
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.
€15.90
Go to bol
Philips
LatteGo without the 5500's premium
€465.00 in Black chrome
Ordinary priceUsually between €431.99 and €475.99 (the middle half of every price we measured)
Updated on 10 November 2026Updated on 10 November 2026
Last 31 days
| Date | Lowest price that day |
|---|---|
| 10 November 2026 | €465.00 |
| 9 November 2026 | €487.50 |
| 8 November 2026 | €479.00 |
| 7 November 2026 | €474.50 |
| 6 November 2026 | €477.50 |
| 5 November 2026 | €478.00 |
| 4 November 2026 | €465.00 |
| 3 November 2026 | €435.99 |
| 2 November 2026 | €448.99 |
| 1 November 2026 | €449.00 |
| 31 October 2026 | €435.99 |
| 30 October 2026 | €435.99 |
| 29 October 2026 | €437.75 |
| 28 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 27 October 2026 | €448.99 |
| 26 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 25 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 24 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 23 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 22 October 2026 | €419.99 |
| 21 October 2026 | €419.99 |
| 20 October 2026 | €419.99 |
| 19 October 2026 | €449.00 |
| 18 October 2026 | €465.99 |
| 17 October 2026 | €419.00 |
| 16 October 2026 | €431.99 |
| 15 October 2026 | €419.99 |
| 14 October 2026 | €420.24 |
| 13 October 2026 | €431.99 |
| 12 October 2026 | €429.07 |
| 11 October 2026 | €431.99 |
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The difference between the Philips series is mostly the number of drinks and the screen, not the brew group. The 3300 with LatteGo makes the same cappuccino as the models above it.
LatteGo is two plastic parts with no tubes, and that is the reason to choose it: it goes in the dishwasher. Milk systems with a hose are where bean-to-cup machines get dirty and eventually die.
Who for: Anyone who drinks cappuccino and will not pay for a longer menu.
Against 46 other bean-to-cups between €331.99 and €659.00, on the specifications the maker publishes.
On the measured specifications, this machine does not stand out from similar machines.
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: €108.34 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.
€15.90
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
€23.99per kilo
Keenly priced€23.99 · 1 kg bag
All arabica as well, like the Oro. The middle path between the soft arabica blends and the firm bar blends.

Lavazza
€24.26per kilo
Keenly priced€24.26 · 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.

De Koffiejongens
€29.99per kilo
Ordinary price€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
€46.00per kilo
Lowest price we have seen€11.50 · 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.

€592.00
Ordinary priceW 24.6 x H 37.7 cm · 1.8 l tank
With essential accessories€607.90
machine + descaler

€380.00
Lowest price we have seenW 24 x H 36 cm · 1.8 l tank
With essential accessories€395.90
machine + descaler