De'Longhi Magnifica Bean to Cup Espresso/Cappuccino Maker £199

mancity1 wrote: »

I have my one up on adverts if anyone is interested rarely used will include the descaler and beans for fellow boardsies


https://www.adverts.ie/small-kitchen-appliances/de-longhi-esam-2800-cafe-corso-bean-to-cup-coffee/19351968?notification=0e603f2b66624e218ab381a4d410f0aa-1574979833#comment_121580028

That’s a great bargain for someone. Some cheeky monkey offering 50 quid. The neck of some people.

On Amazon its down to £209.99 for the next couple of hours (daily deal)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLonghi-Magnifica-ESAM-4200-S-Silver/dp/B001EOMZ5E

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeLonghi-Cafe-Corso-ESAM2800-Bean-to-Cup-Coffee-No-1-in-Home-Coffee-Machines-/143176836792 refurb use code PARTYTIME to get it for £136 + 4eur parcel wizard fee. Got the same machine 1.5year ago same seller, refurbished, no issues since

rogieop wrote: »

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9062135.htm

Not sure if its been cheaper but seens a good price to me.

It's been available from Argos before for less than half that.
Fairly sure I picked it up for 113 a couple of years ago.

Is the esam2800 the machine of choice, thinking if getting a bean to cup machine. I have a nespresso and use it about 3-4 times a day.

Also confused as to what's the better shout guys. ESAM 2800 or 4200, any advice much appreciated.

Pretty sure the infuser and grinder in both machines is identical so a lot is about esthetics tbh.

Its a great piece of kit in fairness. I got mine in early 2014, Delonghi ESAM04.110.S Magnifica, cost 204 pound from Amazon. Its used everyday, maybe 3 cups, no problems so far.

Glebee wrote: »

Its a great piece of kit in fairness. I got mine in early 2014, Delonghi ESAM04.110.S Magnifica, cost 204 pound from Amazon. Its used everyday, maybe 3 cups, no problems so far.

suss out your local coffee shops, see whos coffee you like the best, most of them will sell you a bag of beans no probs. My local place sells me a large bag for 20 quid and that does me a month, at roughly 3 or 4 cups a day.

Redriddick wrote: »

Anyone recommend some good beans for these, middle of the road price wise

Lavazza coffee beans

I am almost demoralised from trying to make a strong coffee with the maxima 4200.

There is water underneath that defuser and also ground coffee.

I love strong coffee and all i can see in the ground collection tray is disc shaped wet grinds but also some bone dry. The water has been dribbling out a lot too.

I have set the water hardness to hard as i am in Limerick suburbs.

I am using Lavazza beans 5 strength. Grind set to high

Help.

On this machine the water hard/soft setting is only 1-4 so you must be on about a different machine.

It is very frustrating. I never get weak coffee like this out of machines in shops etc. is there a way of doubling the amount of ground beans per cup?

Btw it is Americano i am making. I reduced water amount and added an espresso (which is very small) and it is still slightly off.

Those strength ratings on the beans don't mean much tbh.

Try using two individual shots (rather than a double shot) for your americano. Try and get an extraction time of around 20 seconds per shot. I have got a similar machine and have the grind setting on the finest, or maybe just slightly above depending on the beans (it will vary depending on the freshness etc of the beans)

Some good advice here on things to try for underextracted coffee
https://coffeemakingworld.com/how-do-you-fix-under-extracted-coffee/

This whole “stronger” lark gets to me.

What exactly does it mean?

Is it a darker roast? No, generally if you take any bag of coffee off the shelf in a supermarket it’s your usual dark oily bean no matter if it’s a 3 or 5 or whatever.

Is it the caffeine content? No, for the most part this will be dictated by the quantity of coffee used and the extraction time.

So what exactly does it mean? I’m gonna say absolutely **** all is what it means.

But people stay say jaysus I’ll go for a strong coffee, better go for a 5!!

I’ll end my rant with this. I get that it’s each to their own but dark roast coffee is the essentially burnt food. All flavour and aroma had been destroyed by this end of the roast process. But it’s strong hey!

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

It's means a stronger taste of coffee.

Lol. I hope that was sarcasm.