About De'Longhi
De'Longhi S.p.A. is an Italian appliance manufacturer founded in 1902 in Treviso, Italy, as a small industrial-parts workshop by the De'Longhi family; the company incorporated in 1950 and grew into one of the most recognized names in home coffee equipment worldwide. It entered the coffee machine category in 1993 with a pump-driven model and followed in 2003 with the Magnifica, its first super-automatic bean-to-cup machine -- a lineage that today spans entry semi-automatic espresso machines like the Stilosa, prosumer La Specialista machines, and the Nespresso-compatible Lattissima capsule line launched under a licensing partnership with Nespresso.
The company has since pushed into the professional side of espresso too, taking a stake in Swiss manufacturer Eversys and acquiring La Marzocco, one of the best-known names in the commercial semi-automatic machines used behind specialty cafe counters -- engineering reach that now runs from a beginner's first home machine to the equipment a barista pulls shots on for a living. That reputation gets recognition outside Amazon review counts too: De'Longhi won Home Brand of the Year in TechRadar's Choice Awards, and CNN Underscored named the La Specialista Opera its Best Espresso Machine of 2025. In our own testing, the Stilosa is the machine we point beginners toward for a genuine first home espresso setup, and the TrueBrew's built-in conical burr grinder produced flavor that impressed even our more critical tasters.
Brand website: delonghi.com
What De'Longhi makes
De'Longhi's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Stilosa EC260 series
compact semi-automatic espresso machines with a metal portafilter and steam wand -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
TrueBrew Drip Coffee Maker with Grinder
single-serve grind-and-brew machine with Bean Extract conical-burr technology -- featured on Brew Gazette — featured on Brew Gazette
La Specialista line
prosumer semi-automatic espresso machines with integrated grinders and active temperature control
Dinamica and Magnifica super-automatics
bean-to-cup machines that grind, tamp, brew, and froth milk at the touch of a button
Lattissima Nespresso-compatible capsule machines
capsule espresso and milk-drink machines built under a licensing partnership with Nespresso
Why we recognized De'Longhi
The Brew Gazette Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. De'Longhi earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, brewed with daily, and judged on what lands in the cup.
De'Longhi products we rated highly
De'Longhi Stilosa EC260BK Espresso Machine
This is the cheapest way we found into real espresso -- a metal portafilter, a steam wand, and a genuine pump-driven extraction rather than the pressurized capsule gimmicks that dominate the entry-level segment. Being one of the most established names in home coffee gives it real parts availability and reliability that no-name machines at the same price cannot match, and the compact eight-inch-wide body fits counters where a full prosumer machine never would. It backs that up with a 4.2-star average across more than 13,600 ratings, the deepest review base of any entry machine in our testing.
Read the 7 Best Espresso Machines of 2026 guide →
De'Longhi TrueBrew Drip Coffee Maker with Grinder
It offers the widest brewing range of any machine we tested in the category -- five brew styles from a light cup to an espresso-style concentrate, six sizes from a single 8-ounce mug to a 24-ounce travel cup, and a dedicated over-ice mode built to survive melting. The built-in conical burr grinder and De'Longhi's Bean Extract technology drew genuine praise for flavor in our testing, even from otherwise critical tasters, and it brews straight to a cup or travel mug with no filters, pods, or carafe to wash. We did note reliability is worth watching at this price tier, an honest tradeoff for the brew-style range it offers.
Read the 9 Best Coffee Makers with Grinders of 2026 guide →What earned De'Longhi the recognition
- Two De'Longhi machines earned a place in Brew Gazette's testing across separate categories -- the Stilosa EC260BK among home espresso machines and the TrueBrew among coffee makers with built-in grinders -- each judged on its own cup quality and features, not just brand recognition.
- Independently verified recognition outside Amazon review counts: De'Longhi won Home Brand of the Year in TechRadar's Choice Awards, and CNN Underscored named the La Specialista Opera its Best Espresso Machine of 2025.
- Entered the coffee machine category in 1993 with a pump-driven model and introduced the Magnifica, the company's first super-automatic bean-to-cup machine, in 2003 -- a lineage that still underwrites the Stilosa's dependable pump-driven extraction, backed by more than 13,600 Amazon ratings at a 4.2-star average.
- Has since pushed into professional espresso by acquiring a stake in Eversys and buying La Marzocco, one of the best-known names in commercial specialty coffee machines, connecting the home lineup we tested to café-grade engineering.
- The TrueBrew's built-in conical burr grinder and Bean Extract technology produced flavor that impressed even our more critical tasters in testing, spanning five brew styles and six cup sizes from a single machine.