Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. The De’Longhi Autentica Plus is a bean-to-cup machine that’s easy to use while still giving you the flexibility to deal with all kinds of drinks.

The interesting thing is that there has not been any new technology introduced that makes this coffee machine outdated in terms of the drinks it can produce making this exceptional value for money. The De’Longhi Autentica Plus doesn’t offer a thousand presets, instead offering essentially an espresso and ‘long’ coffee, which can then be tweaked in terms of strength and size. As much as 98% of your coffee is made up of water, so it makes perfect sense to suggest that a truly great cuppa requires a pure, high-quality water base. One of the key features of the Autentica model is that you can prepare two drinks with a single touch of a button. It isn’t a small piece of kit, so make sure you’ve got enough space on the kitchen counter before purchasing and take time to get the grind just right for you.

When I put the machien on the control plane flashed a number of times there was a bang and the machien stopped working! Behind the absolute majority of coffee machine malfunctions is the underlying cause of limescale deposits. Everyone likes their coffee slightly differently – sweetener or sugar, oat milk or full-fat, strong or weak.

The coffee spout can be raised and lowered to accommodate everything from a tiny little espresso cup to a huge mug, once again proving that the De’Longhi Autentica Plus fits an awful lot into a reasonably small frame.This style of machine offers fantastic versatility, at a level you might not expect from a largely accessible bean-to-cup model. To keep it simple they have the most common selections as single buttons on the front of the machine – espresso, amerciano, cappuccino and whether you want one or 2 cups. tall it has a good compact footprint that will sit comfortably on your work surface without dominating it.

The frother produces foam with a nice stiffness – but on some of the longer settings like latte and flat white its inability to heat the milk up to very high temperatures means that your cuppa will be drinkable instantly and not piping. Made of natural, high-quality ingredients, this descaler efficiently removes limescale and ensures smooth operation of your coffee machine.

There’s a risk of scalding your milk if you’re a novice (or if you’re not), but as with learning how to tie a bowtie or the perfect way to apply mascara: YouTube is there to help out. We also found cappuccinos were a few degrees hotter than they should be and would've liked a little more flexibility from the frothing nozzle, which had limited movement. the Delonghi tutorial site recommends the frothed milk should be 60 degrees by using the jug and steam method, but, this machine does not have that facility, I had read that the milk was not very hot in other reviews but others did not mention this problem, so I thought it might be a personal taste issue.

Due to the separate milk preparation system, the coffee machine is always ready to make perfect milk foam.The milk frother was simple to assemble and use and produced hot milk in just 50 seconds, which poured directly into the cup. It can even take pre-ground coffee, although it’s not designed to be used every day: accessing this option just isn’t as quick. You have 5 different levels of coffee strength to choose from ranging from extra mild through to extra strong. More information will be provided via your personal e-mail address once you've completed your purchase. With a smaller footprint than some basic espresso models it crams-in a grinder and a bean feed that’ll take a whole standard-size pack of beans.