Saturday, January 14, 2012

Compare: DeLonghi Single Boiler Espresso Machines






It's true that you get what you pay for in the world of home espresso gear, but if you don't want to drop a ton of coin and are still looking to make some solid coffee on your own, DeLonghi's series of small single boiler, semi-automatic espresso machines are worthy of your consideration. Watch Gail take us through their features and specs, comparing the whole series against each other. Learn more about these machines -- including technical details, pricing and more -- at the links below: EC155: www.seattlecoffeegear.com BAR32: www.seattlecoffeegear.com EC270: www.seattlecoffeegear.com EC702: www.seattlecoffeegear.com ECO310BK: www.seattlecoffeegear.com kMix: www.seattlecoffeegear.com

20 comments:

  1. Cool!!! - Kat

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  2. I just ordered the Delonghi Eco310 and I hope that I will be satisfied with the coffee! I have to admit that you helped me very much, with the tutorials, the reviews and this comparing!! Thank you sooo much!! :):):)

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  3. Gail: "These are the DeLonghi Soldiers!" lol

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  4. Cool! :D - Kat

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  5. They are all small boilers - Kat

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  6. Small boilers, yes - Kat

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  7. We only sell one Krups machine - Kat

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  8. Can u do the same for krups?

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  9. All boilers, no thermoblocs among them?

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  10. Kat, are you certain these machines are all single boilers? I would imagine the lower end ones heat on thermoblocks?

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  11. I considered DeLonghi when I was shopping for my current espresso machine. I wasn't impressed with the build quality on the cheaper ones (stocked at a local retailer) and couldn't find enough info on the more expensive ones to convince me to buy -- so I bought a Via Venezia. As I approach the first anniversary of that purchase, I am thankful to have found the SCG channel and web store to help me make better decisions in the future. (Smart Grinder etc.)

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  12. im sure you have a lot of those portafilters laying around i'd like to hear your thoughts on the depressurzeing mod. i know you wont do it on video due to legal stuff. but say a comment or maybe in the discription on your side by side video?

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  13. We're going to do some testing because I haven't done a lot of side by side, just used them all at different times and didn't notice any real benefit other than different / more expensive case materials as you went up in price. But we are going to experiment with them to see if there are any practical differences in their performance.

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  14. Yes - thank you for sharing your experiences with this! :) - Kat

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  15. "You'll never use the single anyway" ... SO TRUE, Gail!

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  16. What do you think about the quality of the espresso between those machines kat?
    is it still "you get what you pay for" or maybe there's not so much different espresso quality between those small machine? :D
    i'm just curious is it the higher price only for the better model(with the same espresso quality)?
    actually i have the ec 155 and in my country, Indonesia, it's sold little bit expensive, around 1.9 million Rupias or around 200$ in US Dollar :(
    thanks a lot for this great comparison video :)

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  17. It is rather cute! :) - Kat

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  18. i own the ec330 looks like a cross of the 702 and 310bk and as you know i made my portafilter un pressurized by cutting off the little spring loaded plunger and now it pulls exponentially better shots. (still cowpie's due to no 3 way valve) the pumps arnt strong enough to push a proper espresso grind through the pressurized filter so you have to take it really coarse. so not to clog it up.

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  19. the k-miX one is my favorate :)

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