1. The coffee: just great, the settings are sufficient freeness on intensity change at your fingertips everything is adjustable. The amount can be using the wheel at all times individual to select several steps (Espresso: 40 ml to Huge coffee: 120ml and individually programmable coffee quantity (max 180 ml) We are zufriden..
2. Hygiene: The machine is operating at the switching on and off. Therefore, always fresh coffee. Excellent.
3. Noise: Louder than our old Senseo (oh what :-)), otherwise roughly comparable to most others, I think. My kids are not awake in the morning anyway :-)
4. Packaging and Instructions: Super, all packed neatly, instructions for initial operation and other features super.
Froth or heat up milk 5: Easy with an extra nozzle and a rotary switch, worked intuitively.
The only drawback so far: The thing does not indicate that the beans are empty, but tries to make a coffee. But you can hear it already at the milling sound and could break. But otherwise allles appears on the display.
Overall, the Delonghi met our expectations and we have been very pleased. Blieibt seen what happens towards defects, but as Delonghi not seems to be worse than the competitors, at least that is the impression of my acquaintance.
So 5 stars.