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With just two settings for an espresso and a bigger but less intense lungo, operating this machine couldn’t be more convenient: Press down on the lever and select your beverage.
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You pop a recyclable aluminum capsule into the chamber and the machine reads the bar code on the capsule to determine the brewing time for the varietal. Like all Nespresso machines, the Essenza Mini delivers espresso with a picture-perfect layer of crema cup after cup. Choose from seven colors including champagne and oyster shell. What you don’t get is a built-in coffee grinder or a spout for making hot water for Americanos or a cup of tea. With the Bambino you get a tamper (a very useful tool to trim the tamped coffee), a milk pitcher, and cleaning tools. After you froth, the machine automatically rinses milk from the wand.

You can easily remove the 2-liter water reservoir to fill it at the sink. The frothing results are truly impressive and you can adjust the temperature and the texture of your foam. While you have to set a pitcher of milk beneath the steam wand and turn on the frother, you don’t have to hold or swirl the pitcher or determine when to stop frothing. If you want, you can adjust the espresso settings for a shorter or longer cupful. From the time you turn it on, it needs only 3 seconds to be ready to pull single or double shots. The Bambino Plus is a compact and beautifully designed machine that consistently turns out a superb cup of coffee with minimal effort on your part.
