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[Closed] Recommend me a bean-to-cup coffee machine, please

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Need to find one that doesn't cost the earth, but that is actually worth owning.

Any recommendations or deals spotted much appreciated.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 9:33 am
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The STW coffee massive must be off having coffee...


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 10:25 am
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Delonhgi (apostrophe in there somewhere) come highly which rated.
I've a Siemens B2C machine (5400 something) which is also good.
Gaggia appear to be very good, and can have prices reflecting that.

TBH, I'd look on amazon at De'lon'ghi'...

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Posted : 23/11/2012 10:54 am
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Jura ENA 9

About £1k new, about half that on e bay.

Adjustable, high quality and robust and makes a fantastic coffee. Get the weekly subscription from hasbean and you won't look back and will have to go a long way to get better.

Life's too short not to.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 10:55 am
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We have and recommend this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-ESAM4200-Espresso-Cappuccino/dp/B001EOMZ5E

We only use it for espresso though - I have no idea what the milk foaming's like - could be wonderful, could be crap.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 11:01 am
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I would recommend a gaggia brera @£300, it's the only machine we have had at work that lasts, that includes machines @1.5k. The internals are similar to my gaggia classic I have at home. I work in an office @30 people and the previous gaggia titanium and several juras were terrible.

The brera we got off ebay from italy. Avoid milk containers and things that go wrong/smell.

Less is more we have found


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 11:34 am
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We have and recommend this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-ESAM4200-Espresso-Cappuccino/dp/B001EOMZ5E

We only use it for espresso though - I have no idea what the milk foaming's like - could be wonderful, could be crap.

+1 for this, milk foaming works well also, took me a while to get settings right but very cheap and convienent.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 12:14 pm
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Gagia Brera - we got one of e-bay about 6 months ago and it makes awesome coffee.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaggia-Brera-Fully-Automatic-Bean-to-Cup-Espresso-Coffee-Machine-/271105429020?pt=Coffee_Machines_Makers&hash=item3f1f248e1c


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 12:28 pm
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Our gaggia titanium broke through over use, replaced it with a jura, can't remember the model but the little rascal's never missed a beat.. I'd go jura.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 12:29 pm
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We have and recommend this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-ESAM4200-Espresso-Cappuccino/dp/B001EOMZ5E

I saw that on offer in Dixons/Currys/whatever a little while ago, now Amazon has it slightly cheaper. Very tempted.


 
Posted : 23/11/2012 12:45 pm

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