DeLonghi Gran Dama Espresso Coffee Maker Review

DeLonghi Gran Dama Espresso Coffee Maker: For Espresso-lovers Only

When a 100-year old Italian company affixes its name to a coffee maker, coffee aficionados take notice. The truth is that DeLonghi didn’t get into the coffee maker business until 2003 with the introduction of the Café Duo, a modestly priced twin carafe coffee maker. At the far reaches of the coffee maker spectrum is the DeLonghi Gran Dama Espresso Coffee Maker. Calling this a coffee maker is like calling the Matterhorn a little hill.

Use your own beans in the integrated conical burr grinder to assure the freshest espresso. This espresso machine offers a 15 bar pump and thermoblock technology to deliver very hot water at very high pressure through the coffee. This combination produces high quality espresso with that foamy crema on top. You can save hundreds of dollars, by purchasing a smaller steam driven machine, but you will not get the same quality as you would with a pump driven model like the DeLonghi Gran Dama Espresso Coffee Maker.

Retailing for over $3,000, you may call it an investment or an extravagance, but you will not call it a coffee maker. The DeLonghi Gran Dama Espresso Coffee Machine is a purchase made by coffee connoisseurs who believe that their espresso is unsurpassed by their neighborhood café. If an espresso is something you enjoy several times a day, it would take about a year to see this DeLonghi model pay for itself. The motivation for this purchase will most likely be about the love of espresso, not economics.