Nespresso Lattissima - Simplicity for the coffee addict
Well with the new addition to the family, my ritual routine on the weekend was to impersonate a Coffee Barista and try and make Espresso and Lattes was cut short due to time.
I've been hooked on good coffee ever since Financier opened up near my office. Between the Lattes and the French Pastries Financier and my old friend Starbucks have really put a dent in my wallet.
One day I walked into a Williams Sonoma and they had a Nespresso representative there. At the time they were trying to sell me a Nespresso D290C, a great machine that makes great espresso fast. I was very surprised by the taste and quality of the espresso that came from such a small capsule. I currently own a Beville 800XL which I use with Illy Pods, which is starting to exhibit some pump problems. I believe they replaced my model with one that has a double boiler with19bars pressure.
In any case I decided it was time to make a break from the manual espresso thing to something much simpler, now the question was which model. So in my travels I found a great site, singleservecoffee.com which previewed the Nespresso Lattissima, manufactured by Delonghi. So this was going to be my next coffee machine.
So what do I think? It is a great machine, just as singleservecoffee.com described. I don't have any serious gripes about the quality of the espresso, caps, or lattes.
There are some things to consider though.
- You can only buy coffee though the Nespresso club or the boutique stores.
- You normal coffee mugs will not fit in the machine, you will need to use the included Lungo or espresso shot glass, which are really narrow...
- When using the milk attachment, the silver tube needs to be extended. I neglected to extend and milk was all over the place...I solved by placing a rubberband around the plastic container, preventing retraction of the tube.
I am thinking of getting one of the lesser expensive models for the Office. Along with the Nespresso frother you can save yourself lots of cash and still enjoy your coffee.
For those who want to calculate the cost, here is the analysis I did the numbers are only for one person, double it and it really makes sense to have your own machine...Obviously the numbers are estimates, even with my own machine I do find myself stopping at the coffee shop or Starbucks once in awhile...
