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- From: luoni@jasper.mlb.semi.harris.com (Perry Luoni)
- Subject: Re: Espresso/cappacino machines
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:22:59 GMT
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- In article <1e8lasINN8sr@agate.berkeley.edu> stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.044342.4474@informix.com> suffron@informix.com (Nancy Suffron) writes:
- >>I would like to get my parents a combination espresso/cappacino (sp?)
- >>machine for Christmas and was all set to get the 4-cup Krups machine
- >>until I got a negative reaction from a colleague.
- >
- >My main piece of advice is to get a machine with a pump, rather than
- >one which uses steam pressure to force the water through the coffee. My
- >experience with these is that the coffee that emerges is more like a
- >strong cup of regular coffee, and not much like a true espresso. Of course,
- >pump machines are generally a lot more expensive.
- >
-
- I bought the Krups expresso/capachino maker that costs around $300.00.
- I think it has a pump, it certainly sounds like it. I works great and
- is built to last. It has a milk frother with an extra tube that allows
- air to get mixed in and it works very good. The ones with one tube are
- much harder to froth milk with. I think this is the top of the line
- Krups model. I bought it at Bloomingdales, but have seen it at other
- upscale dept. stores. I would avoid the SALTON line of machines. They
- are cheaply made and won't last. I have had a couple of the three in
- one machines that make regular coffee as well as capachino and the handle
- kept breaking off of the pot when it was full of coffee, which is not fun
- when a whole pot of hot coffee pours all over everything.
-
- I think Krups and Braun are both good quality brands.
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