Advantages: Great coffee. Disadvantages: An expensive way to make coffee.
I wouldn?t say I?m not a coffee drinker, some days I can?t live without caffeine, but I?m certainly not one of those people who goes into starbucks and orders a ?grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n?-Low and one NutraSweet? so I am usually a little sceptical about this sort of thing, however I received this as a gift so my hands were tied. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.
The DelonghiESAM 5500 Perfecta (Who comes up with these names?) was very easy to use. Just fill up with water and milk, chuck some coffee beans in (literally if you feel like a spot of basket ball) and off you go.
It allows for a large variety of coffees, although not as many as starbucks does, and allows you to change lot?s of settings to fine tune your coffee such ...
Advantages: Excellent consistent espresso. Fully automatic. Easy to use and maintain. Disadvantages: Initial outlay. Large footprint on worktop.
onto the machine to ensure the system can be pressurised. The machine is then activated and the pump forces a pressurised amount of water over the coffee delivering a consistent brew. The coffee then drains from the grouphead usually directly into the cup beneath. The results are very different and usually with the espresso machine, you have REAL coffee as the Italian's intended.
Delonghi Magnifica - My Story
I have been a coffee lover for many years and it has always been my preferred drink over the traditional english drink of tea. As I grew up I wanted to explore coffee more, explore the flavours, the strengths and the different beans that you can purchase. So I began my coffee journey. I first purchased one of the filter machines and was quite happy with the results but my curiosity encouraged me to go further. I moved on to ...
