De'Longhi Eletta Explore ECAM45086S vs Gaggia Anima Espresso Machine

Hot and cold milk foam from one machine, with cold brew in minutes rather than hours

Scores higher on drinks & milk system, grinder & grind control, capacity & refills.

Bean-to-cup convenience for the coffee, with a real wand for the milk

Scores higher on cleaning & upkeep, value for money.

• +Two milk systems, LatteCrema Hot and LatteCrema Cool, which nothing else here has.
• +Cold foam for iced drinks rather than hot foam poured over ice.
• +Cold coffee in minutes from De'Longhi's Cold Extraction Technology.
• +A 6.24 inch cup clearance and a travel mug that takes 15 of the recipes up to 16 oz.
• +Custom recipes and four user profiles through De'Longhi's Coffee Link app.

• −$1,999.95, the third dearest bean-to-cup on this site, after the JURA Z10 and E8.
• −De'Longhi's own pages say cold brew takes under 3 minutes and under 5 minutes.
• −It markets 50+ recipes and names 31 in its own comparison table.
• −No burr material is published, and nothing says whether the brew group comes out.
• −The warranty is two years, with a third only on registration.

• +Three brew temperatures published as real numbers, which almost no bean-to-cup states.
• +100% ceramic burrs, which hold an edge longer than steel and do not transmit heat into the grounds.
• +A removable brew group that Gaggia says can be washed under the tap.
• +A Pannarello wand, so milk is yours rather than a carafe's, and cleaning is a purge and a wipe.
• +Made in Italy, at $699.00.

• −Gaggia publishes no warranty term on either of its own sites, at any length.
• −Five grind settings, against 13 on the De'Longhi Magnifica Start at the same money.
• −A Pannarello makes foam rather than microfoam, so latte art is effectively out.
• −Gaggia's two sites disagree about the machine's wattage, so we do not state one.