
Maintenance
EssentialDescaler
Limescale is what most machines die of, and vinegar attacks the seals. A liquid descaler declared suitable for espresso machines does the same job as the maker’s own branded fluid, usually for less.
€16.99
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Philips
The cheapest way into a LatteGo
€394.39
Price verdict from 17 NovWe have measured this price since 18 October (8 days). Lowest measured: €394.39 on 26 October. A price verdict follows from 17 November.
Updated on 26 October 2026Updated on 26 October 2026
Last 9 days
| Date | Lowest price that day |
|---|---|
| 26 October 2026 | €394.39 |
| 25 October 2026 | €414.81 |
| 24 October 2026 | €394.39 |
| 23 October 2026 | €394.39 |
| 22 October 2026 | €400.00 |
| 21 October 2026 | €400.00 |
| 20 October 2026 | €400.00 |
| 19 October 2026 | €400.00 |
| 18 October 2026 | €399.00 |
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The 2300 is the Philips with the LatteGo milk system at an entry-level price. Philips lists three pre-programmed drinks: espresso, coffee and cappuccino, plus hot water. Nothing more, and for many households that is exactly enough.
The milk system is the same as on the dearer 3300 LatteGo: two plastic parts with no tubes, which Philips says can go under the tap or in the dishwasher after every use. What the 3300 adds is mainly a longer menu, with latte macchiato and iced coffee.
Who for: Anyone who wants cappuccino without tubes and does not need a long menu.
This is what we know for certain. Dimensions and capacities the manufacturer or the shop does not state are left out rather than estimated. A measurement or a tank volume that is not there is one we do not have.
A worked example, not a specification: 2 cups a day (730 a year), the intervals from the maker's manual, with the water filter the maker recommends, and the lowest price in our catalog today.
Maintenance a year (the priced lines above)
€65.90
How often you descale depends on your water hardness. Where the maker gives no interval for it, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
6.57 kilos a year at 9 grams a cup: €117.80 with the cheapest kilo in our catalog, €445.45 with the dearest.
As the manufacturer states it. What a shop ships may differ.
Picked on what this machine does and does not do itself

Maintenance
EssentialLimescale is what most machines die of, and vinegar attacks the seals. A liquid descaler declared suitable for espresso machines does the same job as the maker’s own branded fluid, usually for less.
€16.99
Go to bol
Maintenance
RecommendedPhilips counts a considerably longer descaling interval when this filter is fitted. Replace it on time: a saturated filter does nothing, and the machine keeps counting regardless.
€32.95
Go to bolEvery bean fits every machine. What differs is the order: on a bean-to-cup the 100% arabica beans come first, because dark-roasted blends carrying robusta give off more oil and that clogs a built-in grinder sooner.

Lavazza
€24.95per kilo
Price verdict from 29 Oct€24.95 · 1 kg bag
All arabica, and so softer and more acidic than the blends carrying robusta. Anyone who finds espresso too harsh often starts here.

Lavazza
€24.99per kilo
Price verdict from 29 Oct€24.99 · 1 kg bag
All arabica as well, like the Oro. The middle path between the soft arabica blends and the firm bar blends.

De Koffiejongens
€29.99per kilo
Price verdict from 29 Oct€29.99 · 1 kg bag
Certified organic and medium roasted. Compare the price per kilo with the branded blends: organic need not cost more.

illy
€51.80per kilo
Price verdict from 29 Oct€12.95 · 250 g tin
A blend of nine arabicas, and per kilo a bean from the top end. The 250 g tin looks cheap and per kilo is nothing of the sort.

€448.99 in Black chrome
Ordinary priceW 24.7 x H 36.6 cm · 1.8 l tank
With essential accessories€465.98
machine + descaler

€269.00
Ordinary priceW 24.6 x H 37.2 cm · 1.8 l tank
With essential accessories€298.94
machine + descaler, milk jug

€409.00
Ordinary priceW 24 x H 36 cm · 1.8 l tank
With essential accessories€425.99
machine + descaler