Imagine this: New Year's Day morning. And your coffee maker dies.

What?! Yes, there were tears and gnashing of teeth. My husband and I bought our first DeLonghi Nespresso Lattissima years ago when Nespresso was just introduced. We had a brand new kitchen and my husband wanted a posh coffee maker to complete the package.

When this machine died, we hit the post Christmas sales to find a new one. I thought, it's been years. There must be loads more Nespresso and pod machines now we could choose from.

There are, but after looking at all of them, we just ended up buying the same model again. We're looking forward to another many years happy use with our new DeLonghi.

The downside of course with pod coffeemakers is you can only make one cup at a time. A bit of a nuisance when you're having a dinner party. You need an old fashioned coffee pot for that scenario. Plus, we don't use the milk steaming option. Personally I find it too messy and I don't want to be washing up fiddly bits of equipment when I'm trying to relax with a cup of coffee.

But my husband loves the gadgety option of being able to froth up the milk "if he ever wanted to."

If you want a machine that is going to reliably make you an average of 10 cups of coffee a day for about five years (or more!), this is the one for you.