Delonghi La Specialista Arte Review - Best manual expresso machine?

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5 ай бұрын

Are you trying to find the best coffee machine 2024 has to offer? The best manual coffee machine that allows you to experiment and go hands-on with each brew? Then you may want to consider the De’longhi La Specialista Arte. A premium expresso coffee machine with a grinder. This premium bean to cup coffee machine offers a milk frother, too. As well as a cold brew at home solution.
Tech journalist Chris Stead has been using one for the last few months and details his thought in this Delonghi coffee machine review.
Is this the best coffee machine for home? And the best bean to cup coffee machine? The best expresso coffee machine? The best long black coffee machine? It’s definitely the best cold brew coffee machine! And the best Delonghi expresso machine and best Delonghi bean to cup machine.
Also known as a Delonghi La Specialista Arte manual coffee machine or the Delonghi La Specialista Arte manual expresso machine.
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@HarryWard-ni4ys Ай бұрын

Just bought this machine and having similar problems regarding overfilling the portafiller. Almost there by puliing shots starting at grind setting 1 and minimum dose control this gave in double cup the correct level after tamping. Working through increasing the grind setting and dose level up from the minimum. Also important is to have regard to getting the optimal zone up to 12 o’clock which equals 9 bar of pressure for optimal extraction. I invariably make 2 lattes at a time so my settings are always likely to be 2 cup and the larger portafiller cup. A voyage of discovery

@motivatedtravel Ай бұрын

Really appreciate you talking through your process, which willl hopefully help others in the community. You could argue that he voyage is part of the "fun" as long as you know that's what you're in for.

@MelindaEmerson-eb5jc Ай бұрын

Question… is that a dose level dial on the left? I got one of these in 2023 and my version has one. If I’m getting too much I turn the dose down and it prevents overfilling. Also if you leave the dosing funnel on when you tamp it doesn’t make as much of a mess. Just some thoughts. Nice video.

@motivatedtravel Ай бұрын

I don't think so. The dose was the second button from the left. Maybe the dial was strength. Can't make it out in the video. I don't have it anymore to check, but from memory it was something else, which is weird, as this is the 2023 model. (So I could be wrong!) On behalf of everyone who drops by this video, I reall appreciate the tips on the tamping. Love getting feedback like this!

@chrisdsanders 5 ай бұрын

Great video so far! I like the simplicity of it. Just one word of advice, it's "Espresso", not "Expresso". Please??!! 😅

@motivatedtravel 5 ай бұрын

I had no idea it was coming across like that. Thanks for the tip, lol!

@chrisdsanders 5 ай бұрын

@@motivatedtravel It's all good. It could just be my ears, but I had to replay a few clips because I thought I heard the X. I've known MANY coffee snobs in my day and just wanted to save you all the comments in the future 😁

@motivatedtravel 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, I always knew I was jumping into hot water with this video, lol. It's the type of thing my brain does, so likely you're not wrong.@@chrisdsanders

@n90.nutrition 3 ай бұрын

Just possibly your grind setting will affect the volume of ground coffee that comes out, so maybe that is why you are overfilling your holder thanks for the video

@motivatedtravel 3 ай бұрын

No worries! I was wondering about that actually. I should have spent more time double checking that. I didn't notice a difference, but maybe didn't test enough to be sure.

@jean-michelmetzger 24 күн бұрын

Hello and thank you for this presentation. I have had this machine for some time and I am very satisfied with it. Question: how to adjust the quantity of drink for an Americano? I know how to do it for an espresso by holding the OK button but it doesn't work for an Americano. Any advice from you would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

@motivatedtravel 23 күн бұрын

Hi Jean - unfortunately this isn't a setting I tested at the time and the machine has since gone back to De'Longhi, so I can't double check for you. Hopefully another viewer has the answer for you.

5 ай бұрын

I agree that it is the best budget coffee machine. I have it myself, but you certainly have a lot to learn, how to prepare a good coffee. But on a first try. Not bad 👍

@motivatedtravel 5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, I've got a lot of levelling up to do for sure! Lol!

5 ай бұрын

@@motivatedtravel Not only that, but you also have no idea how many grams are there. It needs a weight of tenths of a gram. The larger basket holds 18 grams and the smaller basket holds 10 grams. Do not tamp too hard and especially do not tamp twice. But you'll figure it out. Where I almost tore my hair out when you frothed the milk. The nozzle must be in such a way that the milk in the pot spins around. The nozzle must also be slightly below the surface until the milk spins. It is then placed on the surface and begins to be whipped. When the foam is ready, it sinks one centimeter below the surface and the milk is only warmed up. The temperature should not exceed 75 degrees Celsius. There's a lot more, but this is the basics. So good luck with the improvement :)

@motivatedtravel 5 ай бұрын

The 18g larger basket always seems to overfill. Which encouraged me to tamp more as I was wondering if it was inaccurate, or I was just doing it wrong. The milk frother I just couldn't get right. I watched videos and read up on how to do it, but couldn't seem to get the right sound and action going. Seems to be a real art to it. I will get there! Thank you for the advice! @

5 ай бұрын

@@motivatedtravel Milk: kzfaq.infoSHLZSznn0go Dosing level is in time, it's true that my level is set to 5 and it still takes about 10 seconds. So I don't really know how it is. It takes time and practice. So you must weight. At least for few times, if you planing using the same coffee beans. Than if you happy with the fineness of the grind and grams you don't need weight anymore.