De'Longhi Eletta Explore ECAM45086S vs Miele CM 6360 MilkPerfection

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

Scores higher on grinder & grind control, value for money, build quality & warranty.

Miele's mid-range machine: 14 coffee and milk drinks, two at a time, eight user profiles and app control

Scores higher on drinks & milk system, cleaning & upkeep, ease of use.

• +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.

• +The brew unit comes out to be rinsed by hand.
• +Two coffees or two milk drinks at once, with OneTouch for Two.
• +Eight user profiles, and app control over Wi-Fi as standard.
• +Milk flask, milk pipework and siphon are dishwasher-safe.

• −$2,999 for 14 coffee and milk drinks; a Philips 4300 does the basics for a third of that.
• −Only five grind settings.
• −Miele's own documents give two different milk flask sizes, 0.5 and 0.7 litres.