quite large for a small kitchen, but looks great and the coffees it produces are fantastic whether it is espressos, black coffees or the several varieties of white coffees it is able to produce. The ability to alter the size, strength and temperature of your coffee means you can tailor it to your own personal preference very easily, and by adjusting the setting on the milk carafe you can differentiate between lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites etc perfectly. From my research in to other machines, I believe some of them can be relatively laborious to maintain and clean but this one is a doddle. Each time the machine is turned on or off it rinses itself, and the milk carafe has its own self clean function and can be stored in the fridge between uses which saves on cleaning. The screen alerts you every time you need to empty, fill up or replace something and because of the big water tank this doesn't occur that regularly that it becomes a chore. Overall I couldn't be happier with this coffee machine, and although I probably wouldn't have originally bought it if it hadn't been in the sale, I can now see how it justifies its price over the other machines that I was looking at, and believe that it is well worth it. In the long run I'm sure it will probably save me money from all of the Starbucks, Costa and Cafe Nero I'm no longer buying, and personally I think it produces far superiour coffee to any of those chains!

wow machine and now my day starts always with long coffee , highly recommended but the price going up and down dramatically , I bought it for 2000AED and after sometime I notice it become 5000AED now it 2650 AED don't know what is going on

Comprata nel 2021, ad oggi non ha creato alcun problema, la qualità è rimasta quella di un prodotto appena comprato sempre, però, con le dovute accortezze. Il Design è elegante e moderno, con linee pulite che si adattano bene a qualsiasi ambiente domestico. Solida e con tanta attenzione ai dettagli, con un display touch screen intuitivo e facile da usare, consentendo un controllo preciso e personalizzato delle impostazioni del caffè. Grazie al sistema di macinatura integrato e alla tecnologia di infusione, è possibile ottenere un caffè fresco e aromatico ogni volta. Si può regolare l'intensità del caffè, la macinatura e la temperatura. Per la temperatura consiglio di tenere la macchinetta sempre accesa. Possibilità dal menù di settare accensione e spegnimento automatico quindi, magari, si può settare l'accensione 1 ora prima della sveglia in modo da essere a temperatura perfetta per la colazione.. oltre al fatto che ha un pannello superiore "poggia tazze/tazzine" che si riscalda e le fa essere tiepide nel momento dell'uso. Un "ROBOT" versatile, avendo anche la caraffa latte automatica (con Crema System per una schiuma cremosa e consistente ogni volta) permette di preparare: Caffè lungo, espresso, cappuccino (Eccezionale!), latte caldo normale.. purtroppo manca il caffè macchiato "automatico", ma lo si fa manuale in maniera estremamente semplice. Togliendo poi la caraffa latte ha un rubinetto per l'acqua calda utilissimo per ogni tipo di tisana. Questa De'Longhi consuma TANTA acqua, potrebbe sembrare un contro ma in realtà fa parte della sua automatica manutenzione nel pulire i rubinetti da cui esce il caffè/latte ogni volta che viene accesa o spenta. Per la parte di manutenzione manuale richiede un filtro acqua nuovo (acquistabile sempre su Amazon) ogni due mesi circa e richiede la decalcificazione (con il liquido decalc sempre comprato su Amazon) ogni mese circa (usandola 3 volte al giorno). In definitiva è una macchina da caffè superba che offre un'eccellente combinazione di design, qualità del caffè, versatilità e facilità d'uso. Se sei un appassionato di caffè alla ricerca di un prodotto di qualità che soddisfi le tue esigenze quotidiane, questa macchina è sicuramente da prendere in considerazione.

This is the 4th De'Longhi machine I've had. The previous Eletta broke down after about 4 months which was disappointing, but just bad luck. This one is the international model and it doesn't have the manual steam tip for frothing milk in a jug. Despite that omission, the milk tank with frothing attachment is actually very good and I'm enjoying using it. Makes good coffee, the 'Long Coffee' button is good for those who want a 'flat white' or 'long black'. The espresso shot works well, but it's best to do two shorts rather than a double.

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