Advantages: Perfect coffee at the press of a button Disadvantages: Pods can be hard to find at times
I am a complete coffee addict, I admit it.
I can't function until I have had my caffine fix of the day.
I drink my coffee stong,black and unweetened - because of this I like good coffee and it is one product that I will not economise on.
Over my married life ( 38 years of it) I have had all sorts of coffee machines in my quest for a good cup of coffee, not just one that smells good when you walk in the kitchen but also tastes as good as it smells. I have had caffetieres, traditional expressom makers that you heat on the hob, an all singing and dancing cappuchino and espresso maker and umpteen different filter coffee machines.
But I never did find the Holy Grail of coffee machines - the tatse wasn't quite right, or they were very difficult to clean or I ended up with a jug of stewed, bitter coffee.
That was until six years ago ...
Advantages: Quick, easy to use, price Disadvantages: None
My husband bought me the Senseo coffeemaker for a Christmas present 2006, I must say it was one of the best things he has ever bought me.I love my coffee and have used it most days and more than once a day since. It is still going strong!
The Senseo doesn't have all the fancy bits to it that other coffee machines do, but it makes a nice cup of coffee and is very easy to use. The coffee comes out hot, but not boiling (my mum was never impressed with it when she came over as she likes her coffees scolding). I have occasionally had trouble with leaks, but not very often. All in all, I like it. Its a good price and makes nice coffee, itt is also easy to clean, which is another bonus for me.
You can buy the pods easily in supermarkets or online, where you get quite a wide selection. Although, the pods can be quite expensive in ...
Advantages: Good Coffee, Stylish, Very Easy to Use Disadvantages: Very little
We won tickets to the BBC Good Homes exhibition at the NEC in May, we ended up buying a Staffordshire Garden Furniture Pagoda and a Phillips Senseo CoffeeMaker.
Unlike the Pagoda we took the coffeemaker home!
My wife is the coffee lover - I personally do not like coffee at all.
We got it for the show price with free coffee pods and mugs for £40.
It is blue and stylish and just over 1 foot high.
It uses coffee pods rather than granuals, these if you like are coffee bags.
Usage is very easy, the pods go in a holder under the lid, the reservoir at the back holds enough water for 5 or 6 cups.
Normal usage is wait to boil with the correct pods, put the cups under the spout and press the correct button for the number of pods (one pod button and a two pod button)
To make a mug of coffee my wife uses 1 decaf. pod ...
