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The Italian Choice

Advantages: Easy to clean and use, makes great coffee.
Disadvantages: So easy to use you might end up drinking more coffee that usual.

Italians, contrary to popular belief, do not each have a large gaggia-style coffee maker sitting in their kitchens. Those huge multifunctioned and very expensive machines that sit in every café and bar are not actually found in any normal household. Wh ...

ScotKat 09.12.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Delonghi EMK6

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no frills steamer

Advantages: Good strong espresso
Disadvantages: Small water opening

This coffee machine has no fancy features but does the job. In the past I have made coffee using a cafeteria or Italian coffee pot on the stove but I decided to treat myself to one of these because a friend recommended it to me. I am not a big fan of espr ...

cyrila 07.06.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Morphy Richards 47586,47587 MENO

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A not so express espresso

Advantages: Reasonably easy to use, compact, cheap
Disadvantages: Slightly fiddly to clean, requires small cups to fit under nozzle

I’m a big caffeine addict and coffee is one of my vices. I really like freshly ground coffee but previously I’ve settled for instant coffee. When Mr Lools and I moved house almost a year ago and gained a large kitchen with a lot of bench space we decided ...

Lools_24 27.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Delonghi EC 152

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Once you've tried one from this you'll never go back to instant

Advantages: Easy to use, make perfect beverages every time and look good too
Disadvantages: None really apart from the milk frothing/steam arm will get hot

If you’re like me then you’ll love a nice cup of coffee, maybe two or three in fact, especially first thing in the morning, and you probably have a preferred brand of instant coffee, mine is Nescafe if you’re interested. I have been drinking my favourit ...

blissman70 24.08.2011 · Read full review
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What A Drink this latte - Milk and Coffee!

Advantages: Great machine for the cost
Disadvantages: Hard to attach coffee basket to machine without force

I've been a more upmarket coffee connoisseur for a while now but going out for what I like to call a 'posh' coffee isn't always viable. So I decided to go for a coffee machine to pump my espresso, froth my milk and help me make the face of Jesus in the mi ...

utero 21.10.2011 · Read full review
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