The Delonghi La Specialista Maestro: What's New?

In recent years, combination machines have been growing in popularity due to their perfect blend of home barista and automation, while also saving you counter space. By fusing the semi-automatic espresso machine and grinder into one, while unlike super automatics, keeping them as separate functions, you can have more control over your extraction process in less space than a full machine + grinder set up. Delonghi's venture into the combination machine world, the La Specialista, has been a huge success and they are now back with a new model that boasts some honestly really impressive upgrades and additions. Let's break down what's new and what's returning in the La Specialist Maestro.
La Specialista Maestro
- 8 grind settings
- Smart Tamping Station for contained tamping + sensors
- Precise digital dosing guide
- Bean hopper sensor
La Specialista
- 5 grind settings
- Smart Tamping Station for contained tamping
- Dosing knob
- Bean hopper sensor
La Specialista Maestro
- Dynamic pre-infusion process
- Active Temperature Control
- 5 temperature settings
- Dual Heating System for simultaneous brewing and milk frothing
- Single and double single walled filter baskets
La Specialista
- Active Temperature Control
- Dual Heating System for instant back to back brewing and milk
- Single and double pressurized filter baskets
La Specialista Maestro
- 2 ways to froth: steam wand and autofroth
- Professional steam wand
- LatteCrema autofrother which froths the right type of milk for your selected drink
La Specialista
- Pannarello steam wand with Foam and Flat frothing options