Krups XN 4050 Nespresso Futuro Platin

Advantages: Great Coffee
Disadvantages: The cost of the pods

...Krups XN 2005 Nespresso Essenza Preparing a real espresso involves a special extraction procedure. In this procedure water is forced at high pressure through a fine blend of ground coffee and as a result, the flavours and aromas are quickly extracted. This procedure is difficult unless the correct machine is used and this is where the Krups machine is one of the best, as it takes the difficulty out of making an espresso. This is one of many machines that use the Nespresso Pods, this are small pods which fit into the machine, they are full of coffee and are at the heart of the process. The Machine When I open the box the first thing I noticed was the weight, it is a very sturdy and well-built machine measuring 300*170*270mm. The machine has a 1.3 litre water container, which is neatly hidden away at the back; the front... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, perfect coffee, great for frothing milk.
Disadvantages: Hard to use a mug for coffee

...Was looking for a "normal" coffee machine (can't spell capucinno) - see, and checked out the Nespresso macines - quite by accident. Easy to use, great coffee and great choice !! No mess either. At first I was not impressed by the cost of the capsules (64c each) but after talking about other machines / grinders / clean up / bar pressure / timing and practice I was dubious I could produce the "great coffee I enjoyed at my local shops. I knew the Nespresso tasted great and I knew I could do it myself - everytime!!! THAT WAS WORTH 64c each time. Come to think of it - at my friends houses with coffee machines - none of them are really THAT nice a cup of coffee. After a little thought over a nice skinny latte I realised it is all about the taste - Nespresso had it !!! Simple. There were several machines BUT the Krups 897 had... Read review

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Advantages: great coffee whenever you want it
Disadvantages: not the most modern

...This coffee machine will give you great tasting coffee with minimal effort, the machine itself is more box-like than newer krups versions which i see are more robot-like. But that doesn't change the taste of course just the outside design, to get an easy and tasty coffee all you have to do is load your coffee capsle into the loading arm(making sure you have put some water into the tank of course) then select whether you want a large or small cup press the appropriate button for either of these and then the start button and after a bit of rumbling hey-presto there's your coffee, in any 12 different flavours-nine Espresso blends and three Lungo blends. The coffee capsules are easily ordered over the phone or the web www.nespresso.com and usually arrive the next day, it also has a cappuccino facility to make frothy milk simply by moving... Read review

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