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A coffee opera BEAN ADAPT TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER INNOVATIONS ARE KEEPING DE’LONGHI AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE DOMESTIC MARKET FOR SEMIAND FULLY-AUTOMATIC COFFEE MACHINES.
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hen developing a machine for the home market, De’Longhi says it needs to be three things: high quality, flexible, and easy to use. Using Bean Adapt technology, the manufacturer ticks all three boxes. “The general consumer is becoming highly educated when it comes to coffee, and with so many people around the world working at home, they want to replicate the experience from their favourite café,” says Cheryl Bosworth, Product Trainer at De’Longhi Group. “Bean Adapt technology simplifies the set-up process, providing customers with an amazing starting point so they get used to their machine faster and aren’t going through kilograms of coffee to find the right recipe.” Bean Adapt technology is available in two of De’Longhi’s flagship machines: the manual La Specialista Maestro and the automatic PrimaDonna Soul. The PrimaDonna Soul automatically adjusts the machine’s grind setting, dose size, and water temperature, based on the coffee used, following optimum settings identified by De’Longhi.
The PrimaDonna Soul is the latest premium fully automatic machine from De’Longhi.
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As a manual machine, the La Specialista Maestro provides these settings as a reference point the barista can alter to achieve their desired result. Coffee drinkers can then access those parameters via the De’Longhi app and are guided in how to adjust them to create their own personalised coffee experience. “De’Longhi conducted extensive research and surveys that found grind, dose, and temperature as the three most challenging elements of coffee making for home consumers. They will often change all three of these things at once without understanding how each is impacting the coffee,” Bosworth says. “With Bean Adapt Technology, it’s easy for them to gather information on their favourite coffee, like the roast level or type of bean, then pop that in the app and have the machine adapt its settings to suit. These parameters aren’t just pulled out of thin air. They’re based on numerous taste and sensorial tests carried out by coffee scientists to ensure we could identify the best starting points for most coffee blends, beans, and roast levels.” For people who want to be more involved in the coffee making process, the La Specialista Maestro allows them to experiment with these settings to understand how they impact the end cup. In the PrimaDonna Soul, operators benefit from the automatic increase in simplicity and quality. In both machines, De’Longhi’s LatteCrema milk texturing system complements Bean Adapt, providing the same automatic quality control over milk that it does for coffee. The La Specialista Maestro also offers manual milk texturing as well for a more artisanal approach. “Some people just want to get to a good cup of coffee fast, while others want more
