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Melitta CI Touch: 6 recipes for 4 people
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The Melitta CI Touch suits a household or small office that wants a reliable milk machine with saved recipes for a few regular users. Its notable features are the option of hot or cold milk drinks and an aroma extraction system that pre-wets each dose of freshly ground coffee before brewing, a step most rivals in its class do not mention.
- Water tank
- 1.8 L
- User profiles
- 4 people, 6 recipes each
- Two cups at once
- Not stated
- Bean storage
- Double-sealed container
- Milk
- Hot and cold milk drinks
In its favour
- Six recipes can be stored for each of up to 4 people.
- The bean container is double sealed, and the pre-wetting aroma system is listed.
- Automatic cleaning and descaling are built in, with Pro Aqua filters cutting descales to once a year.
Good to know
- Four profiles is limited for a team at the larger end of the range.
- The listing does not state the bean hopper capacity.
Our take
Ten specialities, saved for four people
The listing names 10 coffee specialities prepared to their original recipe, with espresso, lungo, cappuccino and latte macchiato as the four classics. It also lists coffee, hot milk, coffee with milk, hot water and cold or hot milk drinks. Up to six recipes can be stored for each of up to four people, so a small team can each keep a morning and an afternoon drink ready.
The outlet adjusts to cups up to 14 cm high, which suits standard mugs and latte glasses.
Grinder, extraction and bean storage
There are five grind fineness levels and a double sealed bean container, which should help keep beans fresher between refills. The pump is listed at 15 bar. Pre-wetting is a technique also used by home baristas to let the coffee bloom before full extraction, and Melitta builds it into the routine automatically.
Cleaning, descaling and space
Automatic cleaning and descaling programmes are built in, and the brewing chamber is removable for cleaning the inside. Like other Melitta models, it works with Pro Aqua filter cartridges, which Melitta says reduce descaling to once a year. The spec table lists the machine as dishwasher safe in parts, though the listing does not say which ones.
The water tank holds 1.8 litres. Melitta gives the size as 25.5 cm high, 35.2 cm wide and 47.3 cm deep, which sounds like height and width may be swapped in the listing, so measure carefully. Weight is around 9 kg. The type of milk system itself is not stated.
Compared with Philips and De'Longhi
The Philips 3300 LatteGo offers a simpler tube-free jug and a 12 step ceramic grinder, but with six drinks and no stored users. The De'Longhi Magnifica Plus lists 18 drinks and LatteCrema Hot with four profiles. The CI Touch stands out on cold milk and per-person recipe storage.
Verdict
Choose the Melitta CI Touch if several people want their own saved drinks and you like the idea of cold milk options. If the fastest milk cleaning matters most, the Philips 3300 LatteGo is the easier machine, and if a bigger menu is the goal, the De'Longhi Magnifica Plus offers more drinks.
Compared with alternatives in: Best bean-to-cup machines for a small office, Best bean-to-cup machines with automatic milk for lattes and cappuccinos
Amazon listing title: Melitta CI TOUCH F630-112 Bean to Cup Coffee Machine for Office or Home, Stainless Steel, 1400 W, 1.8 Litres, Silver