This latest Philips Senseo HD7860/60 is not strictly a Bean to Cup Coffee Machine, but is one of a new generation of extremely user friendly machines that provide fresh coffee at the push of a button from coffee pads.
We have reviewed the model. First impressions are ….well …. impressive. It’s described as a machine for people who prefer straight lines to curves. It does have one or two curves, as it happens, but is a very good looking, yet compact machine (standing around 17 cm wide, 22 cm deep and 25 cm high). It comes in black or white.
The first thing that you need to do is to prepare it for first use by flushing the whole system. This is very straightforward, albeit rather noisy for a couple of minutes. It is very quiet in normal operation.
The most important considerations in reviewing the HD7860 are the ease of use and quality of the coffee it produces.
The model comes with two nozzlesand so can produce two cups at one time as well as just one. And has a height adjustable base for the cups, so different cup / mug sizes can easily be used. Mugs or cups up to 115 mm high can readily be accommodated..In less than a minute, it will have 2 cups ready. In just thirty seconds it willmake 1 cup.
The HD7860/60 has a particularly large capacity, holding up to 1.2 litres. This can easily make 8 cups. The output for each serving is 120ml.
The Philips HD7860/60 shuts itself off after thirty minutes – an invaluable feature I found!
The coffee pads are much better value than the coffee pods that have been traditionally used in such machines. Although the Senseo ones are about 15p each, you can get other ones much cheaper, and being pads there shouldn’t generally be a compatibility issue. Any coffee pads need to be circular to fit the Philips Senseo HD7860.We’ve tried both and the quality of the coffee has been superb.
This is a great coffee machine. Its unique selling point is its looks. The HD7860 will look particularly good in a modern kitchen with darker worktop – much better, we think than the traditional, more curvy machines.
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