Description
Automatic Milk or Manual Wand?
This Is the One That Doesn't Make You Choose.
The top of De'Longhi's manual range, and the only machine we sell with two complete milk systems · a LatteCrema Hot carafe that froths automatically at one touch, and a My LatteArt manual steam wand for texturing microfoam yourself · a built-in grinder with 15 settings · a Smart Tamping Station applying an even 20 kg · a 19 bar Italian pump · PID temperature control with 5 selectable infusion profiles · Cold Extraction Technology producing cold brew in under five minutes · an approximately 2 litre tank · full stainless steel · published dimensions at 36.8 × 41.9 × 46.5 cm · 1450 W · 1 year warranty
Auto
and
manualthe choice everyone else forces
Every other coffee machine makes you pick a side on milk, and each side costs you something. An automatic carafe system gives dense, consistent foam at one touch with no skill at all — which is exactly right on a weekday morning, or when someone else in the house wants a cappuccino and has no interest in learning. But it cannot produce the fine, wet, glossy microfoam that latte art is poured with; it makes foam, not texture. An open steam wand can do that, and rewards practice enormously — but it takes technique, and on a rushed Tuesday it is one more thing standing between you and leaving the house. This machine has both, fitted. LatteCrema Hot for convenience, My LatteArt manual wand for craft, and you decide per drink which one you feel like using. That is genuinely unusual, and it is the single clearest reason this sits at the top of the range rather than the Opera.
PID control and five temperature profiles — what that actually buys you
A basic machine controls temperature the way an old geyser does: heat until too hot, switch off, cool until too cold, switch on again. The water is on average about right and almost never actually right. A PID controller works differently — it measures continuously and anticipates, easing the heat up as it approaches the target instead of overshooting and correcting. The result is a genuinely stable brewing temperature rather than one that drifts through the shot. The five infusion profiles are what you do with that stability. Different beans want different temperatures: a dark, oily roast is already close to bitter and extracts better slightly cooler, while a light, dense, fruity roast needs more heat to give up its flavour and tastes thin and sour without it. On most machines you have no say in this at all. Here it is a setting — which, combined with 15 grind steps, is the difference between adjusting your coffee and merely hoping.
🎯 Right for
The dual milk system is the argument, and it's a household argument. One person learns the wand; everyone else presses the carafe button. If only one person will ever touch it, you may not need both systems — we'll say so.
An even 20 kg from a lever, every time. Tamping is the variable nobody masters — uneven pressure channels the water and ruins the shot.
Cold brew in under five minutes rather than a twelve-hour steep. The difference between a summer drink you make and one you plan the night before.
Nearly twice the Arte's range. Shot fast and sour, go finer; slow and bitter, go coarser — and here you have the steps to do it precisely.
Large for a manual machine — several drinks and a cold brew between refills, which matters when you're entertaining rather than making one cup.
| Brand / Model | De'Longhi EC9885.M — La Specialista Maestro ✅ |
| Type | Semi-automatic espresso machine with built-in grinder ✅ |
| Grinder | Built-in ✅ |
| Grind Settings | 15 ✅ |
| Tamping | Smart Tamping Station · 20 kg even pressure ✅ |
| Pump Pressure | 19 bar Italian pump ✅ |
| Temperature Control | Active temperature control with PID · 5 infusion temperature profiles ✅ |
| Milk System | Both — LatteCrema Hot automatic system and My LatteArt manual steam wand ✅ |
| Cold Coffee | Cold Extraction Technology — cold brew in under 5 minutes ✅ |
| Drinks | Espresso · cold brew · iced coffee · cappuccino · latte · flat white ✅ |
| Power | 1450 W ✅ |
| Water Capacity | Stated as 67.6 oz — approximately 2 litres ✅ |
| Body Material | Stainless steel ✅ |
| Dimensions | 36.8 × 41.9 × 46.5 cm — note the 46.5 cm height; check clearance under any wall cabinet ✅ |
| Warranty | 1 year, as per De'Longhi brand policy ✅ |
Why buy from Mahajan Electronics?
- 🎬 Try both milk systems in store before deciding
- 💬 We'll tell you if the Opera does everything you need
- 100% genuine De'Longhi with brand warranty
- GST invoice — save up to 18% on business purchases
- 45+ years of trust · rated 4.7 on Google
- Raja Garden · Jail Road · Dabri Mor
Steam milk both ways before you decide.
De'Longhi EC9885.M La Specialista Maestro · Semi-Automatic With Built-In Grinder · 15 Grind Settings · Smart Tamping Station At 20 kg · 19 Bar Italian Pump · PID Control With 5 Infusion Profiles · LatteCrema Hot AND My LatteArt Manual Wand · Cold Brew Under 5 Minutes · Approx 2 L Tank · Stainless Steel
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