... It’s a great shame really as it was excellent at its job of preparing both espresso and cappuccino
The Dualit Espresso 968
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It was a very good looking, compact and speedy machine taking only a few minutes to brew. Its squat black and chrome exterior covered a ... Read review
Advantages: quick, 2 perfect mugs of espresso or cappucino Disadvantages: impossible to get hold of
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The Dualit Espresso 968
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It was a very good looking, compact and speedy machine taking only a few minutes to brew. Its squat black and chrome exterior covered a heart full of steam and it sat on my work surface taking up about the same room as my cat (31 x 32 x 37 cm) although at about 4 kgs quite a bit heavier! It would hold up to 1.5 litres of water, had a 15 bar pressure system ... ...these machines were marketed as Dualit they were actually made by Jura who also don’t have a comparative model. All of theirs are massive now and would be more at home in a café than my kitchen. My little Dualit was killed off, I suspect, by the Senseo and I’m not sure what to do now ... more
Something rather sad happened in my kitchen tonight (although to keep it in proportion to other world events it wasn’t that terrible) but my coffee machine choked on a very tasty and delicious grinding of Blue Sumatra beans. It’s been like a pet in my kitchen gurgling and hissing away for the last five years or so but now it’s gurgled its last. I stood by sadly as my man attempted resuscitation with a selection of tools but it wasn’t to be. It’s a great shame really as it was excellent at its job of preparing both espresso and cappuccino
The Dualit Espresso 968 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was a very good looking, compact and speedy machine taking only a few minutes to brew. Its squat black and chrome exterior covered a heart full of steam and it sat on my work surface taking up about the same room as my cat (31 x 32 x 37 cm) although at about 4 kgs quite a bit heavier! It would hold up to 1.5 litres of water, had a 15 bar pressure system and would happily chortle through the production of 2 mugs worth of coffee. It would keep producing coffee as long as you would keep refilling the coffee and water
It was classed as a semi-automatic machine as it had a hand pump to build up the pressure but it had an excellent swivelling hot water and steam wand and perfect frothing attachment. There was a neat tamping crank where the handle revolved a cover which levelled and compressed the coffee to the ideal state so the water would pick up the right amount of coffee to give a perfect cuppa each time. The used coffee grounds were dumped into a hopper automatically and just needed to be tipped into the bin as the whole thing lifted out. It even had an alert so you knew when the hopper was full or the drip try needed emptying.
I’ve sat here this evening sipping my cup of instant trying to find a replacement and the sad fact is I can’t find a one- this is one of a few places even to mention it. The model isn’t made any more and neither is the slightly bigger 998. I could buy a new 998 though as a few places still have them but there will be no way to get parts if anything goes wrong and my 968 did need a couple of gaskets replacing . Even though these machines were marketed as Dualit they were actually made by Jura who also don’t have a comparative model. All of theirs are massive now and would be more at home in a café than my kitchen. My little Dualit was killed off, I suspect, by the Senseo and I’m not sure what to do now
