On top of that, the machine is fitted with automatic cleaning, rinsing and descaling programmes – this is designed to ensure the upkeep is as simple as possible and the machine is always running at full capacity. Featuring anautomatic cappucino system and milk carafe, you can create silky smooth lattes or a perfectly frothy cappucino, as well as high-quality espressos, caffe lattes, Americanos and other milk-based coffee drinks at just the touch of a button. Discover more about “Made in Italy”, a label synonymous throughout the world with refined materials, attention to detail, and creativity.

There is a ‘Cappuccino’ button just below the LED display on the top of the machine, simply press that and it will use the preset settings to produce your drink – the milk will start to be dispensed while the beans are being ground, and then the coffee will be brewed directly into your cup or glass to produce your drink. B Espresso Machine uses an advanced thermoblock technology, so you can set the temperature of your coffee from hot to medium as per your convenience.

From here you can select what drink you would like, select the grind size, choose how you would like your milk and adjust the length of your shots. What this means to you and me, is that it will handle everything from the grinding of the beans, making the espresso through to frothing the milk.

It’s simple to use, with its one touch buttons and LCD screen, and all the components are intuitively placed. The fully automated system can make a cappuccino, caffe latte, single or double espresso, ristretto, a long coffee or latte macchiato all with one touch – or an americano or flat white with a little more effort. It’ll take a little bit of a pull to get past the initial inertia, but once it’s free it’ll simply slip off.The De Longhi Eletta is a fully automated coffee machine, able to make a range of coffees with milk. Back to the milk, the carafe has it’s own simple configuration option too – allowing you to really style your milk based coffees to your own tastes. It is also adjustable so you can select a different grind size for different drinks and for different types of bean. Whilst I will mostly be using the integrated grinder to grind coffee beans, the scoop will come in handy sometimes if I run out of beans and need to use some ground coffee in the meantime. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a a division of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.