At home, I have the Pixie machine with two Chromosome dispenser which I make sure to keep filled with all the different colors – Sorry, I know that coffee connoisseurs don’t like it when we refer to a coffee type in its color. Although I have rarely tasted any.Today seemed to be my lucky day. I went in, like I usually do and was welcomed by a couple of gentle ladies and the manager Gilbert. Knowing me, I tend to be a bit annoying: I want to know everything down to the nitty gritty details, I had a million questions to ask. They were so helpful and informative. I had time on my hands, and I wanted to understand more about the colors of coffee capsules, their numbers, their names and definitely the different machines and what each does. Well basically everything.
To understand the differences, I started by tasting one of the capsules in the midrange area, considering that Nespresso flavors range in intensity from 2 to 10, 2 being the smoothest and 10 the strongest.
- Capriccio “Green”, Intensity 5 was the starting choice. An espresso with rich aroma dominated by a cereal note and a light acidity.
- Cosi “Brown”, Intensity 3 a light bodied espresso with citrus notes followed
- Ristretto “Black”, Intensity 10, Georges Clooney’s favorite was a closure to this spiritual aromatic journey. Ristretto with its chocolate notes is bitter and strong completely different from what my taste buds expect to feel.
I examined each one’s aroma followed by its color, crema texture – which becomes thicker each time you climb in the intensity and flavor. The 3 was too watery and too light for my taste and the 10 was too strong and intense. I felt the need to add sugar.
I stopped at the the Volluto “Gold”, Intensity 4, which is definitely my favorite up until now. Wow! it has a spell of everything I like. A pure and lightly roasted Arabica, revealing sweet and biscuit flavors reinforced by little acidity and a fruity note.
To my luck, today was the launching of Nespresso’s new machine, the Gran Maestria with special features like its advanced Aerocinno 4 milk frother and automatic cup warmer, the Maestria Gran specially designed for Cappuccino and Cafe Latte lovers is my next little gadget for sure:- Brews both espresso and lungo, a shot with a longer pour for extra volume.
- Five adjustable strength settings
- Aerocinno 4 milk frother heats and froths milk automatically for consistently perfect foam. Its ability to automatically adjust to different drinks means there are no extra whisks to change out
- Convenient, built-in cup warmer sprays hot water directly into your cup to warm it
- Brewing is fully automatic – simply pop in a capsule and select cup size and either espresso or lungo
- Preheats in just 25 seconds only
- Turn on your machine and pass some hot water in to heat the canalization and the cup
- Throw the hot water that filled your cup away
- Put the capsule
- Start the machine
- Add sugar at your convenience
- Enjoy your favorite drink with a biscuit or preferably with a bite of dark chocolate
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