Coffee Machines

Fresh coffee in an instant

Advantages: A huge variety of drinks
Disadvantages: Some of the drinks are too small

...searching, the owner of a Bosch Tassimo coffee machine. Our cheap filter coffee machine packed in so we have been relying on the cafetiere, which is great but you are left with bits of coffee at the bottom of your mug! I have read so many reviews on coffee machines and still couldn't make up my mind. I looked at a variety of machines in shops but they were often very bulky. The filter coffee machines in the past have always been good but I wanted ...
..."a starbucks at home idea." *** Three weeks ago we are again staring at the coffee machine shelf in John Lewis and noticed the Tassimo. It was compact, pleasing to eye and offered a huge variety of coffees, hot chocolates and teas. It was also fairly reasonably price at £97 although I see now you could purchase it cheaper from Amazon. An impulse purchase and we bought the red one. We get home open the box but no freebie discs. How annoying we really ...

Helenofellon 21.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bosch TAS4011GB

The Alpha and Omega of All Coffee-Makers

Advantages: Great lattes and easy automatic cleaning function. Adjusts to almost any cup height.
Disadvantages: Expensive and parts get stuck sometimes.

The Philips HD 7850/60/61 Senseo Latte Select B is a good addition to the kitchen, provided you really love lattes. It is quite stylish and black, which is a plus in my opinion, and it's also pretty small, so it fits in my tiny kitchen. It's by far the most chic coffee-maker I've ever come across and it has a few add-ons which make it very easy to operate. It filters coffee very quickly ( 30 seconds) and it has and automatic turn off, both of which ...
...Actually, in my opinion, quick is the only way to go when you want coffee, because you are usually drinking it in the mornings before work. It makes a wonderful latte in my opinion, but I've found the capuccinos and latte machiato to be tasty as well/ It will also make cafe lattes and just plain old coffee. The add-ons I mentioned previously are unusually helpful, as coffee makers go. It has strength settings for the coffee, so when you stay out ...

LovePotion_9 09.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Philips HD 7850/60/61/67/68/69 Senseo Latte

Delonghi ICM2 Coffee Maker

Advantages: Ease of Use, inexpensive
Disadvantages: no cord storage

Bought this from Homebase For £12.99. Its available in Black or white, it is basic its only function button being the on/off button on the front,although there is a more expensive model which has auto timer if needed. It has a permanent washable filter which is handy and also a money saver. It makes at least 10 decent mug sizes of coffee and keeps it adequately hot. The water filter runs around the rear of the filter and has transparent sides and ...

tazlison67 13.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Delonghi ICM2

Brilliant Simple Coffee Machine

Advantages: Quick, excellent tasting coffee- grinds and brews
Disadvantages: None really

If you like straightforward freshly brewed coffee then this is the machine to get. What it does - It grinds coffee beans and makes filter coffee from them. What it does not do - make "fancy coffee" - no steam, hot milk, froth etc. Good points - it makes the coffee quickly and without fuss. It can make just one or two cups or up to ten. It keeps the coffee warm in a vacuum jug. It is easy to wash. It needs no materials other than coffee and water. ...
...make coffee as it wakes you up. It produces wonderful smells, It works with both beans and ready ground coffee. The cold water holder is graduated so that you can see how much water you have added. Its attractive looking and the jug looks nice on its own. Not so good points. It does not have any method of heating the coffee after it has been made unlike many coffee makers. This means that the coffee will only stay hot for about an hour. Personally ...

shricthism 21.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Cuisinart DGB 600 BCU

Who fancies burning their hands and face off? No?

Advantages: Makes coffee efficiently with no waste. Small footprint.
Disadvantages: Design seriously lacks numerous safety considerations; no on-off switch.

...dumb. I don't know what Dualit were thinking when they decided to put this into production as-is. Even if you open the lid and look inside, you can't see how much liquid is in the thing as the coffee drum is located at the top. I haven't yet worked-out how one is supposed to know when the jug is empty and therefore liable to burn-out. The outside of the kettle gets boiling hot. It could be lined or dual-walled (especially at this price). The ...
...lack of quality-control at the Dualit factory for this imperfect knob to make it onto the lid and then onto the machine. Who knows, with all that heat, p'raps the air inside this bubble will expand enough to bust through the weakened bobble and shoot scalding coffee all over the place in a pretty, swirling fountain of boiling brown stuff. Besides, if you were to choose to shoot boiling liquid through any part of such a device, what complete cretin ...

5Portions 01.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Dualit 84036