Cappuccino machine

[baldkev]

Hi all,
Ive got a duce gusto pod machine that i hardly use. ( i dont like the pods, it was a gift a few years back )

I'd quite like to make cappuccinos at home and was just looking at options. There delonghi ones at 90ish, with a milk frother attachment and a swan one for 60 with the attachment.... so what do you have? Pros and cons etc please
I guess at this price range its ground coffee, the ones with the coffee grinder built in a probably 300 plus?
Edit: a customer of mine was using a cafetiere to froth the milk, hot milk plus a bit of sugar and pump away until frothy!

 

[Tris]

Anything that gets air in hot milk would do, whether it's a small whisk or a steam injector. Add a simple espresso machine and you are good to go, even a hob top percolator with a cheap hand grinder can make good espresso

 

[Spectric]

with a cheap hand grinder can make good espresso

is that with a grinding wheel, cutting disk or maybe with a wire brush?

 

[baldkev]

@Spectric Ive got all that

 

[Jameshow]

Anything that gets air in hot milk would do, whether it's a small whisk or a steam injector. Add a simple espresso machine and you are good to go, even a hob top percolator with a cheap hand grinder can make good espresso

Try an air compressor great for frothy milk....all over the workshop!

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

For anything coffee related always see if James Hoffman has done a video. Brilliant for geeking out.

 

[Tris]

This is turning into Krups meets Scrapheap Challenge

 

[danst96]

Always used delonghi espresso bean to cup machines. If you have budget I'd check out Jura, they do some nice units. I'm currently eyeing up a Breville espresso machine though

 

[ian33a]

Fracino Cherub coffee machine and Eureka Mignon grinder - used daily to kick start me.

My coffee beans come from Coffee Compass near Brighton.

A bit more than £300 though.

 

[pgrbff]

Always used delonghi espresso bean to cup machines. If you have budget I'd check out Jura, they do some nice units. I'm currently eyeing up a Breville espresso machine though

I was told Jura were excellent yesterday, by a German friend.

 

[pgrbff]

I recently bought the cheapest de Longhi Nespresso compatible pod machine. It makes an excellent espresso but does not froth milk.

 

[chris.s]

atomic.

 

[Adam W.]

atomic.

I lived with a lady in Australia who had one fo those in the 90's, it was a great little coffee maker. I've been looking for one so thanks for the info.

 

[Chris_Pallet]

I have a delonghi bean to cup which is great, but then I used a smeg espresso machine with milk frother, the frother is 10x better than my delonghi.

Delonghi -
Pros -
one button coffee action
Easy to clean
Bean to cup
No ground coffee everywhere
Big unit

Smeg
Pros
Top notch quality
Milk frother superior

Cons
Seperate grinder machine required
There's more steps to making it
More parts to use


Opinion -

For quick and hassle free

Delonghi

For more precise and not in a rush coffee

Smeg




Good luck, hope you post some of your coffee art lol

 

[chris.s]

I lived with a lady in Australia who had one fo those in the 90's, it was a great little coffee maker. I've been looking for one so thanks for the info.

in Australia there is a stainless version made that will work on induction hotplates but costs a fortune to get one imported, but I've found the aluminium gets it's shine back with some Mothers polish.

 

[Geoff_S]

I was told Jura were excellent yesterday, by a German friend.

I've had my Jura bean to cup machine for over 11 years now.

17,000+ coffees later it's still going strong.

I'm English.

 

[Rodpr]

For several years now, I have been using a machine I bought from Lidl for about £40. It produces a very agreeable espresso and the milk frother is fine if you want a cappuccino with lots of foam (but not fine enough foam for fancy latte art!). I also have an old Spong hand grinder inherited from my mother which can produce a good fine grind.

 

[Kayen]

I would avoid any machine that takes 'pods' - the pods are too expensive (although you can buy refillable ones from Amazon) and the machines are unreliable in the long term (in my experience) - we've been using a stovetop percolator and milk frother for the last three years or so, it produces the best coffee for the least investment - about £20.

 

[Jarno]

Chemex coffeemaker and manual grinder for me, but I don't make cappucino's.