If you are looking for a good home or office espresso machine, then a lavazza espresso point machine may be perfect for you. Lavazza machines have been around for over 100 years and for very good reason.
Before we get started I should point out that these semi automatic machines from Lavazza aren’t just espresso machines, they also make tea, single serve coffee, and even hot chocolate if you can believe that! It’s really an all-in-one machine which makes it great for both home and office use.
There’s also something else rather unique about it, it only uses cartridges that are prepackaged to make espresso. The cartridges are sort of like pods but different. For one thing, they’re made of plastic and filled with special Lavazza coffee. This is great because it cuts down on a lot of the mess that you find in most semi-automatics but at the same time it really cuts down on your options as far as trying different types of coffee.
The machine also looks very unique. It’s on the smaller side but the interesting thing about it is that it’s incredibly shiny, almost mirror-like. It will definitely catch the eye of everybody who walks through your kitchen! It has a stainless steel housing that adds to this effect.
Feature laden model:
Features, we’ve got them too. It comes with a steam wand that you can use to froth your milk to make a great cappuccino or even latte, and it comes with a large removable 1 gallon water tank and a removable drawer so that you can store up to 30 used capsules. It also has a hot water dispenser as well.
It has an initial warm-up time of approximately 2 minutes or so but the best thing about it is that you can leave it on all day long. This machine will let you brew manually, or you can also use several preset options at the touch of a button. Unlike some semi-automatics, this one isn’t very confusing at all as far as different options. The buttons on the machine are all very well laid out and easy to understand.
But What About Price?
This is very competitively priced compared to other semi automatics on the market today. You can find this machine online for around $700 at specialty websites or between $1200 and $1400 at Amazon. So you should really shop around to find the lowest absolute price before spending more than you should.
What’s the Bottom Line?
For the price, a Lavazza Espresso Point Machine may be a very good investment but for me I like the ability to pick and choose the type of espresso beans that I’m going be brewing. Periodically I get tired of some beans and need to switch but with the point machine, you have no choice but to automatically use the same specially capsules that work in this system forever and if you don’t like that particular brand of coffee bean, there’s nothing you can do about it. On the other hand, if you love Lavazza coffee beans, then this is a dream machine for you.
