Highly Recommended
Heats up quick. You can be enjoying an espresso in under 30 seconds. Even the milk frother is quick, and cappuccino won't take more than 60 seconds. I think a couple of the stronger capsules (the black ristretto and purple arpeggio for example) taste pretty good. It's important to understand this is an espresso machine, and it makes a wide variety of "coffee flavored" drinks, but is not going to make something exactly like drip coffee. If that's what you want, you can come close by making an americano (running some hot water into an espresso or lungo without a capsule in place). It's nearly as quick and still tastes good. I just wouldn't want anyone disappointed because they are looking for something to make a 24oz mug for the morning commute. I highly recommend the Pixie for speed, convenience, taste, and did I mention it's a pretty nice looking machine? If there is a downside, it's the cost of the capsules. I found going directly to Nespresso was the least expensive but still not...
Excellent combination small volume cappuccinos
The Nespresso Pixie is an excellent, quick, low mess tool for making very good espresso and the Aeroccino milk frother is great for preping the milk for cappuccino.
Pluses = It really does make very good espresso and cappuccino coffee and does it easily with less mess than other tools. No need to buy a grinder ($200+) and less need to experiment with technique to get good results versus standard espresso machines. The Aeroccino milk frother is also less of a mess and more consistent in producing good frothy hot milk compared with the steaming apparatus on the less expensive espresso machines. The available pods are almost all very good tasting and only moderately expensive. The Pixie is very compact and takes up little counter space and would work well as an RV traveling espresso maker.
Minuses = the standard dose for espresso is only 1.35 oz. (a lot smaller than single serving coffee makers like the Keurig). This makes a very small cup of espresso and also...
No more coffee house runs!
This handy little machine brews a fabulous cup of expresso. It takes up very little counter space which is a real plus and it's easy to use and clean. Ordering from Nepresso is quick and their selection of favors is vast. No more speciality coffee runs for me. The reason I gave it a four star instead of five is because of the milk frother. While the frother works like a charm, it does not get milk hot enough when making mochas and/or other milk based hot drinks. To solve the problem I put the frothed milk in a microwave and heat it up an additional 30 seconds or so. If you are looking for a top notched expresso maker that needs very litte space you can't go wrong with the Pixie. When the maker's warrantee has expired I'm going to try the refillable capsules you can order on Amazon so I can brew different whatever brand of coffee I want.
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