An EASY bean to cup coffee machine for a reasonable price?

Anyone?

I’ve got a Sage coffee machine, which is excellent. You could try John Lewis or similar, see if they have any models in the sale?

Sorry poppyred, not in a position to advise. My coffee comes from a jar or I use ground coffee in my cafeteria. Good luck with your search though. Come on you coffee lovers give poppyred some ideas.

Cafetiere!

There is no straightforward answer . Why a 'bean to cup'? Buying and storing freshly roasted coffee beans can be hit and miss unless you know exactly which beans you like and how you like them roasted. What sort of coffee do you like? What constitutes a 'reasonable' amount to spend? If you want simple try a Bialetti stove top pot. Cheap tobuy and easy to use. Have a look at youtube videos. You will know straight away if you are interested and you wont have spent a penny. If you must have a machine, look at James Hoffman's videos on youtube, he tests a lot of machines. Aeropress is another cheap option, I would have a look at these as well. I wish you luck: have patience and be prepared for inevitable compromise. And remember- one person's wonderful cup of coffee is another person's disappointment.

Don’t you freeze your coffee beans Marmin? I bag mine up for a few days supply and freeze them, it works really well.

Ha! I did go quite a long way down the coffee making rabbit hole a few years ago. I could see more and more expenditure on chasing minimal improvements in taste. In the end I decided to compromise, settle for a 'reasonable' cup of coffee. I do have a hand grinder and do still buy a good bag of fresh beans. However, most of the time I use my mokka pot and settle for that.

I have just bought hand grinder and find it good. I had bought a bag of beans by mistake. This works for me .

It’s not bean to cup, it uses ready ground coffee but I love my single serve Keurig maker.

Cafetière and a bamix here.

We have a Delonghi bean to cup and love it.....even I can use it. We bought it in Lakeland when I had one of the regular 20% off vouchers. It was recommended by Which.

I have a DeLonghi too, the Magnifica model, probably about 5 years old now. Utterly simple to operate. I enjoy experimenting with different beans and depth of roast, you soon get to know what you prefer. It was a gift so don’t know the cost.

We have a DeLonghi too and love it. It is very easy to use once you get the hang of it and makes delicious coffee with a milk attachment if you want for Cappuccino or milky coffee.
The only pain is that it needs quite regular descaling, we live in a very hard water area and use filtered watered with a filter in the machine itself but still have to do it at least every month.
They are not particularly cheap but I think worth it and there are some good deals around at the moment.

I too have a delonghi bean to cup with milk jug attachment for cappuccino. Easy to use you just press central button to adjust strength and size. There is a button for cappuccino too.

We have a DeLonghi too, and are very happy with it.

Thanks everyone.

I bought a second hand Jura E8 from Ebbay, including the refridgerated milk container for £400 (about 1/3 of retail)
very pleased with it. You can programme it to make he different coffees how ypu like them or adapt them on the fly (if the cup is too small for example) It reminds yu when all the maintenance is needed and talks you through every step.

Sage all the way. We are on our second Sage machine and its brillant. We also get our beans from The Coffee Bean Shop - coffeebeanshop.co.uk
They provide an excellent service, mostly next day delivery. I am married to an Australian so we have to get good coffee

We have a Duallit coffee percolator, we buy strong ground coffee that we keep in the fridge. It brews in about 5 minutes.

I've got a De'longhi machine at home, there are various prices depending on how fancy you want it to be but there is not a vast difference between them all other than the milk frothing. It's my third one and if you want one with all the bells and whistles the mid-range ones seem like better value. They are all pretty large though.
In our holiday home I have a "Beko Bean to Cup Coffee Machine CEG3190B". This is a plain black version which is around £150 and is fine. It's very basic, you can change the grind, or the amount of water to suit a large or small cup.
It isn't huge and has very simple controls.
This machine doesn't froth milk but you can get one of those electric milk frothing jugs relatively cheaply and I actually use one at home in preference to using the De'longhi frother which is a pain to clean. Or you can simply warm milk in the microwave in your mug before you add the coffee.
There's a report about bean to cup coffee machines on Which.co.uk and the Beko comes out as "Great Value". Another slightly more expensive one has a milk frothing wand.
I often buy electric appliances on Amazon, from the Warehouse deals where they have a damaged box or whatever. Or sometimes from Ebay where almost everything is cheaper - though I try to buy something which is marked "new" or "new other".

Keurig.

Aeropress gets the vote in our house, so electricity required and extremely cheap to buy. All our adult children use them too in their houses. Easy to stick in a bag if going away for a night or two also.

I love the Delonghi magnifica bean to cup machine. Easy to use, makes lovely coffee. I bought it when a well known catalogue company had 20% off.

Our last 3 machines have been Delonghi Magnifica Bean To Cup machines. Every time we do our research thinking we'll have a change, we end up back with them. They are easy. Choose your strength and cup size, hit the button and everything is done for you. The most complicated bit is descaling the machine but you are told what to do every step of the way.