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De'Longhi Magnifica Plus ECAM320.70: 18 recipes
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The Magnifica Plus ECAM320.70.SB is aimed at a household where several people want different drinks from one machine, without anyone learning barista skills. Its defining feature on the listing is the 3.5 inch colour touch display with up to four user profiles, so each person can keep their own americano, flat white or cortado saved and ready.
- Americano
- Americano preset
- Water tank
- 1.9 L
- Bean hopper
- 250 g
- Milk
- LatteCrema automatic
- Drinks
- 18
In its favour
- Eighteen recipes include americano, lungo, flat white and cortado.
- Up to 4 user profiles can save each person's drinks, the listing states.
- The infusion unit removes for rinsing and the stainless steel cup tray is dishwasher safe.
Good to know
- The listing does not explain how the americano is made.
- At 44 cm deep, check it fits under your wall cupboards and on the worktop.
Our take
What the listing promises
De'Longhi lists 18 recipes at the touch of a button. Named examples are espresso, cappuccino, lungo, americano, flat white and cortado. Beans are ground just before brewing from a 250 g container, and there is also a route for ready-ground coffee if a guest wants decaf.
Milk is handled by what the listing calls a milk cream system using LatteCrema Hot technology. It froths milk automatically to a set temperature and, according to the maker, you clean it with a single button after each use.
Long coffee and tank size
For anyone buying a machine mainly for americano, the water tank matters as much as the menu. This one holds 1.9 litres, which is a comfortable size for two or three long drinks a day before a refill. The listing does not say whether the americano is made by adding hot water separately or by running more water through the coffee, so that detail is worth checking with De'Longhi if you are fussy about taste.
Cleaning and daily care
The brewing unit, which De'Longhi calls the infusion unit, lifts out so you can rinse it under the tap. The cup tray is stainless steel and can go in the dishwasher. A milk jug and an anti-scratch drip tray are listed in the box.
At 44 cm deep, 24 cm wide and 36 cm high it is narrow but fairly deep, so measure the worktop from the wall to the front edge before ordering.
Where it sits against the other americano picks
Compared with the Philips 5500 LatteGo, the Magnifica Plus has fewer recipes on paper but adds user profiles and states its bean container size. The Beko CaffeExperto CEG7302B is a simpler machine with only five presets and a manual steam wand, so the De'Longhi is the better fit if milk drinks are made as often as black coffee.
Verdict
Choose the Magnifica Plus ECAM320.70 if your household wants saved profiles, a broad menu with americano and automatic milk in one machine. If you want a machine that states it adds hot water separately for a true americano, the Sage Oracle is the purist option, and if you want hot and iced americano presets, look at the Philips 5500 LatteGo.
Compared with alternatives in: Best bean-to-cup machines for americano and long coffee
Amazon listing title: De'Longhi Magnifica Plus ECAM320.70.SB, Automatic Coffee Machine, Hot Milk Cream System for Automatic Cappuccino, Full-Touch Color Display, Extra Shot Function, x2 Function, Titanium Black