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(More customer reviews)After many years of being faithful Tassimo customers, we finally gave up on them: The quality of their products deteriorated until we could take it no more: The machines--we went through three of them; the coffee discs--more Seattle's Best Henry's Blend discs exploded than worked; the Home Delivery Service was extremely unreliable--we ran out of coffee many times because our standing order could not be filled and then we finally went two full months without a shipment because of backorders; and most recently, the varieties of coffee available has diminished and the selection is pitiful. What to do???
After much thought and investigation--because no other machine does exactly what the Tassimo machine did (make coffee and tea and froth milk from the same spout), we decided on the Nesspresso CitiZ.
What a gem of a machine! What wonderful coffee! What wonderful choices! If you read the accompanying literature and get yourself into the whole sensual experience of each small cupful--from choosing your jewel-toned disc from a beautiful, smooth, black box (like opening a box of bon-bons! seriously!)through smelling, tasting and feeling the coffee--well, it's seriously pleasurable.
We were used to drinking large-size cups of coffee or tea before leaving for work (and we still drink our large cups of tea during the day), but realized that we often left coffee in the cup in the sink. So we took a chance on the expresso--didn't know if we'd be able to tolerate the change to a few sips in the morning. But the change has been effortless and so rewarding: Because the coffee is so smooth and rich, it is easier and more satisfying to relish a few sips rather than big gulps of average-tasting coffee. We really didn't know what we were missing.
If you like more mild coffee and think that expresso will be too strong for you--then you think like I did. And I was wrong and there is no reason to be afraid of Nespresso expresso and lungo (long cups--still pretty small): This great coffee is not bitter; it has a variety of fragrances, and feel, and flavors in each sip--and I've found that I am now leaning towards the more "intense" blends. There are two buttons to choose how much water you want to pass through each disc, and they are easily programmable, so the amount of water is up to you. And that is the reason we took a chance on this machine. But now I find that I prefer to go along with the suggested amount of water for each blend. After all, the recommendations come from experts and they know what they're doing!
Regarding where you purchase your machine: We compared prices, cost of shipping, available specials and freebies, and we settled on paying a little more and buying it directly from the company--and bought coffee discs at the same time. Unfortunately, we were unaware that they charge tax--no matter what state you live in. So consider that when you are doing your research.
And regarding the color "Creamy White"--I saw it called "60's White" somewhere, too: We decided on this color hoping it would match with pale yellow appliances, cabinet inserts and some retro white small appliances and kitchen gadgets. It goes very nicely. If you need "white-white", this color will not do. This is creamy, going into very pale yellow. If you have 50's-60's-70's white appliances that have started to age to a creamy yellowish, then this is the color for you.
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