Professional Stainless Steel Heat On/Off Froth Au Lait frother Review

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This is the first non restaurant device I have tried that didn't over flow when frothing with flavorings or liqueurs I have tried around 6 of these and they all overflow either with just whole milk or when flavorings etc. are used. (I have used the European Drinking Chocolate Machine but that's for fairly large buffets or restaurants.)
The Good:
Works well with small or large batches and gets really hot quickly.
Refresh feature works even faster.
Capacity is in a good range for most of us; even a small coffee shop or restaurant
Makes nice hot chocolate with nice froth.
Good for Chaud*, Chai or spiced cider as well as hot chocolate.
UPDATE: Even an eggnog recipe that is OK if you like hot eggnog. Their Cook is too fond of Hazelnut IMHO and I think its better with about a 1/2 oz of Triple sec and 3 oz of brandy along with some Nutmeg and Cinnamon. But I can't really recommend it as all of the Flan mixes I have found have a lot of high Fructose corn sirup Frankly I think that the High Fructose Corn Sirup will be the next trans-fat and should be avoided.
Works well for cold drinks as well.
The spicy froth is nice as a garnish on Fettuccine Alfredo but flops for Toranods.

The Bad:
If you use it with non-fat milk and let he froth really build up it will stay stiff longer; but if you start with more than 2 1/2 cps of milk you will get an overflow onto the counter. Not a big mess but a mess.
The flavor port gets liquid on its bottom and sides so while it works OK for liquids it doesn't work all that well for powders. You need to stop the machine and remove the lid.
Small amount of splatter after removing the flavor port. Lots of splatter if you remove the lid without stopping the machine.
The flavor port is very stiff and needs a little judicious filling down to make it removable.

The Ugly:
Need to remove the top to get froth out.
To get maximum froth you need to run until the machine is almost ready to shut off so the froth will be stiff and not collapse when you add chocolate etc.
Need to run the machine with water between batches and wipe down the outside with a damp towel or sponge.
A bit fussy to clean. The interior of the base may need something like Scotch Brite.
Need to give it a rest after 6 batches.
Noisy (not too bad but it would wake a light sleeper) and vibrates (again not real bad but a surprise).
Can't put in solids that are not grated, ground or finely chopped (can't be used for mulled wine or to make tea. You need to start with tea for chai or the concentrate.)
Pitcher is not bad looking but for formal occasions you need something else for serving.

* Chocolate chaud is the French or Mexican stile Hot Chocolate and is made with water and served with hot milk or cream and sugar on the side , or with Mascarpone cheese floated on top.

I strongly recommend; Hot Chocolate: 50 Heavenly Cups of Comfort;
Ghirardelli Chocolate Premium Hot Cocoa Mix, Double Chocolate, 16-Ounce Tins (Pack of 4), also the hazel nut.

I haven't tried it with any coffee as I hate coffee; can smellgreat but isn't even good as a cleanser.

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Froth Au Lait Professional Elite FALnh-S14, with award winning Froth Au Lait technology, is a Commercially Rated, NSF Approved, Automatic Hot Milk Frother. This versatile ALL STAINLESS STEEL PROFESSIONAL model with HEAT OR NO HEAT OPERATION is the ONLY FROTHER which can prepare both HOT OR COLD FROTH as well as WHIPPED CREAM. It includes a selectable heat switch to turn the unit's heater ON or OFF.Like all Froth Au Lait Hot Milk Frothers, the FALnh-S14 heats and whips milk to prepare the richest and longest lasting froth WITHOUT STEAM. It shuts off automatically when the froth reaches the perfect heated temperature. Finally, with the touch of a button, an effortless and foolproof way to prepare hot milk and the thickest froth ever for specialty hot beverages such as cappuccinos, and lattes. On a cold winter day also prepare delicious, creamy hot chocolate, chai tea, and café au lait. On a hot summer day, turn the heat off and prepare cold flavored froth for iced cappuccinos, lattes, refreshing cold beverages and low calorie fruit & dessert toppings. Prepare fresh gourmet whipped cream for decadent desserts, fruits, and so much more. This Model works alongside your coffee or espresso machine and MAKES EACH CAPPUCCINO OR LATTE A MASTERPIECE. Froth Au Lait features the Flavor Hatch, allowing you to add flavored syrups, powders and liqueurs directly into the milk. The Professional models have 2 interchangeable whips which allows you to vary the amount of froth and hot milk. It's unique REFRESH FEATURE allows milk to be re-frothed quickly.FINE RESTAURANTS ARE CHOOSING FROTH AU LAIT PROFESSIONAL MODELS OVER THE STEAMERS ON THEIR CAPPUCCINO MACHINES. SAY GOODBYE TO INCONSISTENT, POOR FROTH, STEAM, TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS. SAY HELLO TO THE THICKEST, LONGEST LASTING, AND EASIEST HOT OR COLD FROTH EVER! THE PROFESSIONAL ELITE "THE BARISTA WITH A PLUG"

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CBTL Kaldi S04 White Single Cup Brewer/Frother/Beverage Bundle Review

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If you are short on counter space in your kitchen and you want both a single serve coffeemaker and an espresso machine, this unit is something you may want to consider. The manufacturer-supplied pictures are deceiving and make the machine look larger, I was happy that it was much smaller in footprint when I un-boxed it.

Set-up was easy, especially if you are already familiar with machines such as the Keurig. I had no trouble inserting the screen in the bottom of the water tank. Give everything a good rinse, pour in some water up to the fill line - 40 ounces- (I prefer using filtered water), plug it in and follow the simple directions in either the manual or the quick start guide.

Once the machine has primed itself, you are ready to choose your brew. Pull the handle back all the way, drop in the pod with the top facing the front of the machine, snap the handle back down, and choose your size by pressing one of the 3 selections:

Top button: 1.5 ounces for espresso
Middle button: 3 ounces for a long espresso
Bottom button: 8 ounces for coffee, 9 ounces for tea

The next time you brew another cup, when you lift the handle backwards, that disposes of the previously brewed capsule into the storage bin behind the drip tray. This should be dumped into the trash as part of your daily maintenance, in addition to always making sure you have adequate water in the tank (you don't want to burn-up your pump).

As far as the small sampler of coffees, teas, and flavored powders that come with this: the coffees I've tried so far are very good. I'm not much of a tea drinker but I tried the Tropical Passion Tea as iced tea and it could turn me into a tea drinker; my friend says the Chai was very good, but there were some small tea particles in his cup. The vanilla and chocolate flavored powders I probably won't try as they add a considerable amount of calories when added to the coffee.

The frother is great! I like foamed milk with my coffee drinks with a dollop of whipped cream on top. It's as easy as pouring the milk up to the line inside the frother, twisting the cap on (it only locks one way), plugging it in and pushing the button. 90 seconds later it shuts itself off and you have perfect foamy, warm milk. My milk scorched a little on the bottom of the frother but the non-stick lining is VERY non-stick and I wiped it right out.

I'm concerned about availability of coffee capsules and the expense of having to order them from CBTL - I'm not on the West Coast, but if they were available at my local Wal-Mart that would be great, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Would an espresso snob love this? I'm not quite so sure. I'm not a snob but I still think my Breville Barista Express machine makes the best coffee drinks, and I like to grind my own beans. However, this machine is a close second as it costs considerably less than the Breville and it's convenient to use.

NOTE: This seems to need descaling much sooner than a normal coffeemaker. I use filtered water in this and I've only run through 19 pods, and I've already received my first descaling warning. I am using this descaler - it takes about 45 minutes from start to finish: Urnex Dezcal Home Activated Descaler, For Home Coffee & Espresso Equipt., 4 - 1 oz Packets


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The ultimate home hot beverage brewing system! We've combined our Kaldi single-cup brewer with our milk frother and sleeves (10 capsules each) of Espresso Continental Coffee, Italian Roast Coffee, French Roast Coffee, House Blend Coffee, Chai Tea, and English Breakfast Tea. Make professional-quality espresso, cappuccino, tea, and coffee at home with our easy-to-use, European-designed machine. BONUS - in addition, you get a wooden storage chest with 12 additional capsules.

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Nespresso CitiZ D120 Automatic Espresso Maker and Milk Frother, Limousine Black With Nespresso Capsule holder, And White Mug's Review

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We started looking for a "portable" coffee/espresso machine about 6 months ago to double in our RV so we didn't have to lug our Capresso around. Even though we loved the style of the CitiZ we opted to try 3 less expensive pod machines which were immediately returned because either the machine leaked, the coffee wasn't hot enough or tasted AWFUL. We kept going back to specialty stores to recheck the CitiZ but he held out because of the price and I held out because I just wasn't comfortable with the non-recyclable semi-empty pods. We both were concerned about price fixing because the capsules are only available through Nespresso. Seems despite the cost he truly fell in love with it because he surprised me with one for Christmas! I was still struggling with the recycle issue up to the point when he gave me a cup of what the beautifully styled upscale machine had produced....OMG it was the best froth, foam, espresso, latte I have ever had and I've been to some swanky specialty shops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. He purchased the wooden box that has 36 capsules in it and between that and the variety pack that came with ours, 6 adults were satiated with espressos, lattes and cappuccino's not to mention the great hot chocolate (just add chocolate milk or syrup with milk in frother) for the kids all weekend.
As for price fixing and delivery of the capsules; we haven't had a problem. I think there is a $6 shipping charge, and you do have to purchase a minimum of 5 sleeves (10 capsules in each sleeve) and delivery time is fast-two days! We order more sleeves so it cuts the cost of repeated shipping's. For the foamer/frother there are two magnetic pieces a small foam thing and a little whip for awesome foam. There are fill lines inside the foamer that make it easy to use. Add the capsule under the chrome lever and the capsule is punctured when you push the lever back in place. The buttons to the left and right of the lever can be programmed to 'auto fill' espresso & latte or his & hers, when your done lift the lever and the spent capsule drops into the reservoir, push a button to flush out the system, rinse out the foamer and turn off the machine. No they don't have tea or hot chocolate like the low line machines, if you want tea, just push the water button and add your own teabag. You do have to empty the used capsule reservoir after about 6-8 uses otherwise it will overflow with water that drains from the capsules. There is a little ledge for an espresso cup that lifts so you can put a regular size cup or use the espresso cup and just pour the contents into your travel/tall mug. As for saving money from Starbucks or Peets; the capsules may be 55cents/each BUT don't forget to take into consideration the increase expense in milk you will be going through! Seriously we love this machine so much we have gone from using 2gal milk/week to 5! NO LIE. I am addicted. I have not had one cup of regular coffee from our Capresso since I got this machine! You really have to use 2% milk or chocolate milk for Mocha's I tried the NF and 1% but it doesn't froth, the Soy/Almond milk froths a bit but tastes kinda burned. Although there is a water reservoir in the back of the machine that is very easy to access I do wish it had an additional water adapter like refrigerators do so you don't have to fill it up. The parts are easy to remove and clean, be careful not to use anything other than a soft moist clean cloth on the tower so as not to scratch it. And it does take a bit of added time to clean out the frother after use, at least rinsing between cups so as not to burn the next batch of milk. If you are looking for a real home espresso machine and want the ease of premeasured capsules Nespresso CitiZ is the way to go. It is well worth every dime!!! Don't like black-Kitchen Kaboodle and probably a couple other specialty shops (not Williams-Sonoma) have it in Fire Engine Red! Enjoy!!

March 7, 2011 Update: It's now 15 months since I rec'd Nespresso Citiz & I stand by my original review & if I've upgraded my previous 4 start to 5 stars. I have found that if NF milk is cold it will froth without problem just not as much as 2%. Thankfully I've cut down milk consumption. Cleaning the frother is a breeze. I have a very small rubber spatula that is dedicated to my frother, I want every bit of foam/milk in my cup & it's a non-stick surface NO METAL!. After the spent cartridge is released (the reservoir will hold about 10), I push a cup button & it rinses any left over coffee into the frother, important to prevent the machine from clogging-we've not had that issue, we have a hot water tap so I just rinse out frother. If I ever see built up milk residue in the frother I just leave a little hot water in and then rinse it out later. About 6months after we got the machine we did notice a build up of scorched milk in one spot of the frother I called Nespresso Cust Svc and they went above & beyond. At the time the frother for our machine was out of stock and expected to be for about a month. They would send a standby and as soon as the one for the machine was back in stock they would send it to us, all at no cost to us-warranty. We were to keep the defective one, and the standby. Within 2 days we rec'd the standby and 3 days after that we rec'd the correct one. I called to see if they wanted me to send the standby back (because I hadn't even opened it) and was kindly told to just keep it. WOW. No problem with frother since. Regarding the recycle issue I found that you can mail in spent capsules & they will recycle them. There have been no increases in cost of the capsules & I have started to place a larger order to minimize shipping costs. They keep your orders on file which is helpful. They come out with "special" holiday packs as well as new coffees. These are usually time-limited and sometimes are about 5 cents more per capsule than usual. I did wait to long to reorder a specialty coffee that I really liked & it was no longer available. We get reminders in the mail that it's time to use the cleaner which is very easy to do, not only do they give step by step instructions, we've gotten free packets of cleaner. I don't know if it's related to amount purchased or what. I would still recommend this machine. Go to their website to see the new designs of this machine because Black & Fire Engine Red (avail on Amazon too) are old school by todays designs! Would it be a bad thing to have more than one machine?

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CitiZ&milk is equipped with an Aeroccino, dedicated to milk based lovers. Intuitive and user friendly, CitiZ&milk prepares an infinite number of coffee recipes at the touch of a button.

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Nespresso Essenza C101 Espresso Maker with Aeroccino Milk Frother, Black Review

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This unit was purchased for my parents but we've had an identical one for 4 years and absolutely love it. In fact, all our friends have bought this machine after trying out ours. There is definitely more superior coffee quality out there but nothing beats the ease of use and clean up with Nespresso. It's perfect for parents, busy or lazy people who just like to push a button and be done. I can now make coffee with one hand (while holding the baby in the other one) and then simply pop my mug in the dishwasher.

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Nespresso C120-US-RE-NE CitiZ Automatic Single-Serve Espresso Maker and Milk Frother, Fire-Engine Red Review

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This machine is brilliant. The best espresso or cappuccino I've ever tasted, and all in less than 2 minutes, start to finish. The milk frother is a miracle--quick, perfect, instant cleanup. My wife and I have been wired out of our heads since it arrived. We can't stop drinking the stuff. We're giving Stieg Larsson's characters a run for their caffeinated money! The reason is that all the usual inhibitors are gone: the coffee's gone cold and acrid in the pot, can't face the 20-minute production and cleanup for a cup of espresso, etc. It's like the world's smartest drug dealers got together and designed this thing. Got the slightest urge? Satisfy it! Why not? Just hit the button and it's there. Wait a minute, my wife's calling me. What's that? We're out? Excuse me, I have to go knock over a 7/11 so I can order another box of capsules.

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CitiZ&milk is equipped with an Aeroccino, dedicated to milk based lovers. Intuitive and user friendly, CitiZ&milk prepares an infinite number of coffee recipes at the touch of a button. Automatic and programmable coffee quantity (Espresso and Lungo). Dedicated space for coffee preparation. Integrated milk frothing device for Cappuccino and Latte: Aeroccino whisk. storage space Dimensions: 9.3 by 11 by 14-3/5-inch/23-2/3 by 27-2/3 by 37-1/5 cm (W by H by D) Capsule container Dimensions: 5 by 11 by 14-3/5-inch/ 13 by 27-2/3 by 37-1/5 cm (W by H by D).

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Nespresso D120 Citiz Silver Chrome Automatic Espresso Machine with Aeroccino Milk Frother Review

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I've been with Nespresso for almost twenty years and the love relationship is still going strong. This new machine has a great look and the milk frother is a REALLY clever invention. It's so quiet you'll wonder if it's actually running. The only negative about this machine is the frother fuzziness with certain types of milk. You are going to have to figure out which local brand of milk works best for you. In my experience, organic vs. non-organic, or whole milk versus skim milk, has nothing to do with it. One whole milk in one brand will work great while in another it will not foam. But when you find the right milk, this machine makes the thickest foam known the mankind. Note that it's a different kind of foam than steamed foam. It's drier than steamed foam and perhaps a tad less creamier, but still wonderful. Also cleaning the frother is a little awkward since you can't submerge it. But easy enough to get the hang of it.

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Enjoy fine espressos with delicious flavor using Nespresso's Citiz automatic espresso machine. Designed for convenience and ultimate taste, the machine has a sleek and attractive silver chrome finish, and uses Nespresso's superior coffee capsules. These capsules are hermetically sealed in a protective aluminum casing, and provide the freshest possible coffee. The machine uses a 19 bar pressure pump, with an energy saving mode, to extract the best qualities and flavors from your coffee, creating the perfect brew. Once your espresso has finished brewing, the machine ejects the capsules into a container that holds up to ten used capsules at a time. Combined with the removable drip tray, custom volume control, and folding cup support, you simply can't beat this machine. Additionally, Nespresso's Aeroccino milk frother is included, which allows you to use steamed milk to make delicious cappuccinos, lattes, and more.

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Nespresso C100-US-AERO-B Essenza Automatic Single-Serve Espresso Machine with Nespresso Aeroccino Milk Frother, Black Review

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After a lot of research and knowing how tasty the Nespresso espressos are (free sample at a store a year ago that I fondly remembered), I bought the Nespresso C100 on Amazon in September 2009 for an anniversary present to ourselves. In four months, we have made about 180 cups of cappuccino or expresso for my husband and I and an occasional guest. We make about 2-3 cups during the weekday and more on the weekends.

- Very fast and easy to make, with no mess. Fill up the water dispenser, turn the machine on, pop a colored pod in the maker and close lever. Wait for buttons to stop blinking to show it is heated, then push the button. Enjoy the smell! Very easy to clean - run water through by pressing the button and dump out/wash the tray where the overflow grill is and the basket that catches the many pods.

- Aeroccino froth maker is soooo much easier than trying to use the steam nozzles that most cappuccino maker's have (no splattering and nice, consistent froth. My friends are impressed how easy it is!). Just pour the milk in (regular, 2%, or soy) up to the bottom line, put on the plastic lid, and press the button. It makes enough for two cappuccinos. I make the expresso on the lungo or larger setting (7 oz), so the frothed milk is fine for me; however, my husband likes the cappuccino hotter since the milk is warm but not hot, and he puts his cappuccino in microwave to make it hotter. If you pour the milk into the expresso, made on the expresso setting (5 oz), since it is a smaller amount of coffee, the milk tends to make it too cold. If you pour the milk a little above the lower line in the Aeroccino, it can froth over the container. The container is easy to clean up, although it seems best to clean up after each iteration; otherwise, the milk can be stuck on the bottom in brown stains and harder to get off if you heat it up the 2nd time. After cleaning the Aeroccino, make sure you dry it and put the wire whisk back on its magnetic base. A few times, I have just put it inside and later tried to froth my coffee. When it doesn't froth, it means, the wire whisk wasn't put on the magnetic base. You can push the button again to stop the machine and put the whisk in place.

- I bought two Nespresso Lungo (5 oz) glass cups when I bought my machine for about $20. When I received the machine, there was a one time special card offering two Lungo (5 oz) and two Expresso (2 oz) cups and the associated black, plastic saucers for $20 instead of $29. It worth to have at least two Lungo cups. We only use them to make the expresso, then pour the coffee into bigger coffee mugs to have room to add the milk froth. Since I am not a coffee purist and I like to get the most for my money, I push the Lungo button to get a Lungo size cup, pour it in a coffee mug, then press the expresso button to get a smaller amount and also pour that in the coffee mug, so I can get more coffee for the price.

After making all your expressos, Nespresso recommends running hot water through by pushing to button to flush out any expresso grounds, so it nice to have an extra cup to hold that water.

- When you get the machine, they very nicely give you a one of each of the Nespresso expresso flavors (12 or 14). Before I got my machine, I had ordered additional flavors from the Nespresso website based on other Amazon reviewer favorites (thanks for your thoughts!), and they arrived before my machine did. Instead of .55 each, they cost about .64 each when shipped to Maryland. They normally have 2 business day shipping, so they arrived pretty fast.

- I use a large round empty fish bowl to store my colorful Nespresso pods. It looks nice on the counter.

- I made myself a spreadsheet, copying and pasting the information from the Nespresso website to show:
Name: such as Apreggio
Type: Expresso or Lungo. I found I could use either expresso or lungo to make a lungo size cup, since I don't like my cappuccino too strong.
Intensity: 1-10
Description: From website
Pod Color: This is subjective and helpful when you want to buy more or even find which pod you want more quickly. Looking for a teal or blue? Copper or gold?
My and my husband's ratings (1-3 stars) with comments so I knew which ones to re-order.
I added in the specialty flavors which are not listed in the Nespresso book.

Here are our favorites that we re-ordered. Note that the colors are my subjective view of what the pods looked like to me:
Apreggio Expresso; intensity 9; purple - we probably have had 70 pods of this!
Fortissio Lungo; intensity 7; teal
Indriya from India Pure Origin; intensity 10; olive-grey (.62 instead of .55)
Livanto Expresso; intensity 6; copper
Ristretto Expresso; intensity 10; black
Vivalo Lungo; intensity 4; blue - mild flavor
Cosi Expresso, intensity 3; cocoa - nice, light
Decaffeinato Expresso; intensity 3; red - best decaffeinated coffee for us
Singatoba special club; intensity 8; bright blue
Volluto expresso; intensity 4; bronze gold - light
Holiday special: Variation Pain D' Espices (gingerbread) - nice spice flavor
Holiday special: Variation Creme de Marron (chestnut cream) - creamy flavor with different levels of complexity


Didn't like as much:
Finezzo Lungo; intensity 3; bright gold - not much flavor; could barely taste it
Dulsao do Brasil; intensity 5; dark gold - dry tasting
Decaffeinato Lungo; intensity 3; brick red - bitter tasting; needs sweetner
Decaffeinato Intenso expresso;intensity 7; maroon - strong, bitter; needs sweetner
Capriccio Expresso; intensity 5; green
Roma Expresso; intensity 8; dark grey - thought it was okay
Rosabaya de Columbia pure origin; intensity 8; pink - bitter; needs lots of sweetner


We really like our C100 expresso machine. It is easier to use than a normal cappuccino maker with the mess of espresso grounds and the hassle of the steam nozzle. The coffee is very worth the price and inconvenience of having to buy at the Nespresso website or at a Nespresso boutique. I would have liked to get the higher-end Nespresso machine that integrates the milk frother in the same unit but at $800, it was too much. The $300 C100 with the Aeroccino milk frother is a good value for the money and well worth it.
I hope this review was helpful to you and that you enjoy your espresso with Nespresso!

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Combination package of C100 Automatic Essenza and Aeroccino. Compact Brewing Unit with a 19 Bar pressure pump and thermobloc heating element. Automatic and programmable Coffee Quantity (Settings : 40 ml for espresso, 110 ml for lungo) with backlit on/off and coffee volume buttons. The Essenza also has a removable water tank (41-ounce.) and features easy insertion of capsules and ejection used of capsules into capsule container with capacity for 14 used capsules. The Aeroccino is a one touch machine to get milk froth or hot milk (automatic stop function) Simple milk dosage indicated in the jug (two levels: milk froth and hot milk)

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Nespresso CitiZ C120 Automatic and programmable Espresso and Lungo Machine w/Frother, Fire-engine red Review

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I wanted an automatic espresso machine, and was prepared to spend up to a $1500, but my problem was that I couldn't find anything in that price range that was reliable and had consistently good reviews. The Saeco Talea came up a few times, and I have a friend who has one, but that (like every other model I looked at) seemed to have only 60% or so positive reviews, or no reviews. I wanted something that would make espresso, required little to no maintenance and would last. I own a conventional espresso maker, and a semi-automatic. The conventional (stove top) works just fine, but I rarely use it because it takes too much time when I'm trying to get out the door in the morning. Virtually every seal in the semi-automatic has worn out, it was messy to clean up, and the milk frother was just a disaster (forget the constant cleaning, water bubbles out of it even when I'm not using it).

My wife recently started to like coffee, but she likes lattes and cappuccinos, which is why I went with this model, rather than one that just made espresso. I liked that everything was on one stand, and there was only one cord, unlike getting the Nespressor C101 with Aeroccino. That's probably a better deal, but I wanted simple. I should note the machine also makes lungo, a long shot, but I prefer good old fashioned espresso, so I won't mention lungo again.

The only downside to the machine is that the espresso comes out at pretty much the perfect temperature. Same with the liquid from the milk frother. If you want scalding hot this machine isn't for you. I've used the machine to make americanos by just not putting in a coffee capsule, but when I'm running out the door to work that's not quite hot enough, so I just boil a pot of water. For espresso, and anything with the milk frother it's fast, and ready to go. I haven't used the frother to cool much stuff, but it works.

The capsules are more expensive than buying coffee by the pound, and setting up a nespresso account is annoying, but it's still cheaper than Starbucks (which I personally don't like), and by the time my coffee costs equal the cost of a fully automatic machine that machine would have died (according to all of the reviews). Standard capsules are $0.55, and specialty capsules are $0.62. Between the two of us we typically use less than 20 shots a week. Call it less than $12. $500 or so a year. We were spending at least half of that a year on coffee beans (more when you add in buying coffee by the cup), so at $250 more a year than a fully automatic espresso machine (and I think our coffee consumption would have gone up) it would have been 2 - 3 years before we the bottom of the line fully automatic espresso machines would have been cheaper. My guess is that I would have spent more like $2000 if I wanted that kind of reliability, that's more than 6 years.

Anyway, I purchased this model for its reliability. I looked at the Delonghi version, which is like a mini-fully automatic espresso machine, but it seems to have all of the faults of the fully automatic machine. The nespresso series seemed to have the best overall reviews and I've been very happy. My wife uses it, and she never touched the semi-automatic machine that we had. It's easy to use, clean, etc. To operate you hit the on switch, then for espresso press the espresso button. To froth or cool milk (or another liquid) you fill the milk frother and press the button to heat, or hold it down for a couple of seconds to cool. That's it.

My best friend turned me on to this. He has the same model but in fire engine red. After owning his for a year he still hasn't had an issue. A co-worker has had his for years and still no problems. I wish that nespresso sold capsules that I could fill, or that there was a better way to recycle the capsules, but oh well. I haven't used a descaling kit, but I can't imagine that will be a problem.

On the nespresso website you don't need to provide all of the information they ask for. They will still let you create an account and order. I would skip the introduction variety kit. You get a sampler with your purchase.

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