I can’t help but compare them to Nespresso machines. These machines are priced sky-high and there’s a lot more maintenance to them than meets the eye.
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Neither machine could match what a manual espresso machine can do when run by a skilled operator. Both were excellent overall, but the coffee from the Magnifica tastes better. As much as I despised the Magnifica S for its interface and the large amount of water it used to clean itself, she was right it made richer coffee with a better head of crema than the Incanto. It made better espresso with more crema (the microfoam that floats on top of a proper shot). The user manual lives on top of the machine for when I run into trouble.ĭespite my preference for the Incanto, my wife began using the DeLonghi again after a while. After months, I still don’t think I fully understand the meanings behind all of the weird symbols the DeLonghi shows me. With buttons like 2X (it doubles the espresso output of any setting), you can sometimes end up with more or less espresso than you realize. The Magnifica S has a nice dial to let you swap between drinks, but the icons aren’t always clear. Since I had failed to stop all the water, I had to clean the drip tray out too. A few days later, I had to dump the grounds. I shook it a bit, stuck it back in, and the sensor inside decided it would push on for a few more cycles.
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Really, the tray wasn’t full, but registered as full due to a shallow design and overly sensitive sensor. The tray of spent coffee grounds needed dumping. The Magnifica S refused to dispense coffee, instead showing a weird symbol on its display. Again, less super or automatic than I had hoped for.Īfter a few days I discovered a new task. Mechanical hygiene is important, but with a somewhat small 60-ounce tank, I had to yank the tank out and refill it at least a couple times a week. For every double shot I would make, it would run two shots of water through itself to clean. The other problem was how much water the cleaning cycle wasted. I also began to break into a cold panic every time I heard its mechanical whir in the distance, often sprinting to the kitchen to make sure I had remembered to place a cup under it. Out came some towels to clean up the mess.Īfter that day, I began a new ritual of always placing a cup underneath the super automatic machine to capture water when it turned on, and again when it shut off. Some of the water had missed the drip tray. I came back into the kitchen an hour later to find a wet countertop and water dripping onto the floor. Both the Incanto and Magnifica S make as good a latte as any machine I’ve used. But after several months of primarily drinking from these machines, I began to value their ability to dispense hot water on demand to dilute my double shot into something more closely resembling a cup of coffee, and on weekends I would sometimes go all out, detach the water nozzle, and stick in the milk-frothing jug to make cappuccinos and lattes. I’m sure some of you, dear readers, could drink neat shots of espresso every day. It’s easier than measuring scoops of coffee grounds for a drip machine, or loading a French press. Nespresso has a lot of flavors, but the pods you buy are still are not ground on the spot and just cannot have the aroma or taste of a freshly brewed espresso.Įven when I have a dead soul at 7 am, it’s not hard to press the on button, wait, put a coffee cup under the nozzle, and hit go. Depending on the beans, that espresso often tasted much, much richer and fresher than the prefab stuff. They provide shots of espresso at a speed that only a Nespresso, with its pod system, can match.
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