Customer Ratings & Reviews

This was an excellent purchase. Highly recommend. Very easy to use and it takes us 5-7 minutes in the morning to what we need.

Great price and product. Very satisfied with this purchase.

Very good, I would buy again if it was damaged, although I put the security on it.

Bought for my wife for her birthday, and she loves it. Works great, and is easy to use.

Great price for this machine. We have been enjoying it maning great drinks. Would definutely reccommend.

I use this espresso machine every morning and I like it

Very nice and easy to use. I enjoy my coffee every morning

For under $100 it's impossible to complain about anything with this espresso machine. It get's the job done and produces a very nice drink.

Perfect coffee machine i use this item every day now

Works excellent! Have had no issues, and is very easy to use!

Amazing intro into espresso for 100 bucks. We wanted to try our having and espresso machine, and this one exceeds expectations. Would highly recommend this brand

Amazing Espresso machine. We have one in our office at work and i just had to get one for my home.

I really love my espresso machine. It has all that I need.

Easy to use and set up. Plug and play direct from the box

A summary: a great, economical and well performing espresso, cappuccino, latte and americano maker with key basic features needed for a great tasting coffee beverage. Comes in small size, able to fit into tight spaces. A more detailed review. I had and have a number of various coffee makers, including the big Breville semi-automatic and the pod based Nespresso machine capable of making great selection of beverages. My Breville was great, had so many great features and it came at the related higher price. After a while I started looking for a simpler and easier experience of getting to my coffee drink of choice, so I purchased the pod based Nespresso unit. The trade off with Nespresso versus Breville was convenience versus control and flexibility. Nespresso also requires specific pods. With the pod based Nespresso I was missing the flexibility to use my own coffee. So I decided to get a traditional espresso maker, but something simpler than the big Breville (which is not a bad machine, it was just too much in features for my needs). Enters the DeLonghi EC260 espresso maker. Here are my observations so far. First we need to recognize that this machine is missing some more advanced features we can get from others. Yes, it does not have the automated notification that the water level is low, instead you just have to eye ball it (not so hard to do, the tank level is very visible), it does not show the actual pressure being produced, does not tell you when you need to descale it nor it comes with extra accessories like the froth jug. But it is much cheaper than many other coffee makers and at the same time it does its job very well. For the money they ask for it is a perfect machine in my view. First the unit is not tall and should easily fit under the kitchen cabinets. It is plasticky, except the top of the unit and the frontal control panel, but the plastic it is made of does not look nor feel cheap. The operation is very simple. Put the unit on ON and wait about 30 seconds or so for the READY light to come out, then switch the control knob to either the COFFEE position for making espresso or to STEAM position if you want to make froth. When you make the froth you also have to pull down the gear on the side to let the steam out. Very simple. When judging a coffee maker for the taste of the coffee it makes there are so many other external factors which this machine has nothing to do with (like the coffee you select, including the grind level (from very fine to course). But if you have your favorite coffee that did work for you in other coffee makers, chances are you will like the taste of coffee from this DeLonghi. I did. The port-a-filter is solidly built. The unit comes with two sizes of filters (one shot and two shots). The one shot filter also should work with ESE pods. ESE stands for Easy Serve Espresso, and they are not true pods but rather coffee bags with about 7 grams of coffee in them, good enough for a single shot espresso. You can get them from ILLY coffee or Lavazza and others. The provided measuring spoon/tamper is plastic but we need to remember that we are not paying hundreds of dollars here. Still it does its job well. Filters are easy to clean and look quality. When making actual coffee the amount of water poured is controlled by you. Once you turn the knob to COFFEE the water starts pouring until you switch it back to ON position. Personally I find it advantageous that I can control the amount of water and decide if I want to get a ristretto, espresso or lungo. Another words, how much water I want per amount of coffee put into the filter. Some days I want more, some days feel like less and this unit allows me full control over that (versus other automated machines that make that decision for you). The quality of crema on the espresso was excellent. Rich and thick. The manual frothing did work very well also (remember that how the froth will come out also depends on your skills and desires). The milk became hot after frothing, which is a good thing in my book. The manufacturer recommends that the froth maker is disassembled each time and washed manually in the sink, which I did the first time. But then I discovered that you don’t have to do that, instead you can just release some steam through the wand at the end of the process to push any milk residue out and the inside will be clean (checked that myself by taking the wand apart, no milk residue was there), so there is no need to take it apart. Just let some steam out to clean it. The water container can be taken out for refilling. Alternatively you can just pour water directly into it while the container is inside the unit. To observe the water level there is a see though water level display on the left frontal side of the unit where you can see where is the top of the water. Keep in mind that if the water tank is full you will not be able to see the water level. The top metal lid front part can serve as a warming rack as it can get hot while the unit is on. The height of the cup that would fit under the spout is slightly more than 3 inches tall and if you remove the cup tray from the bottom then you can fit a cup up to about four inches tall. With this unit you can make a ristretto, espresso, lungo, americano (using the side spout that is used for frothing the milk to add water to your espresso or lungo plus the milk based products like latte or cappuccino. In my personal view, considering how little this unit costs versus other much more expensive espresso makers that might offer more features, this is a perfect “do all what I need” espresso maker. Provides good pressure, produces great froth, easy to clean, small enough to fit into many spaces, it is exactly what I wanted. A very solid choice espresso maker that is able also to make all other coffee products. This is not your Bentley or Mercedes S-Class, this is rather your Honda or Toyota, doing all well without the unnecessary high cost. Definitely recommended.

Excellent, espresso machine, my wife is very happy

this is a very nice product. i use it twice a day.

The Best Coffee Maker, delicious Espresso Coffe, this one had been a gift for my Brother in Law. He is very Happy with this Gift.

MY WIFE LOVE HER NEW PUMP ESPRESSO MACHINE IS EASY TO USE

Great espresso machine. No trouble since purchasing. Works flawlessly.