Description
The Nespresso Lattissima Pro, model EN750MB, is an Original line capsule machine with an integrated automatic milk carafe, built by De’Longhi under licence. It has a touchscreen rather than buttons, a brushed aluminium exterior, a hot water outlet for tea and americanos, and an item weight of 12.6 pounds. The listing gives dimensions of 7.63 inches deep, 13.07 inches wide and 10.79 inches high, and a supply voltage of 110 volts.
The Lattissima range exists to answer one complaint about capsule machines: that they make espresso but not milk drinks. Adding a carafe that heats and froths automatically turns a two button machine into something that produces a cappuccino at one press. What it does not change is the coffee itself, which is still whatever is inside the capsule. Anyone weighing this against a machine where the coffee is yours to control should read a pump machine review such as the Breville Bambino Plus alongside it, because the two solve different halves of the same problem.
The Automatic Milk Carafe
The milk system is a sealed carafe that clips onto the left of the machine. You fill it, set a foam level with a dial on the lid, select a drink, and the machine draws milk through an internal channel, textures it with steam and delivers it to the cup before or after the coffee depending on the recipe. Between uses the whole carafe goes into the fridge.
That fridge storage is the practical advantage over an open jug system and it is the reason this format works for households that make one milk drink a day. The limitations are the ones every carafe system shares. Foam texture is set by a dial position rather than built in a pitcher, so it is a stable topping rather than the flowing microfoam a flat white needs, and latte art is not achievable. The machine runs a rinse cycle through the milk channel, but the carafe itself has to be washed, and it is the part most likely to go unloved. Anyone who wants to texture milk themselves should look at a wand machine instead; the manual options are grouped in our espresso machines category.
Touchscreen and the Drink Menu
The human interface input field records a touchscreen, which on this generation of Lattissima means a backlit panel with illuminated drink icons rather than a colour display. Each icon is a recipe: espresso, lungo, cappuccino, latte macchiato and hot milk are the usual set, with volumes reprogrammable by holding a button through a pour.
The hot water outlet is the underrated part. The recommended uses field explicitly lists hot water for tea and americanos, and a separate water spout means you can lengthen an espresso without the milk channel touching it. On a small kitchen counter that removes a kettle. It also makes the machine more useful to people who do not drink coffee at all, which is a fair consideration on an appliance this size.
Capsule Format and Running Costs
This is an Original line machine, not Vertuo. The two systems are incompatible and the difference matters more than any feature on the specification sheet. Original capsules are the small aluminium ones, widely cloned by third party roasters, so compatible pods are available at a fraction of Nespresso’s own prices. Vertuo capsules are barcoded and effectively single source.
Running cost is where a capsule machine is expensive and it appears nowhere on this listing. A capsule holds around 5 to 6 grams of coffee and costs several times what the same weight of beans costs. Across two drinks a day over a few years, the capsules cost considerably more than the machine did. That is the honest arithmetic of the format, and it is worth doing before buying rather than after. The capsule side of the market is covered in our single serve capsules and pods section.
Errors in the Listing Data
This listing carries several fields that are simply wrong. The special feature field reads Gas Stovetop Compatible. This is a mains powered electric appliance with a pump and a heating element; putting it on a hob would destroy it. The field has been populated from a template meant for stovetop moka pots, which are a genuinely different product covered in our stovetop espresso and moka pot range.
The filter type field reads Reusable. A capsule machine has no filter the owner handles. The department field reads unisex-adult, which is clothing taxonomy that has leaked into a kitchen appliance listing. The included components field says only Espresso machine while the style field says Machine plus Frother, so whether the milk carafe is in the box is contradicted within the same page, and on this model the carafe is integral rather than optional. The date first available is October 2012 while the manufacture year field reads 2018, which reflects a long production run rather than an error.
What the Specifications Do Not Settle
The listing does not state the water tank capacity, which on a machine with a milk system is the specification most likely to constrain a busy morning. It does not state the used capsule container capacity, the pump pressure, the heat up time, the number of drink presets, the milk carafe volume, the cup clearance, the auto shut off interval, or the warranty term. Earlier copy quoted 19 bar, which matches Nespresso’s published figure for the Original line but is not confirmed here.
There is also no water filter option mentioned anywhere, and no descaling prompt is documented. Descaling is the maintenance job that determines how long the machine lasts, and on a model with a milk channel there are two separate cleaning routines rather than one. Products for both are covered in our coffee and espresso machine cleaning products selection.
Who It Suits
This suits someone who wants cappuccinos and lattes at one press, has no interest in learning to steam milk, and accepts the capsule cost model in exchange for never cleaning a portafilter. The fridge storable carafe makes it practical for a single daily drink rather than only for entertaining, and the separate hot water outlet quietly widens what the machine is good for.
It suits you poorly if you drink several coffees a day and are cost sensitive, because the capsules are where the money goes. It suits you poorly if you want latte art or control over the coffee, since both are locked away. And it suits you poorly if you dislike cleaning routines, because a milk carafe demands more attention than a wand you wipe. Anyone who only drinks black coffee is paying for half a machine and would be better served by a plain Original machine such as the Nespresso CitiZ.
