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The Philips Series 3300 LatteGo EP3347/90 is a fully automatic machine for households that want fresh-bean coffee and automatic milk without a complicated milk-cleaning routine. It combines a 12-setting ceramic grinder, 1.8-litre tank and two-part LatteGo carafe with five coffee recipes plus hot water. Its strongest practical advantages are the no-tube milk system, dedicated iced-coffee recipe and quieter SilentBrew design; its limits are a modest drink menu, no user profiles and relatively little control compared with a manual espresso setup.
This review covers the current UK Philips Series 3300 LatteGo, model EP3347/90. Philips sells several 2300, 3300, 4400 and 5500 machines with different drink menus and interfaces. Check the exact EP3347/90 code before using the specifications below.
Households that regularly make cappuccino or latte macchiato and value a milk container that comes apart into only two washable pieces.
You want saved user profiles, a large speciality-drink menu, hands-on espresso control or milk texture you can manually shape for latte art.
LatteGo keeps automatic milk preparation unusually simple to dismantle, rinse and store.
Five coffee recipes keep the interface simple, but leave less one-touch variety than more expensive automatic machines.
Our rating: 8.5/10
A strong automatic-milk machine when simplicity matters more than a huge menu
This is an editorial score based on the current EP3347/90 specification, milk workflow, maintenance, customisation, UK pricing and buyer fit.
The 3300 succeeds because the parts you handle every day are straightforward. Beans go in the 275g hopper, water goes in the 1.8-litre tank and drinks are chosen from a simple touch interface. For milk recipes, LatteGo clips onto the front and froths automatically. When you are finished, the two-part milk container can be separated and rinsed without feeding a brush through a long milk tube.
That does not make it an enthusiast espresso machine in disguise. The grinder offers 12 steps rather than continuous adjustment, the machine controls the brewing cycle internally and the interface is built around repeatability rather than shot-by-shot experimentation. Its appeal is that it turns fresh beans into several useful everyday drinks with little technique required from the user.
Current published specifications
| Exact UK model | Philips Series 3300 LatteGo EP3347/90 |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Fully automatic bean-to-cup espresso machine |
| Coffee recipes | Espresso, Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato and Iced Coffee; hot water also available |
| Built-in grinder | Yes — ceramic burr grinder |
| Grinder settings | 12 |
| Bean hopper | 275g |
| Water tank | 1.8 litres |
| Milk system | LatteGo automatic milk container |
| Milk container | 0.26 litres |
| User profiles | None |
| Connectivity | No machine connectivity; HomeID is a companion content/support app rather than remote machine control |
| Dimensions | 246 × 433 × 371mm (W × D × H) |
| Published weight | 8kg |
| Power | 1500W |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Current Philips direct price | £569.99; promotional prices vary |
Coffee and grinder: convenient rather than highly adjustable
The Series 3300 handles the complete bean-to-cup sequence internally. Its ceramic grinder doses beans into the brew group, the machine compacts and extracts the coffee, then ejects the used puck into the internal grounds container. The user can alter coffee strength and volume from the interface, while the grinder itself has 12 physical adjustment steps.
Twelve settings provide useful scope for changing how quickly water moves through a particular coffee, but the machine is not designed for the tiny grind corrections associated with a manual single-wall espresso basket. Grinder changes should also be made according to Philips’ instructions rather than rapidly jumping around the dial; automatic grinders need time for a new setting and coffee to work through the system.
The practical consequence is that bean choice and sensible settings matter, but the machine is deliberately doing most of the work. Someone who wants to weigh an 18g dose, control a precise 36g yield and manipulate extraction temperature shot by shot is looking for a different category. Someone who wants to press Espresso before work and get the same basic workflow tomorrow is much closer to the 3300’s intended use.
15 bar is a pump specification, not a quality score
Philips lists a 15-bar pump, but that number should not be used to claim that the machine extracts every coffee at 15 bar or that a higher pump rating would automatically improve the cup.
LatteGo is the main reason to choose this model
The LatteGo system consists of two main milk-contact parts and does not use a long internal milk tube. Clip the container together, add milk, attach it to the machine and select Cappuccino or Latte Macchiato. The machine froths and dispenses milk automatically, so there is no need to position a steam wand or learn how to stretch and roll milk in a jug.
The simplicity becomes more valuable after the drink is finished. The container separates for rinsing and Philips lists the LatteGo parts as dishwasher-safe. There is still a responsibility to wash milk-contact components promptly, but the design avoids several narrow hoses and internal milk passages that can make some automatic systems feel more involved to maintain.
The trade-off is control. LatteGo produces an automatic foam rather than handing you direct control over aeration, milk temperature and final texture. That is ideal if repeatability is the priority; it is less suitable if you want glossy hand-textured microfoam or to practise latte-art pouring. The 0.26-litre container is also sized for home drinks rather than serving a large group without refilling.
The iced-coffee recipe is useful, but it is not cold brew
EP3347/90 includes a dedicated Iced Coffee recipe alongside its four hot coffee drinks. Philips changes the brewing parameters so the coffee is intended to be dispensed over ice without simply treating the drink as a normal hot coffee poured into a glass. That gives iced-coffee drinkers a reason to choose this exact 3300 configuration rather than assuming every LatteGo machine has the same menu.
It should not be confused with traditional cold brew, where coffee is normally extracted with cool water over a much longer period. The 3300 is still brewing through its automatic espresso system and asking you to add the ice. The benefit is speed and convenience, not replication of a long immersion method.
Simple controls, useful customisation but no user profiles
The touch display keeps the workflow deliberately direct. Choose the drink, then adjust the available coffee strength, length and milk-froth settings rather than navigating a large touchscreen menu. That is a strength for a household that repeatedly makes the same few drinks and does not want to manage dozens of recipes.
The limitation appears when several people want different versions of the same drink. This model does not feature user profiles, so it is not designed around storing a separate personalised menu for each household member. More expensive machines can justify their price partly through richer profile and recipe systems rather than through a fundamentally different bean-to-cup concept.
SilentBrew is also part of this generation. Philips publishes a 40% reduction in machine noise compared with its earlier models, using additional sound shielding and quieter grinding. That is a Philips generation-to-generation claim rather than evidence that the 3300 is quieter than every rival. It is still a grinder, pump and automatic brew mechanism, so some mechanical noise is normal.
Daily use and kitchen fit
At 24.6cm wide, the Philips is not unusually broad for a bean-to-cup machine, but its 43.3cm depth matters on a shallow counter. The 37.1cm height also needs checking beneath wall cupboards, particularly because beans are loaded from the top. Measure the access needed to refill the hopper and remove or refill the water tank rather than only measuring the body.
The 1.8-litre tank and 275g hopper are sensible household capacities. Milk drinks, startup rinses and cleaning cycles use additional water, so the number of cups between refills will never equal a simple 1.8 litres divided by beverage volume. Likewise, keeping the hopper permanently full only makes sense if the same beans are used consistently; smaller loads make changing coffee easier.
The machine can prepare two servings for supported coffee functions, but automatic milk recipes should be thought of as individual drinks rather than a café-style two-wand workflow. For a couple making several coffees through the morning this is fine; for a large household preparing a queue of milk drinks, the time spent refilling LatteGo and waiting for sequential recipes becomes part of the ownership experience.
Cleaning, removable brew group and AquaClean
LatteGo is only one part of maintenance. Philips’ current care guidance also requires the removable brew group to be rinsed regularly under lukewarm water and allowed to air-dry before refitting. The brew group itself is not a dishwasher part. Coffee-oil cleaning and lubrication are separate jobs, so “easy milk cleaning” should not be mistaken for “maintenance-free machine”.
The supplied AquaClean filter reduces scale reaching the water circuit. Philips states that, when filters are changed when prompted, the machine can make up to 5,000 cups before descaling is required. That is a conditional system claim rather than a promise that every owner will make exactly 5,000 drinks between descales. Filter use and machine prompts still determine the actual maintenance routine.
The upside of the Philips design is that these jobs are visible and user-accessible. LatteGo comes off the front, the brew group can be removed for rinsing and the machine guides the supported cleaning programmes. Budget for filters, coffee-oil tablets, descaler and brew-group lubricant as consumables rather than treating the purchase price as the entire ownership cost.
Philips 3300 LatteGo vs De’Longhi Magnifica Evo
Series 3300 LatteGo EP3347/90
Better fit for: a two-part no-tube milk container, an iced-coffee preset, SilentBrew and AquaClean filtration.
Trade-off: only five coffee recipes and no user profiles.
Magnifica Evo ECAM290.83.TB EX:1
Better fit for: a broader seven-selection hot-drink menu, LatteCrema Hot and MyLatte milk-quantity convenience.
Trade-off: a more involved milk-carafe assembly than the simple two-part LatteGo design.
The two machines suit slightly different priorities. The Philips is particularly appealing if easy milk-system cleaning and iced coffee are high on your list, while the De’Longhi offers a different mix of hot drinks and its MyLatte workflow may suit households that want more flexibility around milk-based recipes. Pricing can move both machines around quite a bit, so once you know which setup better matches the way you actually drink coffee, it is worth comparing the current deals. Our full comparison goes into the differences in more detail.
Pros and good to know
Pros
- Automatic coffee and milk drinks make everyday use quick and uncomplicated.
- Two-part, dishwasher-safe LatteGo system makes milk cleanup particularly easy.
- Dedicated iced coffee adds variety to the core hot-drink menu.
- 12 grind settings provide plenty of scope to fine-tune the coffee.
- 1.8-litre tank and 275g hopper suit regular household use well.
- Included AquaClean filter can reduce how often descaling is needed.
Good to know
- Five coffee recipes plus hot water keeps the menu fairly compact.
- No user profiles for saving different household preferences.
- LatteGo favours convenience over manual milk-texture control.
- 43.3cm depth needs a reasonably generous worktop.
- Removable brew group still needs rinsing and periodic lubrication.
Verdict: is the Philips Series 3300 LatteGo worth buying?
Yes, when automatic milk convenience and easy cleanup matter more than having the longest drink list. EP3347/90 covers the drinks many households actually use — Espresso, Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato and Iced Coffee — while LatteGo removes much of the fiddly plumbing associated with automatic milk systems.
The reason to look elsewhere is not that the machine lacks the fundamentals; it is that more expensive bean-to-cup machines add profiles, broader menus and deeper customisation, while manual setups offer far more control over espresso and milk. If your priority is fresh beans, push-button milk and a maintenance routine you can understand at a glance, the 3300 occupies a very sensible middle ground.
Frequently asked questions
How many drinks does the Philips 3300 LatteGo EP3347/90 make?
The 3300 offers five coffee recipes — Espresso, Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato and Iced Coffee — alongside a separate hot-water function.
Does the Philips 3300 have user profiles?
No. You can adjust supported drink parameters, but the machine is not built around separate saved household profiles.
Is LatteGo dishwasher-safe?
Yes. The LatteGo milk components are dishwasher-safe. The removable brew group is different and should be rinsed under lukewarm water rather than placed in the dishwasher.
Does AquaClean mean I never need to descale?
No. Philips says that replacing AquaClean filters when prompted can delay descaling for up to 5,000 cups. Follow the machine prompts and filter guidance rather than assuming descaling is permanently eliminated.
Can the Philips 3300 make cold brew?
The EP3347/90’s Iced Coffee recipe is brewed hot and designed to be served over ice. This is different from cold brew, which is typically made by steeping coffee in cold water for an extended period.
Is the Philips 3300 connected to an app?
The machine itself is listed with no connectivity. Philips promotes the HomeID app for recipes, guidance and support, but that is not the same as controlling the EP3347/90 remotely.
Guidance based on current Philips EP3347/90 product specifications, current Philips care guidance and current UK retail positioning checked in August 2026. Prices and promotional bundles can change.