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Help - in serious need of my daily capuccino!

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 14:14

Can anyone recommend a simple, efficient capuccino/expresso machine. Had a Krupps one that was great but kept breaking, then bought Gaggia one that was useless (took forever to make expresso and never got milk to be really frothy) and that has now thankfully given up the ghost too. Ideally no more than £200 and needs to be able to produce starbucks quality froth. I need my morning coffee!

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 16:46

I've found the hand whizzy things only work on cold milk and then you have to put in microwave to warm up - one leg too many imo and somehow doesn't feel very organic.
I had the gaggia cubika - found it rubbish. Am not keen on idea of nespresso as don't you have to buy their sachets of coffee for ever more? With my krupps only semi-skimmed milk frothed not full fat... oh the troubles I've had. Hoxtonchick can you advise further, or anyone else?

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 17:10

Blimey SD - will print out for reading material whilst feeding - can see I've got a lot to learn. Is Nespresso Nestle by the way?

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 22:16

Toots, is it \link{http://www.electricshopping.com/shop/shop.do?cID=49&pID=345\this one}? What a bargain! You do realise though that if it doesn't froth And clearly I got some work to do on my tecnique) I'll have to ban you, don't you? (

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 22:22

You have to warm the milk first ?

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JustineMumsnet · 22/03/2006 22:38

Ok I've ordered Toots' Morphy Richards Roma chappy and will go study my guide to milk frothing - will report back asap! Thanks for all the advice.

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JustineMumsnet · 23/03/2006 08:56

Callmemadam forgot to say you were right about the Cubika - not bad coffee but seriously underpowered. Used to take me 20 minutes to get it going properly. Limp, lame, flaccid, lifeless. I'm hoping my Morphy Richards Roma will, by contrast, be full of Roman potency.

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JustineMumsnet · 28/03/2006 20:52

I'm back full of praise for my Italian Stalion - the Morphy Richards Roma. Quick, efficient and very, very frothy. Thank you so much Toots for restoring my daily capuccino and thus my faith in humankind. I only have one very slight issue which is that it's so efficient at frothing, the milk's not always piping hot by the time the froth is frothing over the side of the jug - any advice for me on that one?

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