Great Coffee Maker but... I hope they make more flavors
After being a DAILY Starbucks customer for almost 20 years....yes..daily X 20 years..I don't want to think about it. Anyway...to reward my loyalty, they did away with my 10% gold card discount and raised their prices AGAIN in December and I hear another one is coming in february. I have had a price in my mind for quite awhile that was the limit that I would pay Starbucks to make me a cup of coffee that was worth about $1, and they hit it. So my husband said "pick a machine and I'll get it for your for Christmas". I look at them and I went with this one. I don't drink a complicated drink, I just want it good...and hot..fast would be nice. This machine is fast..real fast. I am impressed at how fast I am walking away from the kitchen with my cup. It is simple enough that my son makes a hot chocolate with ease. There is really nothing to clean..that's good too! I only use bottled water in it because our tap water has alot of minerals and I want to avoid that in this machine. We take water...
The Dolce Gusto Experience of Excellence
I love my coffees and specialty drinks. I'm not new to the single-serve coffee experience. I own two Bosch Tassimos, and have a wealth of different kinds of coffee brewers and coffee bean grinders. I find a use for each one ; That said, the Creativa is a beautiful machine. Well made and great to look at. Love the way it walks through the steps. This machine really has intelligence! You can adjust manually to brew your own drink, and save the recipe. Or, you can go with the automatic pre-settings for the ultimate brew in my opinion. The DG has more utility than my Ts, in that the DG can brew hot and cold, and regardless of what some say, that 15 bars of pressure makes a lot of difference. In comparison to the Tassimo(s) I own, the specialty drinks were larger and much tastier. I'm of the opinion the DG powdered milk produces a thicker, and taller froth than I ever got from my Tassimos. A better tasting chocolate, latte and cap. Again, to my palate, better tasting, more like a coffee...
Terrific machine!
I've purchased and used a Tassimo, a Keurig and now the Dolce Gusto. Each one has some pros and cons.
The Tassimo is super easy to use with the bar code technology. Plus, the coffee variety is ok and you can make coffee house drinks. While the quality of the drinks is good, I don't think they are as good as the Creativa.
The Keurig is also very easy to use and there is a large variety of coffees, teas and other hot drinks, but no coffee house drinks.
The Dolce Gusto Creativa is easy to use, but not as easy as the Tassimo because you have to select on the display the type of drink you are making. However, I can say that this machine blows the Tassimo away as far as drink quality goes. I made capuccinos with my Tassimo and didn't think they were that good. I just made my first with the Creativa and I'm thinking about when to make another one. I also like that you can tweak the brewing cycle and save the recipe for the next time. Overall, I'm very...
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