Krups F 176 Aroma Control AUTO STOP

Advantages: makes great filter coffee, easy to use and clean, cheap, large reserviour
Disadvantages: plain and dull looks wise

...There is nothing better than a hot cup of coffee as soon as I step into work. We are all coffee addicts so we formed a coffee club whereby we all clubbed together to buy a cofee machine and we try new and exciting blends on a weekly basis. After spending £40 on beans, we all decided that the choice of machine was quite irrelevnt as far as taste was concerned and so we bought a fairly cheap Krups F MD2 95 for £30. Made from black strengthened plastic the first impressions we all had when we opened it was that we should have gone for a chrome effect coffee maker. It looks bulky, dull and very plain. Brushing the looks aside, it is very functional and easy to use and this is where it redeems itself and has over the past week weeks led to much back patting with self congratulation at picking up such a bargain. The controls are basic... Read review

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Advantages: Beginning to make the very best coffee in the world
Disadvantages: Instructions & pathetic warming plate

..., espresso. It may well be a quantum leap up from lowlier coffee drinks, but compared to true, well made espresso it still has a very long way to go. This will also be true of those various espresso gadgets that you put on the hob in the hope that they will gush coffee in that split second before they explode. Lets be fair, it can be very good coffee, but espresso it ain’t. Pumping it up. So finally we get to high-pressure pumped espresso machines, and in particular the Krups Novo 2100 Plus 962. Pretty and unusual name, don’t you think….shame we’re not intending to have any more children. Half-way decent ones are unfortunately around the £100 mark and the Novo is no exception, though I bought this new, unused and boxed on eBay for £64 +£2.95 p&p. This price makes my coffee taste ever better. Similar machines seem to come up... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use and clean
Disadvantages: The hot plate is too hot and burns the coffee

...in the filter, pour in a pint of water and in a couple of minutes later I have two mugs of piping hot black wake me up stuff. ***The Instruction Book*** The instruction book with the appliance covers four models: ProAroma 309, ProAroma electric stop 306, ProAroma plus 310, and ProAroma Plus Goldtone 311. (If your interested it has instructions in 15 languages including Russian, Arabic, Greek and Hebrew which makes a change – I wonder if anyone has ever tried to learn a language from instructions books) The instructions are clear and comprehensive and include very useful information on cleaning and lime removal. Krups recommend descaling once a year in soft water areas, every three months for medium and monthly for hard water. I have totally ignored these instructions and clean it when it begins to slow up which is about every six... Read review

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