tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280439984413663643.post2402885685354635705..comments2024-02-23T09:56:58.839+01:00Comments on CycleItalia: DeLonghi Espresso maker reviewLarry and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16346445393389942837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280439984413663643.post-69662073439539903642019-09-16T08:45:16.490+02:002019-09-16T08:45:16.490+02:00Update on this machine - it conked out but the ser...Update on this machine - it conked out but the service place was just a few blocks away!! They fixed it at no charge and we're back in biz every morning.Larry and Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346445393389942837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280439984413663643.post-55595991839074165382018-01-18T14:19:05.866+01:002018-01-18T14:19:05.866+01:00For travel in the US by car we take a cheapo Gaggi...For travel in the US by car we take a cheapo Gaggia that uses the pods. George Clooney might claim Nespresso is good, but I have my doubts. It's like the way-cool Rocket machines...the only people I see endorsing them are Anglo-Saxons, not Italians...one of our non-Italian friends has one and the espresso that comes out of it is simply awful. I even gave him some Illy, Lavazza and San Eustachio caffe to try with it - still awful! <br />Camping? I'm with my mother-in-law about camping - it's sleeping in a hotel without room service!Larry and Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346445393389942837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280439984413663643.post-4302408689731534292018-01-18T10:48:51.483+01:002018-01-18T10:48:51.483+01:00I'm fortunate that I can afford to have "...I'm fortunate that I can afford to have "real deal" coffee machines at home and holiday homes. As with you, the Other Half appreciates my compulsion.<br /><br />For travel, I'd go Nespresso style. I don't own one, but if time is short and the luggage must be light, it's a workable option. I have just been on a wine weekend (where a few of us get together and do a series of tastings with a designated bus driver) and someone brought a Nespresso which was fine. Not great, but fine. The separate milk frother works OK as well.<br /><br />For camping, I just use a stainless steel French press. Simple and almost indestructible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com