Pixie Nespresso Coffee Maker – product review
We love it, don’t we? Sitting outside a French café drinking espresso like the natives. Basking in the sun and pretending to read Le Monde. A French breakfast wouldn’t be complete without coffee in some guise or other, and there is nothing more chic than ending a meal in a Parisian bistro with a little cup of noisette (espresso with a cloud of milk). Now we can enjoy good espresso without crossing the Channel, and indeed without crossing one’s own threshold.
Coffee seems to have taken over from tea in the morning popularity stakes. The queues at “costabucks” confirm the nation’s love of a jolt of caffeine to start the day. I am the proud owner of two Italian coffee pots. You know the ones: scoops of ground coffee in a holey receptacle; fill the lower pot with water till just below the rubber safety gasket and stand on the hob. Something of a fiddle when one only wants a single espresso.
The Pixie Nespresso coffee maker is a simple and unobtrusive gadget that does exactly what it says on the box. It makes coffee. No fuss, no mess and in no time at all. It uses those small sealed capsules which eliminate the faff of coffee scooping. There is a water tank at the back so there is no more measuring – it’s automatic. No mystery, and you won’t have to wait for your seven-year-old to come home from school to show you what to do.
The charm of the Pixie is its size. There are machines on the market that are reminiscent of those found in trendy Italian coffee bars of the 1960’s – all chrome with big levers like one-armed bandits, and dispensing dozens of cups per hour. Yes, they are splendid in a retro way, but those big appliances take up a lot of space on a domestic kitchen counter. You’ll want your coffee maker on display for easy access so it needs to look good, and the Pixie does, but most importantly it works. The Pixie Nespresso is one of the best espresso makers around.
• Ultra-compact brewing unit
• Simple capsule insertion and automatic ejection of used capsules
• Power-save mode
• Programmable water quantity control
• Cup support and drip tray
• 19 Bar pressure system
• Thermoblock instant water heating system
• Removable 0.7 litre water tank
• 1260W power.
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Product review by Chrissie Walker © 2018
