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moey007 Roastsabit Offline CoffeeSnob Posts: 74 Melbourne Gender:	delonghi EAM3400 Jul 24^th, 2007, 11:05pm hi guys, i was just wandering what you guys think of the delonghi EAM3400? is the double boiler any good? does it froth the milk nice? and does the coffee it produces compare to the Rancilio silvia? thanks
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Re: delonghi EAM3400
Reply #1 - Jul 24^th, 2007, 11:15pm

Hi moey007,

The Delonghi EAM3400 is a superautomatic.... it does everything for you... and none of it really well (like most other superautomatics)...

They are OK for say an office environment where people want to make coffee..... but don't know how....

They are very complex (read unreliable)... require frequent service (read considerable ongoing cost)..... and to answer your main query..

It will make coffee no where near as well as a Silvia.... (unless you are totally hopeless at making coffee.... in which case the Silvia would probably make coffee which was just as bad). Wink

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Re: delonghi EAM3400
Reply #2 - Jul 24^th, 2007, 11:20pm

JavaB wrote on Jul 24^th, 2007, 11:15pm:

Hi moey007,

The Delonghi EAM3400 is a superautomatic.... it does everything for you... and none of it really well (like most other superautomatics)...

They are OK for say an office environment where people want to make coffee..... but don't know how....

They are very complex (read unreliable)... require frequent service (read considerable ongoing cost)..... and to answer your main query..

It will make coffee no where near as well as a Silvia.... (unless you are totally hopeless at making coffee.... in which case the Silvia would probably make coffee which was just as bad). Wink

Hmm...how does one put it simply??

DON'T GO THERE!! These are junk appliances which produce brown muck. Look on the bay of evil and you'll see pages of junk and heartbreak and the very rare gem.

If you want it all done for you at the press of a button, I suggest that it's best to employ the services of a talented loacl barista and spend your hard-earned on something more useful...

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luca OlSmokey Offline It's what's in the cup that counts. Posts: 1901 Melbourne Gender:	Re: delonghi EAM3400 Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2007, 11:46pm Another alternative is a french press and a good grinder.
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Re: delonghi EAM3400
Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2007, 9:36pm

hi, thanks for your feedback guys. personally i have just upgraded from a baby gaggia to a rancilio silvia and i'm loving it. the reason im asking is because a friend of mine is about to buy one and he asked me if they're any good. personally i dont like fully automatic machines but i thought i'd get some of your opinions. i think the delonghi has stainless steel boilers which while being better then the aluminium ones does not compare to a brass boiler. Any more feedback would be much appreciated.
thanks guys.

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MarcS OlSmokey Offline Jeremiah 29:11 \ John 3:16 \ John 10:1 Posts: 1576 Sydney Gender:	Re: delonghi EAM3400 Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2007, 8:48am The Bosch Automatics have Stainless Steel Thermoblocks (I've never known a Delonghi to have a Boiler, more likely to be a Thermoblock)
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