Oily, dark-roast beans are the fastest way to gum up your Delonghi, whether it's a Magnifica, Dinamica, Primadonna or a La Specialista. Here's what to look for instead, plus the grind, temperature and dose settings that actually get the machine to earn its keep.
Flash brew, fridge-chill, or cold brew concentrate — three ways to fix watery iced coffee, no dilution guesswork required.
Cold brew doesn't need a €40 machine. Just the right ratio, grind, and 12 hours of patience. Two methods, one clean cup.
Your Jura is Swiss precision. The beans filling it shouldn't be an afterthought. The short answer: dry, non-oily, medium-roast Arabica. Shiny beans with oil on the surface are the enemy of Jura's fixed brew unit. We explain why, walk through the bean characteristics that matter, and show you exactly how to adjust grind size, temperature, and dosage to get the most out of specialty coffee in a fully automatic machine.
The complete guide to coffee beans for your Philips LatteGo. Which roast avoids machine damage, model-specific settings for the 3200, 4300, 5400 & 5500, and our specialty pick.
You paid more for specialty coffee because the flavour is worth it. But most people lose a significant portion of it before the first brew — through entirely avoidable storage mistakes. Here are the seven most common ones, and what to do instead.
