Description
The Gran Lattissima, model EN640W in white, is the machine for a household where nobody wants to learn anything. Nine drinks are on buttons, the coffee comes from a capsule that carries its own recipe, and the milk comes from a container that clips on and goes back in the refrigerator afterward. It is made in Italy and it is one of the few listings in this catalog whose specification block gets a detail exactly right.
What it is and where it fits
This is a countertop capsule machine with an integrated milk system, listed at 7.9 inches deep by 14.4 inches wide by 10.8 inches high and weighing 9.2 pounds. Fourteen inches of width is the number to measure, and the depth is modest for a machine of this capability.
The specific uses list names espresso, ristretto, cappuccino, latte and flat white, and the recommended uses add foamed milk and hot milk on their own. That last pair matters more than it sounds: a machine that will produce hot milk or foam without coffee is useful in a household with children or anyone who drinks chocolate. The box contains the machine and an original line capsule sampler pack.
Living with it day to day
The daily loop is one button. Nine one touch options mean the drink is chosen rather than assembled, and there is no dose, no grind and no milk technique involved anywhere. That is the entire appeal and it is a genuine one for a household where several people make coffee and none of them want a hobby.
The milk container is where the real routine lives. It is removable and designed to go in the refrigerator between uses, which is the right design, but it means milk is treated like milk: it goes away after use, it gets washed, and the frothing path needs its rinse cycle run or it sours. Skipping that is the most common way an integrated milk machine goes wrong. A machine with a wand and a jug such as the Creatista Plus trades that chore for a different one, cleaning the wand after every drink, and lets a person pour latte art in exchange.
The sliding drip tray adjusts for cup height, so an espresso cup and a tall latte glass both sit correctly. A passive cup warmer sits on top, using waste heat rather than a separate element. Auto shutoff is listed. Noise is not published, and a 19 bar pump with a milk circuit is not silent.
Controls and connected features
Buttons, one per drink, with no display and no menu. There is no app, no Wi Fi, no Bluetooth and no account anywhere on this listing, so nothing depends on a phone, a network or an account that could be closed. Every function is on the front of the machine.
What actually decides the coffee is the capsule. Nespresso’s original line pods carry a fixed dose, and the machine’s job is to push water through them at pressure, with the pump rated in the product copy at 19 bar. That figure is a manufacturer specification rather than a measured result, and it describes maximum pump pressure rather than brewing pressure. The self priming system listed among the features is the mechanism that fills the circuit at startup so the first drink does not come out short.
The filter type field reads no filter needed, which is the first time in this catalog that field has been answered correctly on a capsule machine. Several sibling listings claim a reusable filter on machines that have none.
Running cost and upkeep
The listing publishes no voltage, no wattage and no amperage, which is a gap on a pressurized heated appliance. The country of origin is given as Italy, so it is worth confirming that a given unit is the North American specification rather than a European one before it is plugged in. The rating plate on the machine is the only reliable source, and no adapter converts voltage. There is no water line, no drain, no gas and no venting.
Capsules are the running cost and they are proprietary original line Nespresso pods, which are a different format from the Vertuo capsules used by the Vertuo Lattissima elsewhere on this site. The two are not interchangeable, and anyone comparing Nespresso machines needs to check which family a model belongs to before assuming a shared supply. There is no ground coffee path.
Upkeep is the milk system plus descaling. The milk container and its parts need washing regularly, the frothing circuit needs its clean cycle, and the used capsule bin and drip tray both need emptying, with neither capacity published. First availability is given as November 8, 2023.
Highlights
- Nine one touch drink options, so nothing has to be assembled or dialed in.
- Removable milk container designed to go back in the refrigerator between uses.
- Hot milk and foamed milk available on their own, without coffee.
- Sliding drip tray so espresso cups and tall glasses both sit correctly.
- Passive cup warmer using waste heat, plus auto shutoff and a self priming system.
- No app, no account and no connectivity dependency.
Things To Consider
- No voltage, wattage or amperage is published, and the machine is made in Italy. Confirm the market before plugging it in.
- The milk container has to be refrigerated and cleaned regularly, and the frothing path needs its rinse cycle.
- Proprietary original line Nespresso capsules only, and not the same format as the Vertuo machines here.
- Fourteen inches wide, which is a lot of counter for a single cup machine.
- The 19 bar figure is maximum pump pressure quoted by the manufacturer, not brewing pressure.
- Capsule bin and drip tray capacities are not published.
Who it is not for
Anyone who drinks black coffee is paying for a milk system they will have to clean and will not use, and the Essenza Mini makes the same capsule coffee in a fraction of the space. Anyone who wants to pour latte art needs a wand and a jug, not a tank. Anyone who wants to grind their own beans should be looking at the semi automatic espresso machines instead. And anyone who wants a pot of coffee will find nothing in the single serve brewers range that fills one, including this.
