Yet another DeLonghi Magnifica Esam here.
For a mug of coffee, I find on the setup it standard coffee size (the water dose), extra strong taste (the coffee dose). I need to press the two cups button on this setting, twice per mug – meaning, I suppose, that two full hoppers of coffee get used per mug.
the resultant cakes are pretty big in the waste tray, so I think it’s a decent injection of caffeine. Small grind, setting 2, works for me
Filling a pot would take a while, but the machine would do it as the spout goes very high to get something tall underneath. You can definitely hear it in every room in the house when it’s warming up and doing it’s thing. It’s not a problem for us though.