De'Longhi Magnifica ESAM4200 15-Bar Bean To Cup Espresso/Cappuccino Maker, Silver
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De'Longhi ESAM4200 Magnifica Bean to Cup
From the country that invented and perfected espresso comes a machine of unrivalled versatility. The De'Longhi Magnifica embodies everything truly Italian about coffee: style, quality and the perfect intensity of flavour at the touch of a button.
About De'Longhi
De’Longhi has been a high-profile Italian brand for more than 100 years, providing high-quality, efficient, innovative and stylish domestic products. Instantly recognisable, De’Longhi possesses a unique design quality that, when combined with De’Longhi technical expertise, creates products that truly stand alone.
De’Longhi Quality and Coffee
Every single bean-to-cup coffee machine is tested and makes a cup of coffee, before being thoroughly cleaned and released to be sold. Each machine is also given a unique barcode to track its history should anything happen to it, certainly a quality investment.
ESAM4200 Magnifica
The ESAM4200 is a must for any budding barista taking their first step into domestic bean-to-cup machines. You can make Espresso and Americano with ease at the touch of a button and using the traditional frothing arm make the perfect lungo, latte, cappuccino or any other milky drink. It produces 15 bar restaurant and coffee house standard coffee in the comfort of your own home, and in the simplest way.
All aspects of a typical professional pump espresso machine (like the ones you see in your highstreet coffee bar), such as grinders, filter holders and steam pipes, are found working inside the Magnifica, De’Longhi has simply redesigned, compacted and hidden them inside the machine. Magnifica expertly performs all of these functions at the touch of one button. The traditional frothing arm allows you to impress your guests by manually frothing the milk whilst making them the perfect cappuccino or latte! Magnifica is one of the best domestic bean-to-cup espresso, lungo, latte and cappucino machine on the market, with ingenious design and patented innovation. It allows consumers to drink 15 bar restaurant and coffee bar standard coffee in the comfort of their own homes.
The Bean-to-cup Journey
The function of a bean-to-cup machine is just as the name suggests: literally delivering coffee straight from freshly ground beans into your cup. Magnifica does this in seconds, and yet the coffee is as good and as fresh as any you’ll buy in a coffee bar. After pressing one button to select ‘espresso’, the bean-to-cup journey starts at the integral coffee bean grinder. Magnifica has an adjustable, professional conical burr grinder to expertly grind the beans to your desired coarseness with a choice of 7 settings.
The ground coffee is then packed tightly and the internal brewing unit pushes hot water through the coffee at professional 15 bar pressure. The espresso is then delivered straight into your cup, the whole process taking just seconds. The hallmark of a perfect espresso is recognised by the ‘crema’: a creamy layer that sits on top of the espresso to seal in the temperature and flavour .The thicker the crema, the better the espresso and the quality of the machine that produced it.
If you have run out of coffee beans or want/prefer to use ground coffee instead, using the control panel, just change the settings and put ground coffee in the ground coffee compartment, it’s so convenient and easy to use!
Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato and Caffelatte
Cappuccinos, latte macchiatos and caffelattes can be made using the traditional frothing arm to froth the milk. Using cold milk (semi-skimmed or skimmed works best), you can select the correct steam pressure and manually steam the milk in a barista fashion to create the prefect froth.
The electronic steam and coffee thermostat ensures accurate adjustable steam control. The Magnifica can be set to adjustable quantities of coffee and water which help create that perfect, individually tailored cup of coffee every time!
Style and Design
ESAM4200 Magnifica is such a well-designed machine that it will suit any type of user. It is extremely easy to make espresso, cappuccinos and lattes at the and yet it also has lots of programmable functions for the more serious user, so that strength, temperature and quantity can be easily set.
The stylish silver finish will look stunning in your kitchen. It’s so practical too, as it will inform you when it's time to descale the machine (an automatic function that takes a mere 30 minutes) and it will also tell you when the grounds container needs emptying and when the water tank needs filling, will take you through all the steps of making espresso and cappuccino, and much much more. .
The stylish design and quality build of Magnifica is as you would expect from the high standards of De’Longhi. Magnifica is a stunning machine which will certainly impress your guests and will be an icon within your kitchen.
Let the De'Longhi Magnifica enrich all of your senses and give you an intoxicating and unforgettable coffee experience every day.
The De’Longhi Coffee Club
When you have purchased your bean to cup machine, you will be invited to join The De’Longhi Coffee Club to access to a world of coffee inspiration. This lets you watch barista and tutorial videos to help you make the perfect coffee, shows recipes, entitles you to free gifts, accessory offers and much more. Upon registration De’Longhi will send you a free twin de-scaler pack to help you maintain your new coffee machine. You’ll also automatically be invited to have a service at a special discounted rate on your coffee machine, at the end of your first 12 months of ownership. Servicing is only recommended to help you maintain your new coffee machine and to help you continue to enjoy fabulous coffee.
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Feature:
Traditional milk frother
Yes
Premium milk frother
Yes
Variable steam dial
Yes
Cup warming tray
Passive
Active
Passive
Passive
Passive
Passive
Water tank (removable) (L)
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.8
1.8
Bar pressure
15
15
15
15
15
15
Thermoblock rapid heating technology
Yes
Yes
Double
Double
Double
Double
Power (kW)
1.2
1.45
1.45
1.35
1.8
1.8
Energy efficiency rating
Better than A
Better than A
Better than A
A
A upgrade Qtr. 2012
A
Hot water for fruit/herbal teas
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Adjustable height drip tray
Yes
Yes
Yes
Coffee temperature setting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Removable one-touch milk carafe with auto-clean
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
One-touch programmable drink buttons
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Compatible with ground coffee
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Compatible with coffee beans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Coffee beans container capacity (g)
200
200
200
250
250
250
Integrated burr grinder
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Touch screen
Yes
Yes
Digital display
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Frontal access
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Compact machine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto rinse and descale programme
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Guarantee (years)
2
2
2
2
2
2
Dedicated drink buttons:
Espresso (single ; double)
Yes
Coffee (single ; double)
Yes
Single/double coffee selector
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-coffee length selector
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-coffee strength selector
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Americano (long coffee)
Yes
Yes
Caffelatte
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cappuccino
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Latte Macchiato
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hot milk (e.g. hot chocolate)
Yes
Yes
Hot water (e.g. fruit / herbal teas)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Steam (frothing milk / hot water)
Yes
Yes
not a dedicated button, but can be achieved with existing buttons/ froth setting
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Customer Reviews
I don't often write reviews, but this machine deserves every good word said about it. I have owned one for 3.5 years now, and it's still going strong. So if reliability is what has you sitting on the fence, jump off and buy one. On to the details.
We bought 3 of these in Germany; one as a wedding gift, one for us, and one for my office at work. Unfortunately, when I moved to the UK, I lost the one in the office (office personnel had "joint" purchased it). The one that was a wedding gift is used every day and is still running fine. The office one was used EXTENSIVELY and was still working at the 1.5 year point when I bid a tearful farewell to it. The one in my home... wow. I'm an espresso nut, having lived in Italy for four years. I work that thing to the bone; it has made at least 5 espressos ~every~ single day of those three years that I was home and is still running strong. The only "bad" cup of coffee that I've had from this thing is when I bought low-quality beans.
To address some specific things mentioned in other reviews, I'd just like to say that this thing makes crema so well that sugar will sit on top of it...if you know the trick. Use a properly-sized espresso cup and heat it before making your coffee. Rather than relying on the heater on top of the machine (the silver part in the picture), just boil some water in the kettle and dump it in the cup; it's a lot faster. Adjust the dispensing spout -- the part with two little silver spouts directly above the cups in the picture. That piece moves up and down. The closer you get it to your cup, the better the crema. Adjust your grind; regardless of what others may have experienced, I find the adjustable grind to be perfect. It is, however, VERY dependent on what type of beans you use. I've had to tweak it nearly every time I use a different type of beans to get it to the perfect grind. Also, if you find that the puck grounds get mouldy from sitting too long, my only comment is this -- you're not drinking enough coffee. ;-) Last note before pros/cons/tips -- this machine requires that ~you~ put milk in a container and froth it for cappucino; it's not "fully" automatic, but the frothing bit works great (when used with skill).
Pros
Extremely reliable (3 machines monitored over 3.5 years with no flaws)
Near-perfect espresso
Capability to use pre-ground (separate compartment, one cup at a time) for the decaf crowd
Great frothing tool for cappucino (see tips)
Fully adjustable grind, strength (amount of coffee used) and water (for "long" coffees) with single or double cup buttons
Auto shut-off after about 2hrs
Cons
A touch on the noisy side during start up and when it grinds
Can scramble your freeview signal (though this is the fault of house wiring/antenna, not the machine)
Doesn't know when I'm going to wake up and automatically have an espresso ready for me when I get to the kitchen
Tips
Read the manual. No, really. Read the manual.
Use quality coffee. Always. (Lavazza Rosso or Espresso is good, Il Pascucci from southern Italy if you can find it)
Pay attention to getting your grind set right
Heat your cups with boiling water before making the coffee
Make all of your espresso shots BEFORE switching to frothing mode for cappucino
Use the descaler that comes with it, then switch to white vinegar for cleaning (has worked for me for 2 years)
Go on vacation to Italy and learn how to make proper espresso and how to froth milk -- it really is an art
Honestly -- it takes time to perfect the frothing. Don't give up until you've talked to someone that knows how.
So what am I doing on Amazon looking at these if mine is so reliable? Yep, you caught me ... I'm thinking of buying another one for the office here...
Just replaced my Nespresso capsule machine with this. Makes great coffee time and again. Very versatile and variable, so well worth spending time to tweak the settings to suit whatever type of coffee you want. Very easy to keep clean and maintain. Warms up quickly. Gives better results and is more consistent than a capsule machine whilst having just as much convenience (arguably more so) and better environmental credentials (no waste capsule or capsule packaging!). Upfront cost is higher than most capsule machines but the running costs will be much lower, and so it will pay for itself within a year and then save me a lot of money for years to come. Buying this over a capsule machine is a no-brainer.
Am being picky by awarding four stars. Would award five stars if it had a more usefully laid out top surface (has three awkwardly-shaped long and thin areas divided up for the beans compartment, ground coffee compartment and the hot-plate for the mugs/cups).
Am very happy with this product so far.
UPDATE JULY 16th 2011 Still going strong despite a lot of use since its purchase.
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