Magnifica Evo Automatic Espresso & Coffee Machine with Auto Milk Frother, Built-in Grinder & Auto-Clean Function - For Latte, Cappuccino, Americano, Iced Coffee, ECAM29084SB , Silver

I bought the De’Longhi Magnifica Plus as a transition away from the Breville Barista Express, which I genuinely loved. Some enthusiasts would argue the Breville makes better espresso and honestly that may be true. It also required daily effort, frequent cleaning, and emotional availability. Eventually, my laziness reached its final form and I chose convenience without sacrificing quality. This machine heats up in about 30 seconds, makes strong, consistently great espresso, and gets used multiple times a day. The UI is incredibly simple. No fiddling, no rituals, no drama. Press a button, get excellent espresso. The milk frothing is smooth and reliable, and the cleaning effort is almost suspiciously low. It automatically rinses itself on startup and shutdown (just make sure the drip tray is in place). About once a week, I rinse the brew group under water and pop it back in. When it tells me to descale, I descale it. Total maintenance time is maybe 5 minutes per week. For comparison, my Breville took about 5 minutes of cleaning per day, plus another 3–5 minutes per drink. I loved the coffee. I simply chose not to be an unpaid barista. Pros: - Practically self-cleaning - Very simple, intuitive UI - Strong, consistent, great-tasting espresso - Heats up fast (~30 seconds) - Excellent milk frothing - Tons of drink options - Doppio+ mode = a very strong shot (~18g) Cons: - Bean hopper could use a gasket seal - Build quality isn’t ultra-premium At this price, it’s an easy recommendation. If you want great espresso and have accepted that convenience is now a core value, this machine is a no-brainer. I loved my Breville. I just love not working for my coffee more. Five stars!

Love this unit and it makes a great cup of coffee that is a good or better than some coffee shops. Using Majorga dark blend from Costco. Easy to use preset buttons for coffee (hot or ice), lattte, macchiato. And cappuccino. Milk for the other is small but works well using whole or 2% milk. Cleaning is a breeze. Wife and I have used this to replace our k-cup and Nespresso units, and not missing them at all. Read the manual since the descaling, fill water, and empty pods indicators lights up, and may confuse you. I picked this up when it was discounted quite a bit during the holidays and so glad I did.

I am not sure what makes me more upset- that this well-known company put out a coffee maker that can't make a decent cup of coffee. Or that I wasted SO much money on it. The most basic function of this machine should be to make a simple cup of coffee. Good luck with that. The size of the "puck" of coffee for whatever you do with this machine is always the same. So if you want a bigger cup of coffee-the amount of coffee grinds used is the same as the small cup. The only difference is how much water it uses. That means that your 12 oz cup of coffee is weaker than the 8 oz. To adjust the size of the cup you want you press the coffee button until it blinks. You wait at the machine until your cup fills to where you want it and then you press the coffee button again. This then becomes your default (size) cup setting. Great right? Except that the next person who wants coffee has no idea what size of cup they are getting. If I brew a small cup and my husband wants a 12 oz he's getting an 8 oz unless he uses the same process. And his 12 oz cup is weak. De Longhi made the strength of the coffee a seperate interface you can easily see. But somehow neglected to make selecting the size of the cup and the setting clear. And sure- you can make two cups but guess what? No normal mug(s) fit under the two nozzles side by side. Ergo the two-cup function requires you to put a single large container of some sort under the nozzle and then pour from there into two mugs. Making two cups of coffee for ourselves each morning is a chore. We ran through a ridiculous amount of bean brands to find a bean that would be strong enough for a large cup and not taste terrible when a smaller cup is brewed or a weaker setting is selected. There is also no way to know how many beans are in the machine aside from a visual above it. Often you wind up starting a cup of coffee only to hear the dreaded "empty" whirling noise you'll come to recognize. If you're not standing near the machine to stop it still brews the cup. Don't forget the container you have to put under the machine for every on/off cycle. It cleans itself with water both when it is powered on and when powered off. This means you run through a LOT of water. If you have hard water like we have you'll need to descale and replace the filters constantly. And to descale is a 15 STEP PROCESS. This is not an exaggeration. We made it less than two months between descales last time. You CANNOT disable the auto-shut off. You can only adjust the amount of time that passes before it shuts itself off every day. (While there is a vessel under the machine to catch this extra water it fills quickly and you have to empty it often. Even De Longhi suggests putting a seperate container under it to catch this bypass water.) What about the rest of the functions? Mercifully espresso is good. You can get a good cappuccino about 7 out of 10 times. Often you just get an espresso with a lot of hot milk and zero froth. Again you can't adjust the size of the cappuccino because the puck size is always the same. I brew a small cup of coffee before running the cappuccino to get a remotely decent size amount. We have to leave the instruction manual out because this thing has so many codes and lights to interpret. "Simple One Touch" is anything but. We are both technically savvy people- it's ridiculous. We recently went on a vacation where our hotel both had the most basic, old fashioned Cusinart coffee makers. Filter. Drip. We were SO happy we could finally, easily, get a decent cup of coffee. We have guests visiting soon. I plan to buy another cheap coffee maker to use rather than try to have a college course on making a cup of coffee if we aren't around. Ridiculous. I splurged on this thing and (clearly) I regret it.

I almost bought a Breville last week for double the price, and it was a manual machine. This is half the price when on sale and is completely automatic! It grinds, tamps, froths, and lets you customize strength with just one button. I didn’t even know De’Longhi made a fully automatic espresso machine at this price point. It’s an unbelievable value for the price, even in comparison to its twin, the EVO—almost all the same features, just without the touchscreen or app compatibility. This may be the best bang-for-buck espresso machine on the market. It comes with a water filter and a water hardness testing strip as well. Nicely packaged and very easy to set up; it only took about 20–30 minutes. Keep in mind it advises you to dump the first few rounds (3–4) of espresso to “prime” the brand-new machine. Very, very happy with this product and highly recommend it. I set the grinder to 3 based on what’s been said on the internet lol. 4 is also good, but I read a few people say 2 is too low. The machine can also use pre-ground coffee, but I will never use this option—if you pay good money to drink coffee, you should have freshly ground beans every time for the best experience. The milk frother is also amazing, easy to clean, and has indicator lines to show how much milk you’ll need to make 1 or 2 cappuccinos or latte macchiatos. Overall, I have zero complaints. Some people say it’s loud or slow, but honestly, all coffee grinders are loud. Not only does it make amazing espresso every time, but it’s fun to use and has the 2x button for longer shots! Remember to place a cup under the main spout when you turn it on and off, since the machine will automatically run a little bit of warm water to clean the lines. If you’re on the fence about which model or brand of espresso machine to buy, I would highly recommend the Magnifica Start. I do a lot of research before I purchase anything online, and the reviews and price point are amazing. Warning: You will drink more coffee if you buy this 😂

This makes great coffee and expressos. Super easy to use and is easy to maintain. No muss or fuss, it just works.

Después de batallar con otras marcas de cafeteras súper automáticas. Créanme que vale la pena cada peso invertido, está cafetera es la estrella del hogar cuando hay visitas porque podemos ofrecer 5 tipos de bebidas (café largo, expreso, latte, latte machiato y té). Esta marca maneja un molino universal para sus máquinas de diseño patentado y bomba que garantiza un sabor impresionante en cada infusión con 15 bares efectivos no como otras, con niveles de molienda regulables, un espumador de leches automático que es una chulada en este modelo, que puede espumar leches enteras, semi, light, deslactosada, condensada, coco y almendra, cuenta con una guía rápida de uso, manuales, y hay videos de soporte en la red para su uso. El panel táctil es sencillo e intuitivo, las instrucciones son precisas y cuenta con avisos luminosos si algo no está bien, cuenta con registro en línea del producto y soporte de garantía en México. Ejecuta un ciclo de limpieza continuo del sistema con barrido de líneas con agua al inicio y al termino de cada infusión para garantizar que no se tapen las lineas, no como en otras marcas (y no desperdicia más que 40 ML aprox en cada ciclo), puedes regular la temperatura de la infusión para la temperatura final del café, configurar el volumen de café o leche a servir de acuerdo a la capacidad de tus tazas y grabar los valores y hacerlo de forma manual también. Programar el tiempo de stand-by para ahorro de energía, es un poco ruidosa cuando opera pero eso es normal de este tipo de máquinas súper automaticas, es muy facil de limpiar las bandejas y charolas, la máquina te avisa cuando es necesario hacer el proceso de descalcificación el cual es muy sencillo para mantener limpio el sistema, sobre todo utilizas leche de almendras que contiene mucho calcio. Tiene buena capacidad para procesar granos aprox. 250 gramos por carga, puede procesar café molido también con cuchara medidora incluida (de esta manera solo 1 taza a la vez), tanque de agua de aprox 1.8 litros, incluye un filtro de agua para el tanque (en lo personal y por experiencia no lo instale porque uso solamente agua embotellada o de garrafón y al no instalarlo no marca error como otras), una tira para medir el Ph y comprobar dureza del agua, (contiene un líquido descalcificador para 1 limpieza del sistema de 100 ML), los consumibles son de los mas accesibles, de mejor calidad y baratos del mercado, no como otras marcas que tienen diferentes tipos o modelos de consumibles y caros, algunas veces difíciles de conseguir. Les recomiendo antes de todo configurar la cafetera haciendo la prueba de la dureza del agua y no mover la perilla de molienda del molino que por lo regular está de fabrica en el número 3 que considero y por pruebas que se le hacen en fábrica a estos equipos es la molienda más adecuada, pero la puedes cambiar a tu gusto. El molino es de fácil acceso y se puede retirar y limpiar con agua solamente, tiene bandeja y depósito para residuos de agua y de café infusionado (los discos de café infusionado que expulsa los puedes utilizar de abono natural a tus plantas). Algo muy importante... La máquina te avisa cuando es necesario hacer el proceso de descalcificacion y es recomendable hacerlo, pero supongamos que vas a trabajar y quieres tu café y te marca descalcificar, si no lo puedes hacer en ese momento puedes iniciar el proceso solamente con agua e interrumpirlo a los 2 minutos y te permite usar nuevamente la máquina para hacer tus bebidas (no se bloquea como otras) así puedes disfrutar de tus bebidas en el momento, obviamente en el entendido que a la primera oportunidad correrás el proceso de descalcificación para garantizar la vida útil del producto. Espero que está reseña les sea útil, compré este modelo Delonghi hace casi 1 año porque en mi trabajo hay una super automática Delonghi que tiene más de 5 años de uso sin problemas y mal trato de la gente, prepara aprox más de 120 tazas diarias y no se rinde.

Muy buen funcionamiento, hace muy buen café,