Best B2C under £1,000

ascanio1

Good morning, to all, which is the best B2C under £1,000? After watching, and reading reviews, I am much inclined towards the DeLonghi Soul, but I am open to change my mind. These are the priorities:
1. all-in-one operation
2. Size (small is better)
3. quality of coffee based drinks (*) as cappuccino or caffé’e latte

A big, big, big plus if the beans grinder can be used, separately, to grind beans for use in a separate filter brewer. Thank you in advance for offering me your time and expertise.

Tommaso

(*) espresso will never be brewed, as it is NOT liked, in itself, in the household.

ascanio1

As a follow up, priority number 1 would be a grinder output that can be used, separately, to brew filter/pour-over.

CoyoteOldMan

ascanio1 This pushes you in the direction of the Sage/Breville Oracle… a B2C machine that provides “fully automated” flow is unlikely to provide an accessible grinder output, never mind one suitable for filter/pour-over

That’s not an “under £1000 machine”, though. Unless you buy used:
https://www.backmarket.co.uk/en-gb/p/coffee-maker-with-grinder-sage-the-oracle-bes980-bean-to-cup-coffee-machine/bf8ab96f-1703-4633-a2d3-3c90cba58dcb?shopping=gmc&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL6aBhBlEiwADycBIBFp64SFQp-ANfe3u2WEMJkBOocEv2KdM85WVYAzZY5-IGC8MTSpWRoCE08QAvD_BwE#%3Fl=12&l=12
(not a recommendation - just the first one I found)

ascanio1

Thank you. Do you know if the grinder can grind for filter (I presume it can)?

CoyoteOldMan

ascanio1 I don’t know, sorry - it seems reasonable, as the grinder has 45 settings and reviews/user posts suggest that the ‘espresso range’ is somewhere between 10 and 20. The other thing to check is whether the auto-tamping feature can be disabled/grinder can be activated without a portafilter.