DeLonghi PrimaDonna Elite ECAM650 Questions & Answers

Yep they do, a few other ones do as well I was in at HN yesterday and was surprised that what looks like they are just manual button controlled have the app function sitting behind it to personalise the coffees etc

Hi,
I already spoke to Delonghi but it's a false alarm. Machine is now working :)

The temperature is fully customisable mate in the settings

Cheers mate, my old Magnifica was set to maximum and it still barely hit lukewarm... Known issue with many DeLonghi models and most have feedback from Users saying the coffee is too cold. Just wanting to know if this model has the similar issues

Do you seriously think I’ve not adjusted that setting? No difference on any hot water setting. You’ve also clearly not read the circumstance surrounding the Delonghi appointed professional to deliver on the Elite Prima offer after buying the machine. He also noted the machines’s inability to change temperature. I have to use the microwave to have a hot coffee? It’s clearly a faulty boiler & requires warranty attention.

we use Colombian coffee beans

vittoria organic

I feel the same too, maybe leave the milk out of the fridge (the container is insulated for 3 hours, that might help, I'm going to try this myself, also put a rinse cycle through before making your first coffee.

Thanks for that feedback Erinc. It worked a treat leaving the milk out of the fridge for a bit before making a coffee. I probably only left it out for just over an hour and it made fantastic coffees for the family gathering. What I also do is just heat a mug of milk for 30secs in the microwave for coffees of a morning for my husband and i to take that chill off the milk. Works very well.

Hi Richard Not sure mine never did but I didnt keep it longer than 3 days without changing it. Make sure you put it in the fridge soon after I was very disappointed with this machine coffee was never hot it broke down after we went on holidays for 2 weeks and wouldnt turn on. Had lots of problems with it. Ive upgraded to the Breville One Touch Oracle this is a supurb machine even have someone come to show you how to use it. Makes hot coffee everytime to the temp you want. Have a google at this one. Ciau

No great mystery. You've exposed it to the air when you poured it into the container. If you poured into any other container the same thing would happen.

Found it on the harvey norman site, Dispensing level minimum/maximun: 90/142 mm

No wont take thst size to about 12 dont buy it its crap look at the breville one touch which i bought its excellent and makes a hot coffee

Wow, that is a BIG mug. My measurements show that the distance from the base to the back of the spout assembly at its highest is just over 160 mm. However, this would mean the spouts will end up under the surface of the coffee when the mug is full. Not a good idea. The other issue is the milk spout. This spout is also just over 160 mm, but I am not sure that it will work correctly because it also points down into the coffee.
While it may be possible to use a 160 mm mug, I doubt it will be totally successful. Hope this helps and good luck.

Is the answer in the manual?

No. It can supply Coffee in all its forms, and comes with an insulated Milk container that can be removed and place in the refrigerator, and it can supply hot water. No Chocolate Carafe, but you could make hot chocolate using the milk and or water and your own carafe.

Thanks for this info. I thought that instructions being in the booklet meant our machine must have carafe, and also came with chocolate. Last machine had one.
Thanks again Ria

Ours did come with the chocolate carafe. We haven’t actually tried to use it though.

The manual tells you how to access statistics on pages 13 and 14. Basically it will tell you total coffee only cups, total with milk, total litres water, total descales, total milk cleans, and total filters used. Another menu allows you to define the water hardness level, ranging from 1 to 4. That defines the number of cups you get per descale but it doesn't tell you the number. Ours has not yet called for a descale.

The most recent review (25th February) by "Nikki" might hold the answer for you - she says;
"I have had one issue with it frothing, but I took the frothed apart gave it a good clean, and ensured the two holes of the turn were pointing left/right (good old google) and it was fine."