CAD's review of De Longhi Dinamica+ automatic coffee machine.

I absolutely love this thing

the chemex got broken in the move so this has had to fill in for now until we buy a new one but holy crap this can squirt out some good brown water.

the customization options are endless and because it has 'netflix profiles' i can set mine up including strength and water temp until its exactly the way i like it but keeps the default values for everyone else. you can set this on the app as well but there's really no need to use the app; you can do it right from the touchscreen.




the 'crema' or whatever you call it is perfect. i never realized how shitty most coffee was and my need to 'fix' it by adding creamer to it. i haven't once added cream to anything i've made; literally the flavor is so balanced there's no need. just a damn good drink.



it does the 'frothy' thing but aside from testing out the various lattes, cappucinos, etc. i haven't really had much desire to do those. i was never a big latte or cappucino fan so the milk-based coffee drinks don't hold much appeal to me. i love how you can do a 'LONG' which compresses 2 pucks into your cup, the doppio, the espresso which is absolutely perfect and in general, i haven't found anything that comes out of this to be lacking..and it can make a shite TON of different drinks.

Clean up and refilling beans are insanely stupidly easy. just lift the top off to dump more beans in and the water holder slides off and you can see its about a 10 second process to refill it. the front slides out and the tray holding the used pucks and water spills can be dumped in the sink and re-attached in maybe 30 seconds. very VERY well designed machine.