- Rivelia Start is De’Longhi’s smallest automatic coffee machine
- It has a menu of 10 coffee drinks, including cold brew
- It’s now on sale in the UK for £599.99 (approx $800 / AU$1,160)
De’Longhi makes some of the best espresso machines I’ve tested here at TechRadar, and as the owner of a small kitchen, its latest model has particularly piqued my interest. De’Longhi Rivelia Start is the company’s smallest fully automatic coffee machine.
The Rivelia Start is a successor to the 2024 De’Longhi Rivelia, which our tester Josephine Watson gave a full five stars thanks to its consistently well-extracted espresso, smart Bean Adapt technology that optimizes the brewing settings to suit your favorite beans, and the LatteCrema Hot system, which creates thick and creamy drinking foam for milky foam.
Rivelia Start offers all that in an even smaller package and adds the ability to prepare authentic tasting cold brew. De’Longhi promises your cold brew will be “ready in under five minutes,” which tells me it’s not just pouring a dollop of hot coffee over ice like some other machines I’ve tested recently. Instead, the coffee is extracted with water at room temperature, resulting in fewer bitter compounds dissolving for a smoother taste.
Rivelia Start’s standard menu includes 10 drinks, but if you like the idea of an iced latte or cappuccino to help keep you cool in the summer months, you can upgrade your Rivelia Start with the optional LatteCrema Cool kit, which lets you create chilled milk foam for an additional six drinks.
Personally, the feature I’m most excited about is a pair of interchangeable bean containers. My job sometimes involves drinking a lot of lattes, and I always prefer to switch to decaf in the afternoon so I can still sleep after a day of testing drip and espresso machines. With Rivelia Start, there is no need to empty one type of coffee from the container before refilling it with another; just screw it all off and replace it with one filled with a different type of bean.
It’s also easy to operate with an interface of clearly labeled buttons instead of a touchscreen, making it extra accessible to new users.
Its small size isn’t the only thing that sets it apart from other coffee machines, either – it also comes in a palette of earthy colors to match the current trend for natural hues and textures, making a refreshing change from the stark black, white and chrome that once dominated kitchen appliances.
It’s available now direct from De’Longhi in the UK for £599.99 (approx $800 / AU$1,160) in two colours: Maple Brown and Jade Green. More shades will be available from third-party stores from September, and we’re currently awaiting details on its international launch.
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