Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center, Charcoal

Description – Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center; Charcoal

Enjoy cafe-quality coffee drinks at home with this super-automatic coffee and espresso center. This high end coffee maker automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds for exceptionally convenient operation. The Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center features automatic controls and an oversized digital display, as well as a central steam nozzle for perfect cappuccino and lattes at the push of a button, without having to move the cup and without a separate milk container. A lever on the top of the machine allows for bringing the steam nozzle down and back up, making it easy to adjust the height of the coffee dispenser. This unit also provides hot water for tea and hot chocolate. Programming capabilities include espresso/strong espresso, coffee/strong coffee, cappuccino/latte, and steam/hot water. An easily accessed side panel can be used for customized programming, including coffee strength, cup size, water temperature, and steam time.

The machine’s 15-bar compact monoblock high-pressure pump leads cold water into the Thermoblock System where it instantaneously warms to the optimal temperature of 198 degrees F. The Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center has an integrated conical-burr grinder that holds up to 28 ounces of whole beans and has four fineness settings. Other features include a heating element with two thermostats, a bypass for pre-ground coffee, a removable brewing unit, an empty bean sensor, a removable 88-ounce water tank, a cup-warming plate, and a drip tray with automatic sensor to let you know when the water tray needs to be emptied. Made in Switzerland and housed in attractive stainless steel, the 1450-watt espresso machine measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches and carries a one-year limited warranty.

Features of the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center

  • Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
  • Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
  • Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
  • 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
  • Removable water tank with capacity of 11 cups
  • Cup warming plate
  • Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Review of the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center

Overall, owners of the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center are extremely pleased with this high end coffee maker.  They love the ease of use, the frother, the easy cleaning, the quiet grinder, the ability to fine tune to the desired coffee, the convenience, and the quality of the coffee.  Problems appear to be minimal, though customer service is reported by owners to not be the best.

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Functionality:

According to owners, the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center has all the features needed for real-world use and none of the unnecessary ones. They say the start-up guide is easy to follow, cleaning is easy, the grinder is quieter than most units, it heats up fast, and guests rave about the quality of the coffee it makes. They like that this high end coffee maker produces whatever is requested at the push of a button, programmable to different individual settings, that color and taste are adjustable, that it produces layering of milk drinks, and that this unit is  minimalist and cleans up easily.  One owner likes that “I can froth the milk right in my mug then pull the espresso.” This owner also says that it makes “excellent foam (crema) on the espresso”.  The only thing that it doesn’t allow, they say, is the opportunity of adding smiley faces and swirly patterns in the froth.

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More features that owners like are: The Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center has a digital display to let the owner know when receivers need to be emptied, or water or beans added. This machine itself is self cleaning, going through a cleaning cycle every time it is turned on or off, and prompting for a frother cleaning if the frother is idle for at least 10 minutes, which prevents dried milk skin from clogging the frother. Used grounds are ejected as small hockey puck discs into internal holding container.

Complaints:

A drawback to the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center, one owner says, is that it is not smart enough to know ahead of time what it is about to run out of. The example this owner used was “you request say a cappucino and it froths the milk and then the grinder starts but there are not enough beans to complete the cycle. Grinder goes through it’s cycle empty, the “Fill beans” message pops up, and since there are no ground beans to process the machine goes into it’s dump cycle and you are left with a cup of froth”.

Owners also say that the burr grinder is difficult to clean, requiring a bit of disassembly.

Another owner says that “servicing is just as expensive as the unit and unavailable to many, and customer service is nonexistent.”

Suggestions:

One owner suggests measuring your proposed location as the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center is twice as deep as it is wide, which isn’t obvious from pictures.

Another owner suggests that for frothing cleanup, to keep a small glass of water nearby when frothing and leave the frother tip submerged when between shots.

Durability/Longevity:

Owners report that the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center units last approximately 3 ½ years to 5 years, depending on the frequency of use. One said “3 1/2 years with my 9000, used daily…developed a problem with one of the connectors near the boiler, essentially the plastic has become brittle and cracked… Considering the amount of use it’s had I’m more than happy.”

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Value:

When it comes to value, the owners of the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center say it all: “For a grand, this is the best one out there. A true real-world home espresso machine that allows enough tweaking to make it right for anyone.”, “definitely worth the investment if you want a really good coffee experience at home.” “To sum up, machinewise my last 3300 cups cost 11 cents a shot. This time next year that cost could shrink by half. If this thing makes it 2 years for what it cost, I’m a happy guy.”

Summary:

People who have purchased the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center  are, overall, extremely pleased with this high end coffee maker. They say that is does everything that they want it to do at the touch of a button, programmable for individual tastes, froths beautifully, makes excellent crema, is relatively quiet, is easy to clean, and makes coffee that guests rave about.  One owner says that servicing is expensive and customer service is lacking, however one has to weigh that against the overwhelmingly positive feedback from most owners. Taking all of this into consideration, we would highly recommend the Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center to coffee lovers everywhere.

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1 Comment at "Krups XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center, Charcoal"

Datherine November 24th, 2011 (#)

Artcelis like these put the consumer in the driver seat-very important.

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