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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 13/5/2024 (self.newzealand)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Dave to c/newzealand
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

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[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

We brought a Delongi Magnifica about 6 years ago, use it multiple times a day.

IMPORTANT NOTE not the cheapest machine

Makes great coffee, can take beans and ground coffee (I have never used the grounds part, we only buy beans). Grinds the beans and produces coffee from one button press....awesome.

I drink my coffee black, so if it tastes bad....I know. It does do the milk thing and others have used that function on my one.

I would buy another one if mine broke. Side note, I brought one for Mum about 4 years ago....partly so I could have good coffee at her place.

Range of machines now....the model I have is not there, closest one is the Magnifica S, with the rise of enshitification I worry that they have somehow made this great machine worse......

We got ours on sale for $500, 6 years ago, the Magnifica S is about $800 normal price now, PriceSpy hasn't had it below this for at least 18 months.

[–] Dave 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Woah, $1,300! It looks great but I don't think I'll spend that for a first dip into coffee machines!

[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

$800 at Farmers, but still a bit expensive.

I would get another one....

[–] Dave 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, not really entry level. Plus it looks pretty bug, the other one looks slimmer in terms of bench real estate.

Maybe one day when I win lotto!