If you're like most New Yorkers, you have no time and even less kitchen space. You needed a cup of strong coffee this morning, but in your haste to get home last night, you forgot to buy filters for the machine.
I had solved my filter dilemma by making coffee with the filterless Saeco Vienna Deluxe. Every morning, I would fill the machine with Sumatran coffee beans and watch the grinding and tamping with admiration. However, the Deluxe was quite messy to clean, as I had to open it up, withdraw several different compartments, and scrub off layers of coffee grounds. The machine also claimed a lot of precious counter space.
Enter the amazing Nespresso coffeemaker. Tiny in comparison to my Saeco Deluxe, it uses capsules of ground coffee to produce astonishingly good coffee. You can make a large or small cup, and there are 10 different strengths available. I was very skeptical at first; how could a capsule compare to freshly ground beans? But my Arpeggio coffee was smooth, rich and topped with a fine layer of crema.
Best of all, the machine requires almost no cleaning; you just empty the capsule compartment!
Monday, December 20, 2004
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I have a Saeco coffee machine. And, it's wonderful; but, I have seen the machine you're talking about, and, it looks very attractive. I have two applications, the galley in my boat and, my smaller counter in my new townhouse. This is a good tip for your readers.
Which Saeco machine do you have?
If you do decide to purchase the Nespresso, I recommend the Arpeggio and Roma blends from the Nespresso Club.
We have the "Vienna-superautomatica". It's a really great machine. It grinds up the beans and can also make froth for latte etc. But, since the counter on our sailboat is small, the other machine you spoke of sounds better than the mettle coffee pot I use now. At least at dockside. At sea the options are a bit more limited.
We have the Vienna at work and it's fab. The only regular cleaning consists of emptying the grinds drawer. It's not big either. What I really hate about the Nespresso, is that it ties you to Nestle. It's their pods or nothing. We're an open source kinda household, so that's a no-no. At home we have a Francis Francis in lime green. THAT is messy. The single serve pods make it a little bit less so, but here you can only find the Illy, and they're rather expensive (as are the Nestle pods). We've taken to buying the single serve pods on our yearly trip to Switzerland now.
I didn't realize Illy made pods as well! Illy is one of my favorite coffees.
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