Can’t decide what kind of coffee you want in the morning? De’Longhi has just launched a new coffee machine that can prepare both hot and cold espresso drinks – and even drip coffee if you’re in the mood for something different. The De’Longhi Magnifica Duo offers a menu of 20 preset drinks that you can choose with a quick tap of your finger.
If you want to fine-tune your coffee, there are three user profiles that let you save drinks with customized size, intensity and temperature settings.
The Magnifica Duo is a successor to the Magnifica Evo Next, which our reviewer Josephine Watson awarded four stars out of five. The duo has a similar look and should be just as simple to use, but with the ability to also prepare authentic cold-extracted espresso.
Unlike some other bean-to-cup coffee machines, which pour a shot of hot espresso over a cup of ice, the Magnifica Duo extracts espresso using cold water directly from the tank and passes it through the freshly ground coffee beans more slowly to achieve a smooth but still well-rounded taste without bitterness.
Not only that, the Magnifica Duo also has a pair of interchangeable carafes for preparing hot and cold milk foam, so you can easily make iced lattes and cappuccinos. It’s the same LatteCrema Hot and Cool system used by De’Longhi Primadonna Aromatic and it’s pretty brilliant.
With the Hot and Cool system, the milk never enters the machine itself, so you don’t have to worry about build-up inside, and each jug can be disassembled into a few dishwasher-safe parts for quick and hygienic cleaning. It works with both and plant-based milks too, and in my experience testing Primadonna Aromatic it delivered excellent results with both.
The De’Longhi Magnifica Duo is available now for $999.95 in the US and £699.99 in the UK. It’s around AU$1,350, although it hasn’t launched in Australia yet. I hope to test it soon to see if it can earn a spot in our Best Coffee Makers and Best Espresso Makers list.
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