Nespresso C185T Le Cube Automatic Espresso Machine Titan Gray
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5 Stars Amazing!!
I had been researching an espresso machine for over a year and was considering one in the range of $2,000.00. I had lived in Italy for over a year and consider myself a connoisseur of a good espresso. I bought the Nespresso for my in-laws so I could have a good cup of coffee during visits. I have been so impressed with the quality of the espresso and the thick crema that comes out of this relatively inexpensive machine – it is unbelievable! Initially, I thought the Nespresso pods would be an inconvenience but the quality of the coffee is amazing and they are easy to use and easy to order. We are going to purchase Le Cube for us. If you like Lattes or Cappuccinos, I would recommend the Froth Au Lait milk frother. It makes a large quantity of an amazing, dense froth. The Nespresso frother is good but makes only enough for 1 person and it is not worth it for a couple or family. Enjoy!
5 Stars Convenient and fast way to make decent coffee
This small machine makes very decent coffee with a minimum of fuss. Just pop in one of the little capsules and hit the button and you’re set. Pretty quiet as well so you don’t wake up the rest of the family for your morning shot.
The machine fits the Bodum 2-Ounce espresso glasses on top but not much more due to limited height. Would have been nice to be able to keep full size glasses handily available as well but I guess it would have made the machine bigger.
4 Stars Great coffee, Very Good machine.
Well, first the coffee:
Great taste. All the four I have tried.
Capsule system is a charm to work with. No fumbling, no measuring, no preparing, no setting up, no cleaning messy work space in the kitchen.
Coffee is perfect every time. Every time.
I used to put a little milk or foam to all of my coffees. I don’t need to do that anymore.
The machine:
Very good looking piece of design. And the performance is fast, precise, clean, elegant.
To be a quiet machine, is a little too noisy, in my modest opinion.
Water receptacle doesn’t stay open if you want to get the water there instead of taking the tank out of the machine and put it under the water.
Very easy to clean. Very easy and fast to assemble.
It makes a little noise every fifteen seconds, like some thermostat that is regulating the temperature of the water, or something. Only hear it if you are next to the machine. Kind of annoying if you are cooking besides the machine, which I do (again: not a NOISE, not TOO annoying, just things that pop up, for helping you, potential buyers).
Yes, as another reviewer said, it looses some drops of coffee/water before and after pouring the coffee. I don’t like that either.
Big downside to the machine:
It warms up the cups, a great feature. But be very careful because it can store a very restricted variety of cups. Not the lungo ones (too tall), not some small wooden ones that I love (too wide), not some others I tried.
It was an important point for me, and now I can’t use the storage and warming space because none of my cups fit.
And no, I don’t want to have those cups with the Nespresso logo imprinted on the glass or carved on the porcelain. My house is not a Nespresso boutique.
I’m very happy with the purchase, but if I have to buy a Nespresso Machine again, it would be the smaller one, which will take less space on the kitchen, and eventually will be easier to move or carry around in its own travel bag.
One more thing, about the service at the Nespresso Shop (in New York):
At first I went there to ask for help on the selection of the kind of capsules I would buy, and for the cups.
The lady there gave me a taste of two capsules. Then I asked for the lungo one, and she did it, but without any smiles on her face. She made me feel like a guy who comes from the street in a freezing day to have some free coffee.
I bought the capsules with an unpleasant feeling, wanting to leave the store very fast, and I also bought the glass cups.
And then, at the hotel, I decided that I didn’t want the cups because of the logo, and I also realized that, in the rush, I purchased the wrong kind of capsules (12 different possibilities, which is great and confusing at the same time) so I wanted to return the cups and buy more coffee, and make the exchange of the wrong capsules.
The lady that took care of me this time wasn’t polite at all, and had an attitude that made me feel that I won’t want to go there again to buy more coffee, or anything else.
I mean: when you buy a Nespresso machine you are not just a guy from the street anymore; you become a kind of a partner for them, since you will have to buy their capsules FOREVER and EVER. So the service cannot be the regular one you get when you just drop by in any store to make stupid questions, or does it?
It was a very unpleasant experience for me. But happy me that I don’t live in New York anyway.
Hope the other stores I will visit in the future will have better service.
5 Stars Great espresso!
There is nothing much to say, great espresso, beautiful machine, easy to clean, what else?
I am not going to enter into the debate on capsules vs beans, but if you decided you want the convenience of the capsules, Nespresso is a great choice, they have good selection and home delivery.
Before the cube I tried the Lattissima, but it didn’t worked for me, the coffee was warm and not hot. This is certainly not the case with the Cube which provides perfectly hot coffee…
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