DeLonghi EMK6

Advantages Easy to clean and use, makes great coffee.
Disadvantages So easy to use you might end up drinking more coffee that usual.

...’s a simple premise, and they make unbeatably great coffee, however they drip coffee all over the cooker, get very very hot and are murder to clean. You can now get many beautifully designed versions of this humble coffee pot, but for some reason, no-one thought to make an electric model until now. De’longhi’s EMK6, or Alicia as she’s more commonly known, is a revelation to the coffee lover. A coffee maker that makes great coffee, while having the ease of use of an electric kettle. And the Italians have gone crazy for her (there’s even a special wedding gift set). I first discovered her last summer, when staying at a little bed and breakfast in Rome. The landlady had just bought one and wouldn’t stop praising it. So the seed was planted, and sure enough I began to see them everywhere. I decided to buy one soon after, and haven’t looked... Read review