De’Longhi Magnifica Start Automatic Espresso Machine with Auto Milk Frother & Built in Grinder – 5 One-Touch Recipes, Easy-to-Clean, Home Barista…
$19,751,049
- 5 One-Touch Recipes; Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Espresso, Coffee, and Hot Water.
- Built-in Conical Burr Grinder with 13 settings.
- LatteCrema System for texturing milk, or milk alternatives for lattes and cappuccinos.
- Removable and dishwasher-safe parts for easy clean up.
| Brand | De'Longhi |
|---|---|
| Color | Automatic Frother, Black |
| Product Dimensions | 17"D x 9.25"W x 14"H |
| Special Feature | Adjustable Coffee Strength, Adjustable Coffee Temperature Settings, Adjustable Cup Height, Removable Brew Unit, Removable Tank |
| Coffee Maker Type | Espresso Machine |
| Filter Type | Reusable |
| Style | Mag Start Black with Automatic Frother |
| Specific Uses For Product | Latte Macchiato,Cappuccino,Espresso,Hot Water,Coffee |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Americano, Cappuccino, Coffee, Espresso, Iced Coffee |
| Included Components | De'Longhi Magnifica Start Fully Automatic Espresso Machine, Black, Filter, Measuring Scoop, Milk Carafe, Total Hardness Test |
| Operation Mode | Fully Automatic |
| Voltage | 120 Volts |
| Model Name | Magnifica Start |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Human Interface Input | Touchscreen |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Manufacturer | De'Longhi |
| UPC | 044387620222 |
| Item Weight | 19.62 pounds |
| Item model number | ECAM22080B |
| Date First Available | May 29, 2024 |
Rafał Bartkowiak –
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Tom –
I am not sure what makes me more upset- that this well-known company put out a coffee maker that can’t make a decent cup of coffee. Or that I wasted SO much money on it.
The most basic function of this machine should be to make a simple cup of coffee. Good luck with that. The size of the “puck” of coffee for whatever you do with this machine is always the same. So if you want a bigger cup of coffee-the amount of coffee grinds used is the same as the small cup. The only difference is how much water it uses. That means that your 12 oz cup of coffee is weaker than the 8 oz.
To adjust the size of the cup you want you press the coffee button until it blinks. You wait at the machine until your cup fills to where you want it and then you press the coffee button again. This then becomes your default (size) cup setting. Great right? Except that the next person who wants coffee has no idea what size of cup they are getting. If I brew a small cup and my husband wants a 12 oz he’s getting an 8 oz unless he uses the same process. And his 12 oz cup is weak. De Longhi made the strength of the coffee a seperate interface you can easily see. But somehow neglected to make selecting the size of the cup and the setting clear. And sure- you can make two cups but guess what? No normal mug(s) fit under the two nozzles side by side. Ergo the two-cup function requires you to put a single large container of some sort under the nozzle and then pour from there into two mugs. Making two cups of coffee for ourselves each morning is a chore. We ran through a ridiculous amount of bean brands to find a bean that would be strong enough for a large cup and not taste terrible when a smaller cup is brewed or a weaker setting is selected.
There is also no way to know how many beans are in the machine aside from a visual above it. Often you wind up starting a cup of coffee only to hear the dreaded “empty” whirling noise you’ll come to recognize. If you’re not standing near the machine to stop it still brews the cup.
Don’t forget the container you have to put under the machine for every on/off cycle. It cleans itself with water both when it is powered on and when powered off. This means you run through a LOT of water. If you have hard water like we have you’ll need to descale and replace the filters constantly. And to descale is a 15 STEP PROCESS. This is not an exaggeration. We made it less than two months between descales last time. You CANNOT disable the auto-shut off. You can only adjust the amount of time that passes before it shuts itself off every day. (While there is a vessel under the machine to catch this extra water it fills quickly and you have to empty it often. Even De Longhi suggests putting a seperate container under it to catch this bypass water.)
What about the rest of the functions? Mercifully espresso is good. You can get a good cappuccino about 7 out of 10 times. Often you just get an espresso with a lot of hot milk and zero froth. Again you can’t adjust the size of the cappuccino because the puck size is always the same. I brew a small cup of coffee before running the cappuccino to get a remotely decent size amount.
We have to leave the instruction manual out because this thing has so many codes and lights to interpret. “Simple One Touch” is anything but. We are both technically savvy people- it’s ridiculous.
We recently went on a vacation where our hotel both had the most basic, old fashioned Cusinart coffee makers. Filter. Drip. We were SO happy we could finally, easily, get a decent cup of coffee. We have guests visiting soon. I plan to buy another cheap coffee maker to use rather than try to have a college course on making a cup of coffee if we aren’t around. Ridiculous. I splurged on this thing and (clearly) I regret it.
Claudine –
Bought it for the milk-based espresso drinks, as my partner likes a creamier drink, whereas I am all about the double espressos in the morning. We are both very satisfied with the ease of use and the quality of the beverages this machine produces.
Recently, I have been using the ground coffee function to make beautiful full-bodied regular coffees, and the result suits me perfectly.
The milk system is super easy to clean, and the noise level is totally acceptable, given all this machine does for every drink. Two weeks in, and we are beyond happy!
Claudine –
Witam otrzymałem produkt bez znaczka firmowego.
Zdięcie w załączniku.
Pozdrawiam !
Godbones –
This is a beginner auto machine, but it makes good espreso and cappuccinos. The first one that we received had a malfunctioning extractor, so I though that it was junk for high price. When I contacted the manufacturer, they did a video call so that they could see how it was operating. They overnighted a part that was suspected to be the issue. That part did not fix the issue, so I returned the unit to Amazon for a replacement. The replacement unit works flawlessly.
My wife prefers unsweetened coconut milk and she uses that for cappuccinos, though the manufacturer said that they have NOT tested it with coconut milk, only soy milk. The oat milk barista-blend also works pretty well in the frother, but that stuff is expensive and has a short shelf-life. I bought an extra milk unit for less than $30 from DeLonghi so that I can have one loaded in the fridge with milk and my wife can have hers loaded with coconut milk and we can just plug whichever one we want in without having to prime or clean the connection point. That is really handy! Froth with plain milk is amazingly good for an auto frother.
The coffee that it produces had a large amount of crema and silky mouthfeel. Flavor is obviously going to depend on the beans. Using the same beans that I used with a quality drip unit produces a different flavor than the drip, which to me is not as good as the drip, but I have not quite dialed in my temperature setting.
Espresso from this machine is really, really high quality for an auto machine, especially a beginner one like this. Unit is easy to clean and seems to be well-made for the price-point. Has quite a few customizable settings, as well to dial in your brew.
Aside from the initial dud out of the box, I am overall very happy with the machine and customer service from the manufacturer.
JMo –
Love this machine! My husband and I, after 6 months, are still thrilled with this coffee maker! It’s easy to use, I’d only wish that it had an indicator light that would show that the water is low, BEFORE brewing on a nearly empty tank. The coffee brewing selections are nice and easy to figure out. No leaks. Ease to fill water and coffee. The kids like the built-in care for steamed milk. It is a little larger than a Ninja Coffee maker, but we had the space for it. Keep the directions handy to figure out the different functions and warnings indicators. We’ve not had any issues with it and have performed all the cleanings as needed.
twenga –
I love it. We have been using for a week or two now. It’s easy to use. It does self clean before and after every coffee but it’s not a big deal. We just keep a bowl under it at all times, in between making coffees. The lattes have been great and the milk container is easy to clean. It tastes great and getting a latte is one of my favorite parts of every morning now.
When we were setting it up initially the water wasn’t coming through properly but we called Dehlonghi customer service and it was an easy fix. The black button on the back of the water dispenser just had to be pressed several times to get the water flowing. Great customer service.
Overall it is a nice design, looks great, makes yummy drinks and is easy to use.
Rafał Bartkowiak –
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Después de batallar con otras marcas de cafeteras súper automáticas. Créanme que vale la pena cada peso invertido, está cafetera es la estrella del hogar cuando hay visitas porque podemos ofrecer 5 tipos de bebidas (café largo, expreso, latte, latte machiato y té). Esta marca maneja un molino universal para sus máquinas de diseño patentado y bomba que garantiza un sabor impresionante en cada infusión con 15 bares efectivos no como otras, con niveles de molienda regulables, un espumador de leches automático que es una chulada en este modelo, que puede espumar leches enteras, semi, light, deslactosada, condensada, coco y almendra, cuenta con una guía rápida de uso, manuales, y hay videos de soporte en la red para su uso. El panel táctil es sencillo e intuitivo, las instrucciones son precisas y cuenta con avisos luminosos si algo no está bien, cuenta con registro en línea del producto y soporte de garantía en México. Ejecuta un ciclo de limpieza continuo del sistema con barrido de líneas con agua al inicio y al termino de cada infusión para garantizar que no se tapen las lineas, no como en otras marcas (y no desperdicia más que 40 ML aprox en cada ciclo), puedes regular la temperatura de la infusión para la temperatura final del café, configurar el volumen de café o leche a servir de acuerdo a la capacidad de tus tazas y grabar los valores y hacerlo de forma manual también. Programar el tiempo de stand-by para ahorro de energía, es un poco ruidosa cuando opera pero eso es normal de este tipo de máquinas súper automaticas, es muy facil de limpiar las bandejas y charolas, la máquina te avisa cuando es necesario hacer el proceso de descalcificación el cual es muy sencillo para mantener limpio el sistema, sobre todo utilizas leche de almendras que contiene mucho calcio. Tiene buena capacidad para procesar granos aprox. 250 gramos por carga, puede procesar café molido también con cuchara medidora incluida (de esta manera solo 1 taza a la vez), tanque de agua de aprox 1.8 litros, incluye un filtro de agua para el tanque (en lo personal y por experiencia no lo instale porque uso solamente agua embotellada o de garrafón y al no instalarlo no marca error como otras), una tira para medir el Ph y comprobar dureza del agua, (contiene un líquido descalcificador para 1 limpieza del sistema de 100 ML), los consumibles son de los mas accesibles, de mejor calidad y baratos del mercado, no como otras marcas que tienen diferentes tipos o modelos de consumibles y caros, algunas veces difíciles de conseguir. Les recomiendo antes de todo configurar la cafetera haciendo la prueba de la dureza del agua y no mover la perilla de molienda del molino que por lo regular está de fabrica en el número 3 que considero y por pruebas que se le hacen en fábrica a estos equipos es la molienda más adecuada, pero la puedes cambiar a tu gusto. El molino es de fácil acceso y se puede retirar y limpiar con agua solamente, tiene bandeja y depósito para residuos de agua y de café infusionado (los discos de café infusionado que expulsa los puedes utilizar de abono natural a tus plantas). Algo muy importante… La máquina te avisa cuando es necesario hacer el proceso de descalcificacion y es recomendable hacerlo, pero supongamos que vas a trabajar y quieres tu café y te marca descalcificar, si no lo puedes hacer en ese momento puedes iniciar el proceso solamente con agua e interrumpirlo a los 2 minutos y te permite usar nuevamente la máquina para hacer tus bebidas (no se bloquea como otras) así puedes disfrutar de tus bebidas en el momento, obviamente en el entendido que a la primera oportunidad correrás el proceso de descalcificación para garantizar la vida útil del producto. Espero que está reseña les sea útil, compré este modelo Delonghi hace casi 1 año porque en mi trabajo hay una super automática Delonghi que tiene más de 5 años de uso sin problemas y mal trato de la gente, prepara aprox más de 120 tazas diarias y no se rinde.
AL Beek –
Nu drink ik met plezier elke dag een paar goede kopjes koffie , maak er capucino mee en mijn chocomelk is goed warm alsook meteen hot water voor de thee ! kortom zelfs de bezoekers zijn tevreden over zo een lekker koffie en de De’Longhi Magnifica Start is voor mij een handig super extra voor mijn huishouden !!!
Tom –
Absolutely love my Magnifica Start. It is the best investment I have made. If you don’t need all the fancy milk stuff but just want a good quality espresso for a great price this is the one to go with. It is super easy to use. I have had it for almost a year now and love it as much as the day I got it.