De'Longhi Dedica EC685

“The rubber tip of the steam wand is locked into place with the metal piece, and when you remove the metal piece then there is nothing keeping it secure. It will work for a few drinks, until the pressure from the steam inevitably causes the rubber tip to quite literally fly off”

“Bought it back in 2018 not a single issue and still as the first day despite being used daily. Beautiful machine that looks great in the kitchen and prepares really good coffees”

“Long story short: my dedica never delivered hot enough water and I could't brew any coffee other than oily dark roasts in a consistent way.”

“I got the dedica from a friend as my first espresso machine when he upgraded”

“It was a constant stuggle to get nice espresso. Partly because of my noobness but partly because of the machine. Temperature is the main problem I think. The max temperature is not high enough for the beans (medium roast) I was mainly using.”

“I have a delonghi dedica but could not get any temperature difference when changing the set up”

“I recently upgraded to a Gaggia Classic Evo Pro from a Delonghi Dedica EC685 (bought in 2020) and have been loving it so far, pulling much tastier shots and getting higher quality frothing.”

“I bought my Dedica from a thrift store here in the States. It seems to be in excellent condition.”

“it's a great machine for a small office environment”

“I used their coffee years ago (when I had a De'Longhi EC685 espresso maker). It all turned out super sour cuz apparently the machine couldn't put 9 bars of pressure.”

“Delonghi Dedica any day - over 3 years of use EVERY SINGLE MORNING and I won’t even look at another machine”

“I have dedica and I can adjust the amount of yielded espresso, the default factory setting on dedica pulls out approx 90 gram of yield which is huge and makes espresso similar to americano I therefore adjusted it down to 35 grams yield and I noticed huge difference in strength.”

“It's a Dedica Ec685. For a beginner with little money like me it's perfect, but the steamwand is garbage 🫤”

“I’ve had my Delonghi for 10 years and it’s still going strong - they do seem to be well built.”

“All that did was point out the flaws in the Delonghi. I am wasting coffee trying to dial in the grind, and stalling my machine in the process.”

“I have this machine for about 5 years now... only good coffee and no troubles as far!”

“I have a dedica ec685, it's not an ideal machine.”

“Btw I had a DeLonghi EC685 which was not a great machine IMO. I recently upgraded to Profitec pro 400 and the results are phenomenal!”

“I've had the EC685 for two months now and I am super happy with it, works great with all types of coffee”

“The EC685 was frustrating the shit out of me - portafilters flying off, shots choking etc. I just couldn't find consistency.”

“I started with the De'Longhi Dedica EC685.M (my first machine to enter the world of espresso and which I used for over a year) and have now switched to the De'Longhi ECP 33.21.BK”

“EC685, for a beginner it’s fine but if you wanna steam milk which I really wanted to get into it does an OK job. I’d say I’ve grown out of it only because I like good temperature control”

“On EC685 - using the same coffee beans, same grind level - no crema, no texture, taste way below from ECP 33.21.”

“Just bought the Dedica a few days ago. Hands down the best machine I've ever head.”