Visually the VA delivers what it promises in the pictures: Modern Delonghi design in a compact size. Especially the control panel with touch buttons like it very much, the controller to activate the hot water / steam nozzle and to regulate the coffee strength / quantity fit visually also well into the picture and feel quite dibasic.
Front and housing are made of plastic, the drip tray panel in stainless steel, the scratched nunmal quite fast.
Currently, the machine is fed with us with Lavazza Espresso Perfetto. Taste is subjective, I tasted so far everything that comes out of the machine, or from the Lavazza beans brewed. Especially the Espresso Doppio function like me currently very good (a really big, strong espresso!), My girlfriend is from Long Coffee function very impressed (a coffee, which comes close to the classic filter coffee). Normal Cafe Crema or Erpresso also tastes good, here I have a little play with beans and grinds.
The only thing that annoys me in a short time on the machine:
We have deliberately decided against a model with milk containers, my friend is drinking regular milk, I need lactose-free, because we the classic foaming in the jug has been dear.
Unfortunately Milchschaumdüse is very short in this model, approximately 5.5 cm usable length. Most milk jug, which are large enough to supply eg two cappuccinos with milk foam, are too large, or high for the nozzle. I have here called upon to:; redirect = true & ref_ = oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
The can be exploited only if you really fills much milk, then in return for individual drinks too big.
This is not a drama and reduces my pleasure delicious coffee only slightly, but 2 cm more length at the nozzle would have been perfect!
My momentary impression is so overwhelmingly positive, all prepared beverages taste very good (comes naturally to the beans, clear ...) and I would buy the machine again, I think.
