Tower T13014MNB Cavaletto 4 Cup Espresso Machine with Frothing Function, Glass Carafe, Steel Filter, 800W, Midnight Blue and Rose Gold

Ciao amici miei! Or something like that.that Anyway, if I'm honest I, in part, bought this due to the ridiculous cost of "Costa" cappuccinos (other, weak coffee baristas can be applied here) and a life-long love of both Italian opera and Combia music - blame a misspent youth. As they might say in Columbia "Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones" But I digress. So, this is: - Comapact - Easy to use - at least if you read the instructions if you have not used an electric expresso machine and steamer before. - Aesthetically as pleasing as a kitchen appliance can be expected to be. - Quick - Easy to clean - Despite it "only" having 3 to 4 bars of pressure it produces a strong enough coffee - depending on what blend you use of course. To me, it certainly produces more "bite" than my beloved stove moko pot. - Frother works surprisingly well, What it is not: - Dangerous. It will only "leak" steam if you: don't screw the lead down fully (remember it works by producing high pressure) Equally make sure you "vent it" before opening the water container after using it (turn it to the frother, stand back a little and turn on till steam is depleted. - A poor or dangerous frother. You need to stick that plastic frother nozzle well into the milk. Agitated a bit if you like. Don't have the nozzle just resting on top of the milk. Overall, a wise purchase. Arrivederci

Another addition to my Tower Cavaletto collection! This was the last item on the collection to buy and actually wanted a coffee machine so this was brilliant. I did find when it came it was a little smaller than I’d hoped it would be, found it quite dinky but non the less it’s quite good for the price & easy to use with simple instructions and the milk frother is great. I got myself a little frother jug to go with it. Overall I do rate this for a low budget friendly coffee machine to make whatever coffee you like and boils a lot quicker than a kettle. Easy to clean, the plastic comes of the frother so you can clean the metal spout so it doesn’t get lime-scaled up and you fill the water using the fill level lines on the glass jug. I would happily recommend to anyone who doesn’t want to spend a fortune, this one does me perfectly.

Omg 😱 what a frustration, I was so in love with it, waiting for it, got it today and just realized it requires 220 outlet power. I only have one and it’s for the stove. I must return it😓

Why do Amazon ask you to rate blending power? It's a coffee machine. We bought this as we've no car but wanted decent coffee on holiday, so forced to carry everything on buses and trains with a dog in tow and both disabled. We usually have to put up with cafetières supplied wherever we stay if we're lucky. At home we have a professional style machine and missed it so much I bought this. It is very lightweight and compact and makes a pretty good coffee. Having tried it out at home I decided to buy a second one in case the first broke as it was such a good price too. We stuck it loose in the suitcase wrapped in a bag and clothes as the box was too big but I made a box which just fits the glass jug in, which then sits in the machine as it would be in use so it's protected by the machine itself. We've taken it on 3 holidays so far, had great coffee and got it back in one piece so we're doing well so far. The machine itself is strong enough, it's just the jug we worry about, but they're not exactly made to stick in a suitcase on buses and trains, but that is not the fault of Tower, that's just us. I generally rate Tower and would try most of their products.

Wanted to get a simple little coffee machine but didn't want to pay a fortune. This was a very good buy at a reasonable price. Its very easy to use and extremely easy to clean. Simple and effective and would reccomend!