These Magnifica Start variants share the basic bean-to-cup platform, but ECAM220.22.GB uses a manual steam frother while ECAM220.61.GB adds the automatic LatteCrema Hot carafe and one-touch latte macchiato.
The automatic-milk model is not maintenance-free: its carafe needs a CLEAN rinse after the last milk drink and full dismantling within two days. Both were about £299 when checked, so milk workflow—not the headline price—is the useful decision boundary.These Magnifica Start variants share the basic bean-to-cup platform, but ECAM220.22.GB uses a manual steam frother while ECAM220.61.GB adds the automatic LatteCrema Hot carafe and one-touch latte macchiato.
The automatic-milk model is not maintenance-free: its carafe needs a CLEAN rinse after the last milk drink and full dismantling within two days. Both were about £299 when checked, so milk workflow—not the headline price—is the useful decision boundary.Change the priority lens, detail level and ownership assumptions below. A highlighted fit is evidence for one selected priority—not an overall winner.
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Lowest known starting basket at £299.00. A connected grinder is included where required.
This is a single-priority signal, not an overall winner or CoffeeScore.| Compare | De'LonghiMagnifica StartRecord 88% complete | De'LonghiMagnifica Start LatteCremaRecord 88% complete |
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| Model identity | ECAM220.22.GB | ECAM220.61.GB |
| Product lifecycle | Current model | Current model |
| Known starting basket | Machine: De'Longhi Magnifica Start (£299.99) | Machine: De'Longhi Magnifica Start LatteCrema (£299) |
| Current retailer context | £299.99 · De'Longhi UK · verified delivered · exact model verified | £299 · Currys · verified delivered · exact model verified |
| Known starting equipment | £299.99 | £299 |
| Machine type | Bean-to-cup | Bean-to-cup |
| Capsule ecosystem | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Checked pod-cost example | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Daily effort | Low | Low |
| Milk workflow | Manual cappuccino frother | Automatic LatteCrema Hot carafe |
| Built-in grinder | Yes · 250g hopper · 7-position adjustment dial | Yes · 250g hopper |
| Best for | Black-coffee drinkers who want freshly ground beans and only occasionally froth milk | One-touch latte macchiato without learning to grind, dose or steam milk |
| Main trade-off | It is 44cm deep and milk drinks are not one touch: froth the milk, make the coffee and combine them yourself, then dismantle and rinse the wand parts after every milk use. Rinse the removable infuser by hand about monthly; it is not dishwasher-safe. An optional £8.99 filter replaced every 60 days is roughly £55 a year. | Only three of the four buttons are drinks involving coffee—Espresso, Coffee and Latte Macchiato; the fourth is hot water. There is no dedicated one-touch cappuccino, flat white or americano programme. Automatic milk rinsing is not automatic ownership: run CLEAN after the last milk drink, dismantle the carafe within two days, and hand-rinse the infuser monthly. The optional £8.99 DLSC002 filter can model at about £54.69 a year if replaced every two months. Independent taste, milk-temperature, noise, energy and reliability testing is pending, so no CoffeeScore is published. |
| Width | 24 cm | 24 cm |
| Depth | 44 cm | 44 cm · allow access space for the removable tank and infuser |
| Water capacity | 1.8 L | 1.8 L |
| Warranty field | 2 years minimum | 2 years minimum |
| UK support provider | De'Longhi UK | De'Longhi UK |
| Unresolved evidence gaps | 5 fields | 5 fields |
| CoffeeScore | Awaiting test | Awaiting test |
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Change the assumptions to match your household. Pod machines use the same editable capsule figure for a like-for-like scenario; the table above shows when an exact checked system example exists. Other machines use bean cost and dose. A connected grinder is included where the machine needs one.
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