Nespresso Pixie Espresso Maker, Electric Titan
- Programmable buttons for espresso and lungo, folding drip tray for larger cups and recipes, brew ready in 25-30 second
- Backlight indicators, water level detection, auto power-off, used capsule container, convenient power cord storage
- 12.83-Inch length by 4.33-Inch width by 9-1/4-Inch height
- 24-Ounce water tank
Ne-Cap Nespresso® Compatible Refill Capsules for Machines Before and After 2010
- Empty capsule compatible with all Nespresso® machines.
- Enjoy your favorite coffee at any Nespresso® system.
- Save up to 66% in your every day coffee.
- Ne-cap® is the cheapest alternative for your Nespresso® coffee maker
- Ne-cap® will revolutionize the way you enjoy your Nespresso® coffee maker.
Nespresso Essenza C101 Espresso Maker, Titanium Grey
- 19 Bars of pressure
- Brews 40 mL (1.3 fluid ounces) for Espresso, 110 mL (3.7 fluid ounces) for Lungo
- 0.9 Liter removable water tank
- Backlit on/off and coffee volume buttons
- Automatic and programmable
Demonstration for the new Nespresso Pixie machine that will be released shortly.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Question by : Are you allowed to have an espresso machine in most college dorms?
I am going to be a freshman in college this fall and my parents got me the Nespresso Pixie espresso machine. On the housing website, espresso and coffee machines are not on the list of things not to bring, however it does say not to bring “food preparation machines”. I wouldn’t really consider an espresso machine a food preparation machine, but just to be safe, are espresso machines generally allowed in dorm rooms?
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Answer by drip
ASK housing. Most do not allow anything that has a hot plate, like a regular coffee machine. You may not consider it a food prep machine, but the school may. You need to call up housing at your school and ask.
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Water reservoir is a faulty design – easy to crack,
I wanted to love this Pixie, I really did. As a Nespresso addict with a C101 and a CitiZ, this seemed like a logical next step to espresso nirvana. Lower power consumption, faster start-up times, smaller footprint – what’s not to like? Oh, and Made in SWITZERLAND too – my other Nespressos had already been outsourced to a foreign supplier.
Unfortunately, the Pixie arrived with the water reservoir already cracked. Odd since it was in the original, unopened box and also sent well by Amazon (double boxed).
On closer inspection, the cracks in the reservoir were along stress lines of the cover. Two design faults of the new model are 1. the cover of the reservoir has clips which go into the coffee maker and steady it – since the reservoir is plastic however, those stresses over time will crack the reservoir along where the clips are and 2. to keep a low profile, the reservoir base sits directly on the counter, not on a separate base (see CitiZ for better design). MORE stress every time you shift the coffee maker around to refill the reservoir or clean under it etc.
Bottom line – Pixie is going back. Nespresso needs to rethink the reservoir design – both how the clips attach and how the base sits on the counter. Not recommended.
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|My New Best Friend,
I have had the Pixie in red for three weeks now. Due to several other reviews I had read on Amazon, I purposely purchased it in a local retail store for the convenience of easy returns in case it suffered from leaks or any other issues.
I am SO glad I gave it a chance. Not only is is minuscule compared to the semi-automatic machine that it is replacing on my kitchen island, but it is very fast, problem free and really a joy to use. It truly does heat up in an instant. I click the power switch and before I’ve chosen a capsule from the spinner Nifty Nespresso Coffee Carousel and popped it in, the machine is ready to go.
My kitchen is such that I don’t have to move the machine one bit to remove and refill the water tank, and the tank fits perfectly in my fridge door water dispenser. It may be that by not moving the machine much, I am not stressing its weak points – who knows. All I know is that for ME, it is fantastic and flawless.
One other potential downside, which applies to any pod or capsule machine, is acquiring and disposing of the actual pods. I was concerned about this, as I was in the habit of grabbing a bag of beans at my convenience. The machine came with 16 capsules and I ended up ordering the “welcome kit” of 200 pods directly from Nespresso (by far the best deal on capsules is directly from Nespresso) one day later the box was waiting outside my door. As far as disposing of the pods, they are currently going in my co-mingled recycling bin at the condo. What happens to them from there is anybody’s guess. At least they are packed simply – bare aluminum pods in a cardboard sleeve, no additional plastics or unnecessary materials.
Also, like many other Nespresso reviewers have complained, I am drinking more coffee (5 capsules), which I’m sure is terrible for me, but I really seem to enjoy their coffee variety and for me, .55 per cup seems reasonable for the quality and is a much better value than several of the big-name coffee bars. Also, I don’t get the caffeine jitters from the espresso, like I would from standard brewed coffee.
Again, just my personal experience, but I wanted to share my satisfaction and success with a machine that seems to have been problematic for several others. Perhaps mine is from a newer production run? Whatever the reason, I recommend it whole-heartedly.
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|neat and cheap alterantive to Nespresso capsules,
Guys: Although I was a bit skeptical at first, I got to say these are pretty neat because you can fill it with your own coffee and it’s also a one time use cartridge for about .18 a pop if you go to coffee cap shop (one word) and select the cheapest shipping (100 capsules at $15.00 plus $2.39 shipping). Nespresso has a very tight grip on the distribution of their capsules, but apparently there is a very slight design change in these that allows them to work with the Nespresso machines but does not infringe on any copyright Note: although there is an alternative to this product called Nex-pod and another called 3 Brown or 3 Black 3 BROWN Nespresso Reusable Capsules – Permanent Reusable Refillable Coffee Filters -, these are a bit more expensive and from what I’ve read, they don’t seem to perform quite as well since they use a rinsable/refillable plastic cartridge, thereby possibly affecting the seal needed to produce adequate pressure (per the you tube videos I’ve seen, the output seems sort of watery). I’ve also read that they don’t seem to hold up for very long. I’ve also seen videos of people simply re-using a used Nespresso pod and resealing the foil piece with a new piece of aluminum foil. I tried this once and the results were really crappy and watery). And let’s face it, considering that one can buy real Nespresso capsules at the Nespresso shop for about .50 a pop (which includes their quite good coffee blends), it’s really not a big deal, but then again you have to stick with their blends.
Anyway, back to Ne-Cap…….with this product, I fill it with my own espresso grind (illy) and I’ve got to say that the coffee was good and had a decent crema. They’re pretty easy to use as well. Take out a new capsule, fill it to the very top and keep tamping it down, then peel off the paper ring from the top of the cup (uncovering the sticky ring on the top of the cap)and then place the pre-cut aluminum cap on top of the capsule to seal in the coffee, although you need to be somewhat careful when you’re peeling off the paper from the cup to expose the sticky seal or else you’ll also remove the sticky seal that’s supposed to stay on the cup (so it will attach to the foil seal). Although the sticky seal for these capsules is probably not up to the same Nespresso air tight standard seal (meaning you don’t have the same high pressure buildup needed for a Nespresso-standard espresso), the seal still seems good enough to give you a decent espresso. One caveat, after experimenting a bit, I noticed that if you want the thick crema, you should really use a dark roast and finer grind of a robusta bean (espresso grind), and although you need to tamp down the coffee, don’t pack it in too much before attaching the foil top, or else you just get a little dribble of coffee coming out. Acually, Cafe Pico, Cafe Bustelo and Pilon also do a very good job.
Although filling the little cup can be sort of a pain (and you need to buy the coffee as well), it’s sort of fun. You can also make decaff coffee for those last minute guests that want espresso without caffeine (I have decaff coffee in the house, but rarely use it) or experiment and add vanilla or cinnamon to the grind to make a flavored coffee.
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|Capsuls for Nespresso coffee machine,
Just filled a few of the capsules yesterday with my own coffee. It was a little messy but used the capsules this morning and they worked just fine. A lot less expensive than buying capsules from the company.
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|waste of money,
there is not enough pressure on it and it gives weak espresso looks like a watery coffee.. Threw them all
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|Wonderful, simple,
I was quite skeptical about such a system until I had a demo of it at my local Williams-Sonoma store. It makes a very acceptable espresso, in addition to a roughly 4 ounce coffee. No one should be under the impression that this makes the world’s greatest espresso. But it is very good, and very simple. Pop in a capsule, press the button and seconds later you have a great espresso. No fuss, and no mess.
On other sites I have heard complaints that you are locked into Nespresso’s capsules, which is true, however I am finding that there is enough variety to keep me satisfied.
For my casual espresso drinking habit, this machine fits the bill perfectly.
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|makes only 1st class cups of espresso,
This is my third Nespresso machine, following an old trio of D150s and a more newly deceased D290.
In use now for a couple weeks, the C101 continues the streak of winning machines. This is the bare-bones Essenza, without cappuccino wand, cup warmer, etc.. After a decade of looking at the milk warming wands, I realized they had never been used, and cost money. I’d rather not maintain a supply of cream in my office, nor cart in water as often as brewing “Americanos” would require.
Use is simple – drop in a Nespresso pod (about 50 cents each), push the button, then the machine makes the espresso in about 30 seconds when it has sufficiently heated up. Trivial, even before injecting the morning caffeine. Every time very good espresso with a thick crema. An advantage over some older models is that making the coffee can be programmed in even before the machine has warmed up.
I’ve synchronized watering the Nespresso machine with watering my plants – each is once a week, i.e., about every ten cups of espresso, which is about how often the empty pods need to be dumped from the internal trash can, as well.
It looks seriously industrial on my filing cabinet – no plastic Mr. Coffee. Which brings up another selling point, abandoned machines such as my old D290 still can serve as conversation pieces on the coffee table, although the friend mentioned below rescued and revived it after a month as a paperweight .
[5-12-11 update - a couple of times now the darn thing has stopped working when I accidentally tried to make an espresso without water, which wasn't problem with the old D290, and then no water was drawn into the machine, apparently sort of a vapor lock problem. After thrashing around for quite a while, I discovered that running it for a while without a pod inside draws enough water through to re-prime the tubes.]
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|3-years & 100′s of shots later,
I’ve had this machine with the separate frother for around 3 years now. It still delivers a great espresso with a perfect crema. It’s not as good as what I can do with my Rancilio with Peet’s. But it’s close enough without all the drama. I got it for my office, where I didn’t want the mess, but took it home for the holidays and found it so convenient, it never went back.
The only problems have been:
1) sometimes it doesn’t open the capsules correctly, so you have to open and close the bar a couple of times to make it work without wasting a capsule. This happens most with dented capsules.
2) The packaging of the capsules leaves a lot to be desired. Around 20-30% of them arrive with small dents and 5-10% have major ones. I’ve talked to Nestle and their only solution is to offer to take them back. I’d rather they fix the problem. Especially since one of the things that really attracted me to this system was the fact that the anodized aluminum capsules look so cool, like little jewels, when they are perfect. But when they are dented, it’s like your new Ferrari after a fender bender. It may drive the same, but it’s embarrassing to let anyone see you with it.
3) Frother’s pretty useless because it’s difficult to clean, has to be handwashed, takes to long to heat up the milk, and produces very little (just enough for a single). I’d be better to save your money, heat your milk in the microwave and use one of those $5 hand frothers.
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