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

Love my DeLonghi Magnifica. Must be about ten years old now and still working fine. Bought direct from DeLonghi, they do deals, mine was nearly half price on their website, then an extra discount for being a pensioner - real bargain. I couldn't have afforded it at full price. As an aside, I bought a "computer" usb vacuum cleaner, tiny and ideal for cleaning the inside of the machine of grinding debris.

Sarahr

Is there a special reason for using coffee beans?
We use a nespresso machine, but it uses pods. Very easy to use and I put the coffee grounds into my compost or around my plants to deter slugs and snails. A lot of the pods can be recycled. Hope you find a coffee machine you like.

Using beans rather than pods is better for the eco system. I know some of the pods are recyclable but this still leaves a footprint. I use the grinds around my plants and in the compost.

Is there a special reason for using coffee beans?
We use a nespresso machine, but it uses pods. Very easy to use and I put the coffee grounds into my compost or around my plants to deter slugs and snails. A lot of the pods can be recycled. Hope you find a coffee machine you like.

I will be honest my family have and have had high end coffee machines. My absolute favourite is my filter coffee machine. I am never disappointed.in my morning coffee. This one was a gift and to compliment it a further gift was an electric milk frother|warmer. My mornings are complete and I too enjoy testing ready ground coffee.

Mellita Purista about £280. When staying with son ofir Chrustmas tgeur coffee machine finally died. I had given them money for Xmas and they bought the Mellita machine. Second best machine on Which magazine only losing 1 point to a very highly priced machine. Even I was able to use it right away.

Casdon

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?

Sage coffee machines are fabulous. We're on our second and their customer service is the best I've ever known. They even repaired our old machine a month out of warranty, free of charge.

We were given a Delonghi cappuccino, bean to cup, daughter didn’t have time to use it, we absolutely love it. Easy to clean but its rather large so you need plenty of room to sit it somewhere permanently, also I’d imagine it’s expensive to run all day long, we just have a cup at breakfast time. I started with plunge type coffee pot & then on to a lavazza pod machine with milk frother, which I still use if I can get the pods!

I stick with my Bialetti stove top pot (50 million Italians can't be wrong) I've had several machines but they were all fiddly and tended to develop leaks. I just use ground coffee. If you grind your own you really need to be aware of weather conditions as it affects the flow of water through the coffee, but I really can't be bothered. I did buy a Lavazza milk frother which is very good.

I use coffe bags . Fresh coffee taste -no mess

Mine isn't bean-to cup bug I don't find it difficult. I can use whatever coffee I fancy and can grind it separately.
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Otherwise I use a Bialetti stove top which is quite different even with the same beans.

Swan do a cheap bean-to-cup that might be worth a go - given that my Swan is pretty good.

We are on our second Delonghi, It’s a Magnifica, we don’t use the milk frothing facility as it’s as a bit of a faff, but have bought a stand alone lavazza frother which is excellent, we love our coffee machine.

We have the Lakeland own brand, it’s excellent, £99 or thereabouts.

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.

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.

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.

Keurig.

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".

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

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

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.

Thanks everyone.

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

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 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 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.