Any coffee lovers in the house? Looking for upgrade suggestions to my 2011 bean to cup DeLonghi Magnifica coffee machine.

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I drink a lot of coffee.. Black Americano is my life blood.

I've owned the DeLonghi Magnifica since 2011 and I would love to know how many cups it's made because it's probably the hardest working machine in the house.

Even though I've taken very good care of the machine, it's starting to show it's age a bit and I think it's time to think about a replacement and find a retirement home for this one.

So if anyone reading this has any suggestions I'd appreciate it.

Looking for the following:

- Water tank must hold at least 1.8 or more liters.

- Must be able to use both coffee beans and ground coffee. (At the moment I'm using Lidl's ground house blend. I buy it because it's cheap and surprisingly good for what it is.)

- Quite operation is a must as I'm sure my neighbours are sick and tired of hearing the current machine wake up in the early hours of the morning. I feel it literally shakes the whole house as it goes through the cycles.

- I would prefer an automatic bean to cup machine instead of the barista style machine. I find the automatic machines are just less hassle and easier to clean as I'm pounding coffee throughout the day.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

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I had a delonghi for many years. Well about 8. Wasn’t the magnifico.

When it failed (not hot and something else I can’t recall) I just binned it and bought a mid to top range Jura.

Dad said it was wasteful and I should have tried to get it repaired. Maybe. But the fact that it made 6/7 cups a day for 8 years I felt any repair money would have been for a short extension of life until something else failed.

Pretty sure most Jura let you drop in ground coffee. Does on mine anyway.

And importantly it’s hot. Hotter than I’ve ever had out of a delonghi and I see them at work if I ever bother going in.

I ended up with the Siemens EQ700 in the end.

Found an ex-display one for half the price.

On the memory it said it only made 5 cups when I got it.

Doesn't do ground coffee, but it does everything else I was looking for. I couldn't be happier.

I know what your dad means about repairing the old Delonghi. I just felt it was time to put the old one into retirement. It had served me well.