Delonghi ECO310 Home Semi-Automatic Coffee Machine Unboxing

My best friend in college got married. Over the past six months, the couple has been buying all kinds of gadgets and equipment for their little home. Since they both like to drink coffee and are quite fond of various capsule and French press coffees, I decided to give them a coffee machine as a wedding gift in accordance with their wishes.

After deciding on a coffee machine, the question became what to give as a gift. After all, coffee machines are very expensive. Considering the problem of grinding beans, fully automatic ones seem to be better. The purchase price of Delonghi ESAM3000 is only 2K+, which is good value for money. However, the appearance is not very trendy. Most importantly, fully automatic ones lack some fun.

Well, the price of the national version is really scary

After that I switched to semi-auto.

To make a cup of coffee that can beat Starbucks, the requirements for the machine are still very high. Although we can use fresh coffee beans, the level of Starbucks' 20W machine is too high for ordinary toy machines.

The domestic imitation S is a good choice, with a high cost performance, but as a gift, the workmanship does not seem to be very good, and the appearance is not good enough

If the imitation S doesn't work, then take a look at the real S. The price is barely affordable. It costs about 3800 yuan to buy it. As for the grinder...you can solve it yourself.

To be honest, the appearance of the real S is still good, but the 300ML small boiler is not very convenient, and the operation of the double boiler is more complicated... So I looked at this one again, and this one is the gentle entry-level choice~ In addition to the weight of 34 pounds and the huge size, I think I have gone too far, and the budget has doubled.

My best friend said that since the one-bedroom apartment is so small and the coffee pit is so deep, it is better to choose a more ordinary one, as long as the appearance is good and the wife is happy.

So I went back to Delonghi, and bought this one, which came with a Delonghi grinder. It looked like a complete set, very classy, ​​OK, a toy machine is just a toy machine, my best friend doesn't have high requirements

I still buy it from a sales agent. The price is 1000+ lower than the official price. In order to increase the quality, I also bought a small powder hammer and a powder pad.

ECO311 is a product of Delonghi Retro Series, and it also comes with a toaster and electric kettle. I saw six colors in the series. Black, white and red are common colors with lower prices. Light blue, olive green and off-white are retro colors, good-looking, and slightly more expensive. The machine is positioned as a home 15BAR Italian coffee machine. Of course, it is not a boiler machine. The water temperature control is not very good, and the pressure is relatively unstable. It is a high-looking toy machine. However, we are not professional coffee drinkers, so Starbucks thinks it is pretty good. We probably can't appreciate high-end products. Buy one and put it at home. It looks good and tastes good when you drink it on weekdays.

After a while of waiting, the machine arrived and was sent directly to my classmate's house. We unboxed it together.

When I opened the box, I saw that the powder hammer and powder pad were also stuffed in the box~

Take away the accessories, and inside is a powder scoop and a thick instruction manual. The instruction manual is not very detailed, but it is in many languages... and there is no Chinese.

I chose olive green, which is the most popular and expensive color.

I bought accessories, a powder hammer, a powder tamper, and a small milk jug given by the boss, but I don’t know how to make latte art…

Family photo, the brew head is equipped with a two-cup powder basket, and there are one cup and 1.5 cups in the box.

The machine body has a small nameplate with the word "retro" on it. There are 3 buttons on the front, namely the power, coffee water injection switch, and steam switch. The ball on the top is the knob for adjusting the size of the steam. There is a small platform for warming the cup on the top, and a steam nozzle on the right. It feels fully equipped and made of all metal. It looks like the real thing~

Since the poor grinder is still on the road, in order to do my best, I had to give away an extra can of coffee powder. I chose LAVAZZA. My best friend said he had never heard of it and only knew ILLY. I said ILLY's packaging was too feminine and LAVAZZA was more manly.

Although the machine is not professional and my skills are even worse, I still demonstrated it to them.

The one who pressed the powder was my classmate, and he pressed it really badly~

The first cup of ESP is done. To quote my classmate’s wife, wow, it has grease, just like the real thing… It seems that I have been too critical of toy machines before…

For milk frothing, this machine has plenty of steam, and it’s quick and effective, much easier than my Delonghi EC410 at home. Then the combination is complete, and I can’t make latte art...of course I can’t do that.

The finished product looks pretty good, "just like the real thing". After drinking it, my classmates said it was about the same as Starbucks. Well, our appreciation of coffee is just like that, so the machine is quite suitable.

It's over. My classmate has successfully jumped out of the pit. Maybe he will spend tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade his equipment in the future. But this is certainly not my fault.

Overall, this machine is quite good as a small home appliance. The product quality is OK and the appearance is good. The price is indeed a bit more expensive than domestic products with the same performance such as Tsannkuen. However, as a fashionable home appliance, friends who like this style may wish to buy it. It is also quite interesting.