Things have been a bit quiet on the site recently and I make absolutley no apologies for this. You see we have just had our second child, baby Tom.
He came a along 3 weeks early and spent the first week of his life on the special care baby unit. Thankfully everything is ‘A’ OK. He left hospital weighing 5lb 10oz – a button – and now at 8 weeks old he is over 10lbs with 3 chins!!
Tom is breast feeding and my wife has started expressing so I can give him his last feed of the night at about 11:30. Now this should mean I get about 5-6hrs consistent sleep each night, which I do, but this just doesn’t seem enough. I wake up at 5:30 feeling as if I have only just gone to bed!
Now, what does this have to do with coffee. Needless to say I have been drinking more than my fair share recently and the filter coffee machine that I have been using is the De’Longhi ICM2B. I cannot praise this machine more highly.
It is the machine that is advertised on the site and for good reason. I really like all De’Longhi filter coffee machine but this one really is a little cracker. There isn’t a timer function with this machine (OK this would be nice give my current circumstances) but I have a routine at the moment and the machine is set up before I go to bed and turned in the morning before I get Tom. In no time at all the coffee is ready.
People have commented that there is a plasticky smell with this machine. I only ever noticed this when it was new and haven’t since.
The thing I love about this machine is that the hot plate really does keep the coffee HOT (!!). I hate insipid luke warm coffee -what is the point – but this filter coffee machine keeps the coffee at a great temperature.
I love this filter coffee machine. The De’Longhi ICM2B stands out from the crowd especially as the price just seems too good to be true at less than £20. I can use it and abuse it and then still be able to buy a new one for less than a night out – not that I’m going to be having one them anytime soon!! But I wouldn’t have it any other way!
