It does not always have DeLonghi

With the Melitta brand I have until recently associated the hand coffee filter with filter bag from my youth. Noble Kaffeevollautomaten I rather associated with the name or DeLonghi Jura. Even we had a AEG coffee machine for 17 years to this a month ago gave up the ghost and wanted to make no more coffee even after a full cleaning easy. So I ordered the Melitta Caffeo Gourmet and was full of confidence, in the morning to drink good coffee again. I was not disappointed. The machine makes excellent coffee, better than in many cafes. Operation is simple, while the choice is large. My Review in detail:

Positives:
+ The coffee tastes great, café crème or espresso succeed very well
+ The settings for the coffee are well chosen (by Extra Mild mild and normal to heavy and extra strong), but would still slightly stronger than we expected in the stage
+ Convenient that the amount of coffee can be adjusted
+ Practically also that the type of coffee (if you have filled two different) can be selected by choosing the coffee bean container
+ Make sense: The power saving mode, the switch actually turns off (to 0 watts), my old machine pulled off another 25 watts from the wall socket!
+ The frother works well, but frankly, we almost always use a separate milk frother, which is even better
+ Also practical: Descaler, a cleaning rod and a coffee knives are
+ The water hardness can be adjusted
+ 24 month warranty are ok, but do not go beyond the period of the legal warranty beyond
+ The number of made brews can be called up
+ The water filter can be used or omitted
+ Nice: The coffee machine greets you depending on the time with "Good morning" or "good day". Innovation Proposal: Talking Coffeemaker!

To bear in mind:
- The water tank is quite small (but this is in my opinion not really a disadvantage because one is tempted when to large water tank to let the water for too long in the machine, which contributes to the nucleation)
- The level indicator for the collector reacts a little late
- The grinder is a bit noisy, but still goes
- The limitation of the guarantee on 7,000 brews, in my view, little customer-friendly
- As so often: In the manual, the instructions in 5 languages ​​together printed on 200 pages. Why the instructions are not printed separately? So I drag always 4 superfluous instructions in foreign languages ​​with

Overall, despite the minor flaws an excellent coffee machine, however, has its price. Due to the superior properties, however, a good price / performance ratio and a buy recommendation from me. I give the full 5 stars! Melitta it can fully accommodate with DeLonghi or Jura!

After just one month, the holder for the water filter is broken out of the Wsserbehälter. After a phone call and an e-mail to the Customer, a new water tank to guarantee Beginning on the second day there. Now that is good service!