For almost three months the DeLonghi ECAM doing now in service in our budget and make it straight to the point: We are very satisfied. In the office, we use a Jura Impressa, and the DeLonghi does not hide behind it. The grinder is actually much quieter than at the Impressa, the reservoir for the coffee beans must be filled better, because the opening is larger. He sums up exactly 250 g coffee beans, so a small package. Both machines produce enough hot coffee with crema appetizing on top, all we are the happy looks. In my DeLonghi I can adjust the amount of coffee per cup individually with a knob. But the amount of water is preset and that for large cups and small cups. When commissioning is used to set the amount of water and this amount is then permanently set. If you buy new cups can be the amount of water naturally reprogram again, but per cup that goes just not that simple. When it comes to cleaning so is a fully automatic machine a bit more complicated than the classic coffee. There are the grounds container in the compressed coffee powder is disposed after brewing, the tub, which collects the waters of Spühlvorganges, both made of black plastic with glossy surface, and the metal shelf for the cup. The plastic parts are very twisty with many in my opinion, unnecessary channels, angles and edges. The manufacturer recommends the cleaning by hand, declares the parts as unsuitable Spühlmaschinen. As many angles and edges a bit annoying. The cup warmer scratched naturally quite fast, but to clean them is fine. Unlike the Impressa I can gather and clean the brewing unit completely straightforward with my DeLonghi. I find that very sympathetic. Very impressed I am in this respect also from the cappuccino maker. After frothing (which works very well) you need only two plastic parts from withdrawing steam dispenser and clean. The actual nozzle comes with the milk normally not in contact, so there may be moldy or rot nothing. The water tank is taken forward and is a bit stupid to wear, because all the weight must be kept to the wrist. As a Henkel would be nice. Anyone who wants can use a water filter that protects the unit against calcification and the coffee tastes even better. The tank has a capacity of course a little less water. For five to six large cups it but still enough. The device offers a lot of configuration options on the water hardness, over the water temperature to the duration of the standby time (max. 3 hours). If you activate the Eco mode switches off the heating circuit. You have to wait a little longer, comes to hot water, but it also saves energy. The upper cup warmer that is declared in the brochures benevolently as cup warmer, probably does not have a heating such as at the Nespresso machines. You will only lukewarm due to the waste heat from the engine. The benefit is limited. Overall I am happy with the price-performance ratio. The machine is to have at an affordable price and it offers easy coffee enjoyment at your fingertips. I treat myself to coffee beans from the local coffee roaster that taste better than the industry of coffee from the supermarket. Would I recommend this machine? Yes I would. For the private sector, I think the unit for good and the quality of the brewed coffee, there is nothing to complain about.
