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Great coffee. I have had this Capresso coffeemaker about 8 years. Works and looks as well as it did new. Love the timer and frother. Worth the investment.
Don't sweat the talk of the frother being difficult. I thought the skim thing would be an incentive for me to lower the dairy fat in my life.
That was my goal. It helps that the stainless steel pot isn't so easily broken in the sink as so many glass ones.
It makes a fantastic pot of coffee without cooking it. Half and half beats skim, right.
And I appreciate the ability to froth the milk. I haven't tried the half and half, as they recommend not to, but oh well.
but NO. If you can can handle basic kitchen gadgets, this should pose no problem in cleaning or operation.
(I do rinse the pieces out after each use and let the steam come through for several seconds as the manual says to do). We had been using a mini hand-held frother every morning along with microwaved milk to make our lattes, so this was the perfect machine for us. So I have added this step which is not a big deal and it's great. We watched the CD that came with it and found using it to be very simple. The only thing I have discovered, which might be helpful to others too, is that if I don't rinse out the steam pieces just before using the frother, many times the milk doesn't come through, only steam for some reason. What I am amazed at is how hot the coffee is--far hotter than our previous thermal coffeemaker was even though we preheated the carafe with hot water each morning. We have used the Capresso daily since the end of June 08 and love it.
I found this machine to be very easy to operate and so far has been exceptionalThe automatic timing is easy to set and has functioned perfectly for the last eight months. The machine brews a good good cup of coffee in a reasonable time. The carafe keeps the coffee hot for several hours.This machine is very impressive.
Problem solved---you'll always trust them to shop with again. I didn't use the frother.just didn't really need it. For 2 months after I got it, it made delicious, very hot coffee, and the thermal carafe was fabulous. Capresso Coffee Brand Name the worst at fixing their own problems. Well, on May 23, it is still not here, and upon investigation we find that UPS "Ground" has lost the replacement coffee maker, but they are showing that it did NOT get delivered. And if you are a true coffee lover, you can just imagine what that has been like.Bottom line: coffee maker great IF it works.
I made sure everything was on, tried unplugging and replugging later, several attempts and days later, still nothing. In fact, it did nothing. So I called Capresso's number on the warranty information, and with only a couple of questions asked, was told a relacement would be sent to me within 48 hours. The conversation gave me a sense that this was not the first time they had heard of this. I would rate the actually coffee pot very highly.if only it would work. If your product breaks after 2 months and you want your name as a company to look good, wouldn't you want the customer to receive the replacement ASAP. So they're sending it ground and it will arrive in 3 weeks on May 19.
O.K., so Customer Service Mistake 2: Capresso informs me they cannot send me another unit until UPS has LOCATED and returned the original unit. Here again would be a perfect opportunity, and most great companies like Apple and Bose would have done just this:apologize profusely for the inconvenience and promise a new one will be sent out next day air. So a week later, I've still heard nothing and call back. But after 2 months, I poured the water into the reservoir as usual, and it just wouldn't brew through. But not Capresso.
They never even asked for proof of purchase date on it. I was told the sent the shipment by Ground, which in my mind is poor customer service right there. I have now been completely without a coffee maker for well over a month because of all this red tape. I will never never buy Capresso again.
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