Quote Originally Posted by babkalakal View Post
Hello fellow tsikoteers.

kindly asking for recommendations for a fully automatic coffee machine. parang ganito:
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gusto ng wife ko bumili but i learned that these things can get expensive very fast. may sweet spot ba ito in terms of function amd price? preferred brand? nothing too expensive please.

i'm not much of a coffee drinker kaya zero knowledge ako dito other than yung nabasa ko sa brochures. thanks sa sasagot.
we have the lower model of the photo you posted.
difference is that our milk container is not double wall and wala syang smartphone control.

its perfect if you love coffee, mga 2-4 cups per day

local price of our machine was 88K, if you order 3 lattes from Starbucks at Grab (+delivery fee), bawi mo na yung machine after 5 months (milk & beans not included sa calculation)

Delonghi will recommend that you use an AVR (we installed a 3K watts AVR as the machine is almost 1.7K watts)
Tapos we have the machine serviced at least every year (2.9K if no parts will be replaced)

A lot of our friends raise their eyebrows on the AVR and Service, pero our machine got busted na bec of PH's fluctuating power. AVR is a small price to pay.
Service - kanya kanya yan, pero its an expesive machine so nothing wrong to keep it working well

Machine also needs regular descaling
https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/d...oaAmKKEALw_wcB

When we were in Singapore, sobrang luxury lang yung machine sa house since we have very good machines sa office
Pero nung nag-lock down, it was a very good purchase

here sa Pinas, walang coffee machine sa office kaya having the machine allows me to bring my own coffee.