Nescafe Dolce Gusto Coffee Machine: Coffee, Cappuccino and Hot Chocolate Pods

Nescafe and Krups have recently launched a new product called Dolce Gusto. It is a coffee-pod system that is similar to those from Lavazza and Nespresso, though slightly less sophisticated.

The most important attribute is the variety of ‘fusion’ coffees (Chococino and Latte Macchiatto), prepared using a ‘double’ pod – one of coffee and another of milk.

 Find out more about their coffee capsule system. Comparison of Nespresso and Dolce Gusto. Buy Dolce Gusto. Analysis of the Krups Dolce Gusto Circolo.

Dolce Gusto Coffee-pod Machine: Krups’ Guarantee

  • The Dolce Gusto machine’s reliability is guaranteed by its manufacturer, Krups. 
  • It has a 14 bar pressure pump and a 1.3 litre water reservoir. The water is heated as it passes through a coil, speeding up the coffee-making process. 

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  • The machine is easy to use. You turn the machine on and wait 20 seconds until the green light on the panel goes off. Then you can start to put the coffee or milk pods into the machine. To begin preparing the coffee you move the machine’s lever to the right, to make your drink hot, and to the left, to make it cold.  
  • There is a manual leverto control the amount of coffee in each cup. You can use this lever to add more water and make a larger coffee or simply stop it earlier to get a more concentrated coffee. In turn, you can control the temperature of the water yourself, by turning it to the left or the right. . 

Advantages and disadvantages of Nestle Dolce Gusto Coffee-pod Machines

Advantages

  • It heats up quickly
  • The coffee it makes is of a reasonably high quality
  • Inserting the pods is easy
  • The controls are easy to use and the lever is made of high-quality metal
  • All drinks can be made with hot or cold water
  • The milk from the milk pods has quite a nice flavour

Disadvantages

  • The container for used pods is quite small and so must be emptied quite frequently.

  • The water reservoir doesn’t contain a water filter.

  • It can be a little complicated to fill the reservoir

Types of Nescafe Dolce Gusto Coffee-pod Machines

From a design point of view, Nescafe Dolce Gusto offer three different models

  • Dolce Gusto Piccolo is the smallest and most compact model. It can make up to three coffees without having to refill the water.

  • Krups Circolo - Tiene has some features in common with the Melody machine but some differ, you can read about these in this analysis of the Dolce Gusto Circolo machine

  • Melody Kp 2006 - is the conventional and well-known model.

 

 
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