Great coffee at a decent price
5/5
P.S, yes I bought a few of these machines… oops.
The Nespresso vertuo line in my opinion is a game changer for coffee lovers! I thought I loved my bean to cup coffee machine. Well let me tell you, I knew nothing. The crema, OMG the crema… I never liked black coffee or espresso on its own. But since I had a few samples I thought of challenging myself and trying it just for fun and if I don’t like it, just add milk. Well for the first time in my life I downed several espressos and a black coffee. (My Favourite flavours are: Altissio, Voltesso and toccanto for espresso and and Stormio, Chocolate Fudge, Hazelino Muffin and Caramel cookie for Ling coffee) I’m so grateful that this machine comes with a great sample of 12 different coffees because it gave me the opportunity to appreciate just how delicious and superior in taste Nespresso coffee really is. (Some of the coffees mentioned do NOT come free, I ordered them as part of my subscription, but you can go in store and ask them to try it for free). The samples included 4x espresso (1 decaf), 2x double espresso, 2x lungo (like 4x espresso size) and 4x americano style coffees (mug full). This machine is very compact and stylish machine and it really delivers barista-quality espresso and coffee with just a touch of a button. You will never voluntarily set foot in Costa or Starbucks ever again. If you do their coffee will disappoint you.
The machine heats up quickly and is incredibly easy to use. It actually feels very sturdy and high quality.
I have other machines in the same price range (I’m looking at you Genio S plus!) and they feel cheap and plasticky, not this one.
The variety of coffee and espresso pods available is amazing, offering something for every taste bud. I also absolutely love that there’s an app???? Yes! I got a notification this morning saying my machine needs my attention!
Your machine connects to the wifi, and registering it it’s a piece of cake, you go in the app and put your phone next to it, put your wifi password in and voila! The machine registered to yourself and for its warranty!! Plus, it will send notifications if the machine runs out of water and remind you of regular maintenance.
Yes, a thousand times to the capsule waste compartment. Love that feature. Now although I’m very enthusiastic about the machine there is one massive downside: the availability of pods. You can only source them at Nespresso and they have a minimum order quantity of 50 capsules, which can be somewhat expensive and not great.
They do have subscriptions, which seem to make pods more cost effective, but if cost of pods and availability are a concern (I think you should at least consider it in the grand scheme of things..) look into those before committing to buy.
The next thing I don’t like is the size of the water reservoir, it’s only 500ml, so if you’re making several coffees in a row (more than 2 long coffees) you’ll have to refill it often, the shame is the was space to make it slightly taller in line with the machine and make it 700-750ml in line with other brands. Another thing which I find strange is that you can stop a coffee while it’s going (by pressing the button at the top) BUT it takes several seconds for the flow to stop (probably 4-6s) which if you’re risking your cup overfilling it will unless you’re fast. My other machines stop immediately. The flip side is that if you want a longer espresso from the capsule, you can press the button at the top (within 45s) and it will give you extra water! Lastly, the drip collector is useless. It is a moveable part that you HAVE to remove to accommodate mugs. So you have to wait for all the coffee to be finished pouring 100% or you’ll get your worktop dirty.. Personally I think it was not designed well, as it’s easy to loose (if you don’t use it often due to mug size) but also it doesn’t really look part of the machine.. One thing that would make this my favourite machine would be if it had an arriccino included (obviously for a slight premium) as I love frothy milk with my coffee.
So all things considered this machine gets a solid 4.5/5 and I would definitely recommend it to friends and family, hence I bought a few of them!