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Are Delonghi Coffee Machines any Good? A Review of The Delonghi Espresso Machine

We've had our Delonghi ecov 311 bk icona vintage style espresso coffee machine for 12 years. 12 years! We bought it in the days when we didn't review things and it's a shame that we can't go back and review things so far down the line as this kind of durability should be celebrated. Especially in this throwaway culture that we live in, getting 12 years out of a daily multi use anything is rare. Especially a kitchen appliance that's used every day.



The Delonghi coffee Machine has been an absolute workhorse, making us delicious fresh coffee from ground coffee, keeping me (hello waves from Fletch) & Si (say hi Si) alive since 2010. We're basically dead until our morning coffee. And then one more. We are used to coffee shop style coffee's at home and could never be without a home coffee machine now. This machine looks sleek and you can keep the cups on the top of the machine on the rack to heat when the coffee machine is turned on.


We like to try different ground coffees from around the world. When we go to Borough Market London - (see my write up on Borough Markets - a must visit market in central London if you're a foodie and coffee lover) we pick up a Monmouth coffee, a variety of our choosing.


Monmouth coffee shop at Borough Markets London. They do ground coffee and beans suitable for the Deloghi Espresso making machine


Monmouth pick amazing coffee from small 1-2 acre farms all over the world. From Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica to El Salvador. They do a write up of the farm / farmer and a detailed synopsis of the history and flavour. And their ground coffees for domestic blends work well in the Delonghi Fresh Coffee machine. We are coffee geeks so love all the background with coffee. It's the little things!


The Delonghi Coffee machine is neat and compact. It fitted in my tiny first apartment kitchen and looked stylish on the tops. Even though its compact it does 2 cups or single if preferred, which is handy as I rarely have coffee alone really and some of the smaller machines at this price range only do the single cups.


Because it's got a retro vintage style it has not aged. It looks just as good in the kitchen now as it did when we first bought it. We've changed kitchens in the time that we've had this machine!


It has a milk frother, which we only ever use for the kids hot chocolates. Never milk in coffee. And the machine comes with an attached tamper so no need to buy that separately. If you do love coffee art then you'll want to get the milk pouring jug with the machine to allow the neat arty pouring, it's just not something we do with ours so never needed one.


So if you don't think Delonghi make good coffee machines, think again. This is the perfect entry level coffee machine, that has seen us through our maturation of home coffee making like barista's.

Things that I like about the Delonghi Coffee making machine are:

  • It's price you can make a coffee from 15p per cup!

  • It Makes all coffee shop favourites to a high standard

  • It has a Steam arm to froth fresh milk for cappuccinos and lattes

  • You can Use your own choice of ground coffee

  • Just add Hot water delivery for americanos

  • You can make two espressos at once - good for if you have a guest or are in a couple

  • Theres a cute matching kettle and toaster set


For the ground coffee that you can use in this coffee machine, Day to day we use Lavazza Qualita Rosa Ground Coffee. It's a full bodied and well rounded coffee that's finely ground and filters well through the machine. It makes a perfect coffee every time with the delicious crema on top. I've added the Amazon link to buy below.


So my machine is purring away nicely still after 12 years. And I've had my head turned recently, by a shiny new bean to cup Sage machine that comes in at a whopping £500 $600 price tag. I know call me fikle, but I've waited so long for this machine to die on us. But no it troops on making amazing coffee day after day. There's nothing to grumble about is there. And the Delonghi lives on and will move to the office.


So are Delonghi coffee machines any good? if you like long lasting, durability and a dependable machine that makes coffee shop quality coffee at home. Then yes! The Delonghi Ecov 311 Icona Vintage Espresso Coffee Machine could serve you, like it has us very well indeed. For a price thats pretty darn good.




You can buy the Delonghi coffee machine

in black from Amazon by clicking this link.









They do it in Cream too which looks quite stylish:









A good all rounder ground coffee. For daily use and weekends. We buy a special bag for special weekends, but the Lavazza red is our favourite Italian Coffee.








And this is the little head turner that grabbed my attention recently.

The Sage Barista Express Espresso Machine - Espresso and Coffee Maker, Bean to Cup Coffee Machine, BES875UK


Dreamy! But also have you seen the price!!







Let me know if you buy a Delonghi coffee machine which one you go for. I'd love to hear your thoughts and I can tell you what independent coffee blends we're enjoying at the moment that you might love to try in your new machine.

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FLETCH - BE NOTHING LIKE

Hey you! My name is Fletch, a Northern girl from the UK, living with the love of my life (aka Mr Be Nothing Like) and our 2 children, Lilly + Bertie Boo. We're about to embark on some big life moves, selling our things to move to the other side of the world, Bali, Indonesia to live a high vibe life of our dreams. You can find me in coffee shops working on my business (which runs passively), while researching on Instagram what to make for dinner. And at home (as I really am a home girl), world schooling my children, doing yoga, meditating, being in nature. I created this blog to share everything I have learnt about creating a freedom life. A life of your dreams, through harnessing energy + vibration to create a life where you feel happy, balanced, successful and free. A life you deserve. A life that you love. There is another way. I'm sharing everything that I know.

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