Buying a George Clooney machine
By Rob Jones | August 16, 2010
At least that’s what my colleague called it when he learned of the fact that I had bought myself a Nespresso machine. Yes, indeed. I guess I should be thankful it makes coffee and doesn’t duplicate George Clooney.
Ever since returning from my holiday in England, I’ve been wanting to invest into a coffee machine. I really missed having cappuccino with my breakfast in the morning and enjoy a proper espresso after dinner in the evening. I tried making my own milk froth once in an attempt to create my own cappuccino and, quite quickly, I came to the conclusion that it takes a bit more than my regular filter coffee with wanna-be milk froth to satisfy my need for a cappuccino.
I started out on a journey to buy a new coffee machine. My demands were easily thought up: automated cappuccino, espresso and lastly, good tasting coffee. To my horror I discovered the wide range of choices to make. Prices varied in ranges from €130 to well over €2000! Right. I set myself to find something priced around €200, maybe €250. That immediately narrowed down the choices quite a lot!
Eventually I settled for a DeLonghi Lattisima. A little more expensive than I originally had in mind, but well worth the money. I can make all sorts of coffee now with just the press of a single button! Awesome! The milk froth is made from fresh milk and the coffee from those expensive, but tasty, little Nespresso cups. My first cappuccino out of that machine was a little miracle to be honest.
Right now I’m at work, staring at my horrible cup of Senseo, which inspired me to write this. I miss my George Clooney machine already! Nespresso. What else?
