DeLonghi EC330S
A pump machine is the most traditional and well-known way to make espresso, using the filter holder and ground coffee. The De’Longhi EC330S with professional-level 15 bar pressure offers the ideal introduction to the world of coffee and a hands-on Barista experience in your own home.
The EC330S Pump-Driven Espresso Maker, in a stylish brushed stainless steel finish, can be used with both ground coffee and ESE (Easy Serving Espresso) pods for added convenience and makes both espresso and cappuccino. The cappuccino system, based on an in-built manual frothing arm, mixes steam, air and milk to create a rich and creamy froth. The self-priming system keeps the EC330S ready for use at all times.
Easy to use, with just three buttons needed for operation (on/off, coffee and cappuccino), this machine has a transparent 1 Litre water reservoir that can be refilled at any time, a stainless steel boiler for longer life and a deep, removable drip tray.
The EC33OS also features a cup warmer, built-in coffee tamper, adjustable steam emission and separate thermostats for the coffee and steam.
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DeLonghi EC330S Pumped Espresso Maker Reviews
3 Reviews of the DeLonghi EC330S Pumped Espresso Maker
Recommended by Which magazine
I brought this item from Argos (sorry Amazon!). I’ve used numerous espresso makers before, ranging from Krup machines costing over a thousand pounds to small Bialetti stove makers.
Quite simply this is not “the best ever” espresso maker I’ve used. But it is “the best for under £200″! If you dont believe me simply go to Which magazine online pay the £1 for the 30 day trial offer and look up the article in which they get the head buyer from Whittards to test these cheaper machines. Infact this machine is so good, its actually better than its more expensive bigger brother, the EC710, which makes rubbish espressos. Simply put, the other people who say this machine is crap are infact saying “I know more about decent machinary design than the worlds most prestigious consumer magazine, a magazine with more readers than any other consumer group! Not only that, I know more about coffee than the head honcho of one of the most exclusive coffee manaufacturers in the world!”. But hey, if you’re happy to believe those reviewers, who am I too call you a fool?
The good points:
1) Great tasting cofee.
2) Decent crema thats doesn’t instantly disappear.
3) Relatively small footprint
4) Pretty looking machine
5) Takes ground coffee as well as ESE pods
The bad points:
1) Its not fully automated like the one grand machine we have in the office. With that machine you just put one scoop of ground coffee in the top and press a single button. The machine automatically preheats itself, tampers the granules into the right density, makes the coffee to the right volume and then cleans up after itself! Good luck trying to find something similar for less than £600!!
2) You need basic motor-neuron ability to use this machine, otherwise known as skill. You might screw up the first few cups, but dont be dishearted, I too messed up and I’ve used semi-automatic machines before.
3) It requires preheating for a decent cup. You dont actually +need+ to preheat the machine (letting some hot water run through it before making a cup), in the same way as you dont actually +need+ a decent cup of coffee. The machine still works without preheating, its just that the coffee tastes weaker and the crema isn’t as thick.
4) It takes a bit of time to heat up before you can use it. But this isn’t wasted time, you can be getting on with other things, like putting the grounds into the filter basket and tampering it down.
5) It wont clean up after itself >:( I have to say this is quite annoying. Cleaning up means getting a jay cloth and removing all the stuck ground bits from the machine (more hygenic than anything else), but it’s still annoying. But unfortunately you’re not going to find a self-cleaning espresso machine for anything close to this price, so live with it and keep that jay cloth handy!
6) Cup warmer is rubbish, but then again they all are, even on the expensive machines! Thats why you dont waste the hot water from the preheat, but use it to heat up your cup!
7) It make a lot of noise! Yes that is very true! There is no getting away from it, its noisy compared to other machines in the < £200 market.
9) Its not 100% made of steel, some sections are plastic and made to look like metal, but its still a very pretty looking machine!
10) It wont take big cups. But then again, I’ve never seen any espresso maker that does!! But thats why they’re called frikkin’ ESPRESSO makers and not coffee makers /percolators!!!! If you dont know what an espresso is then you should NOT be buying this machine! Let me repeat that: This is NOT A COFFEE MACHINE! Its for making 30ml shots of a highly caffeinated beverage as opposed to cup sized amounts of a weaker caffeinated drink. If you want a coffee machine/percolator then look out for something that comes with a kettle. Percolators have their uses, I’m not a snob, but this is not a percolator, mmm’kay?
Final words
Although there are many more bad points than good, its worth noting that you wont find a better machine in this price bracket! If you want a decent espresso and are willing to put the time into learning how to make one, then this is the machine for you. If you want to just put a scoop of ground coffee into the top of a machine a press a single button. Then get a better paid job!
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 1:52 am
DelonghiEC330S - useful but a bit tricky to get right initially
De’Longhi EC330S Pumped espresso maker; 15 bar. A which best buy 2009- Neat, simple to set up and should be dead easy to use but 2 problems initially required a call to de’Longhi support service.
1. very very noisy in use. This is often the case I gather but I cured the worst of it by holding the water vessel to the machine body, initally by hand but then with 2 very firm large rubber bands and, as advised by company, checking also that the feet were actually all 4 firmly flat on the work surface where the machine stands.
2. Water kept running along the inside of the handle of the holder for grounds/pods making a mess below and making the handle hot and wet. This proved, as the4 company suspected to be because I could not get the coffee containing hod screwed in tightly enough one handeed [being an ancient crone no doubt] but when I did it two handed holding the machine firmly by the round plastic disc to the left of the hod holder the problem was cured. We now get excellent espresso coffeee which is also good with milk when we heat the milk first in the microwave though we prefer own ground coffee to the pods.
We are now glad that we bought this machine!
Posted on April 12th, 2009 at 1:58 am
De’Longhi EC330S Espresso Maker
At this (lower) end of the market, I believe it is mainly about value for money rather than features and at less than £100 this machine is very hard to beat.
It is a bit noisy and being manual you have to keep an eye on things but otherwise, it produces an excellent cup of coffee. It is easy to use, small in size and looks decent. The frother is the best I’ve used in terms of results but it could be better positioned.
Overall, I am very pleased with the product vs. the amount of money I parted with.
Posted on April 28th, 2009 at 1:56 am
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