Krups KP200040 Dolce Gusto > Reviews > Krups KP200040

Author's product rating:   

Performance	Excellent
Ease of use	Easy
Durability	Long
Cleaning & Maintenance	Easy
Value for money	Excellent

Advantages:	Quick, easy to use and makes fantastic coffees
Disadvantages:	None

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Have just bought this product, it is fabulous. I got it for £89.99 from Argos and it came with a free starter pack, which includes pods, glass and cappucino cup. It is very easy to use, and I wondered if the quality of the drinks would be good enough, I imagined them to taste a little fake. No worries, the drinks are excellent, very nice and tasty, just like you buy in a coffee shop and it makes a drink in no time at all, 30 seconds approx. I went to my local Tescos and they had shelves full of the different flavour pods, except chocolate, I have heard that they do a chocolate one but have not found it myself yet. I am very pleased with this product. I have read in the leaflets that the milk contains sweetener so it would be good if they could do one which is unsweetened, this would appeal to people who are watching their weight, so I am hopeful that they will introduce a Skinny Cappucino pod !!! I honestly cannot find anything negative to say about this machine, I am currently drinking 2 or 3 cappucinos a day and will have to refrain from this indulgence pretty soon, but I cannot resist. You can buy this machine from Argos, Amazon, Tescos and Ebay to name a few. It makes various hot drinks, Cappuccino, Espresso, Latte Macchiato and Cafe Lungo, I believe there will be a range of cold drinks sometime soon. To make the drinks, you use small plastic pods which you place in to a slot. Here is some useful information, for example to make the cappucino you would use a white pod first, put it in the machine and press a lever, this dispenses the frothy milk, you control how much milk you want then flick the lever off, and remove the pod, then you have to put the brown pod in and switch on, this dispenses the coffee in to the milk, flick the lever off once you have the required amount of coffee. You can adjust the strength of the drink to suit your needs. The Latte Macchiato also has 2 pods you need to use to make one drink, but the other drinks just use one pod only. I have seen the pods in Tesco and Asda, they are approximetely 2.99 for a box of 8 drinks, which works out very cheap when you consider how much you would pay for a cappuccino at say Starbucks or Costa Coffee. The price for the machine varies between 79.99 and 89.99.