Nespresso Lattissima offers up one-touch cappuccinos and lattes

Stopping by your favorite java shop on the way to work each day can get relatively pricey (and frustrating if you simultaneously roll in with the other half of the city), and while the Nespresso Lattissima can't exactly read your mind, it apparently does one mean latte with just a single button press and a moment of your time. According to SingleServeCoffee, the stunning machine sports a "one touch fresh milk froth function" and also boasts an auto clean mode, detachable milk and water reservoirs, adjustable cup platform, and a twin pump heating system. Moreover, the device can reportedly crank out a cappuccino in "less than one minute," while a latte macchiato takes just 80 seconds. Slated to hit stores this fall, the mostly automated coffeemaker will come in a satin chrome flavor with integrated cup warmer for $799, while the less pricey red and black versions will save you a Benjamin at the expense of that built-in warming feature. Be sure to click through for a video that's so good, you can almost smell it.

[Via SingleServeCoffee, thanks Jay]

[Simon Waddington @ May 19th 2007 3:32PM]

Did anyone actually look at the milk in the video? I was not impressed as it spurted and splatted out into the glass - from the size of bubbles it was clear there was definitely no microfoam! Could be good enough for some at a $$$ price. Personally I'll stick to my Rancillio Silvia and local coffee house barristas...

[VJH @ May 19th 2007 1:37AM]

Bah! Classing up your kitchen would be a La Pavoni EPC-8 or something similar. These Nespresso machines are expensive to buy, and relatively expensive to use because they use coffee capsules. I don't think the price per drink is going to be much less than you'll pay your local barista, including tip. Still, the dual heaters are nice if you're brewing for more than one person...

[tsecam @ May 19th 2007 1:51AM]

my jura impressa f9 has an ethernet port, networked java =D

[Darwin @ May 19th 2007 2:01AM]

We could class up engadget if Kevin Little were banned from spamming.

[nikster @ May 19th 2007 2:40AM]

those will be hot for offices everywhere.

does in no way replace the local barista though. at least not for coffee house snobs like myself who likes to sit around in coffee shops all day. and... do you know how many girls i have met in coffee shops? if you do, don't tell my wife. who, erm, was running a coffee shop when I met her :)

[l0ne @ May 19th 2007 3:50AM]

What a pity Nescafé is usually ugly when compared with other coffee brands (but I'm Italian, I'm spoiled :p).

[Ceesaxp @ May 19th 2007 4:26AM]

Regardless the looks, nothing beats the real thing. All the money that Nescafé has spent on trying to make bottled/canned/prepackaged "real" coffee are still producing the brew that is, at best, mediocre...

[Vasilis @ May 19th 2007 5:52AM]

Agreed!!! Nescafe has never been anything more than average coffee. I will trust my kenwood grinder, Gaggia Evolution espresso maker and the local coffee shop in London that provides good quality beans a lot more than any such 'convenience first' machine. Especially at 800$...

[Smiler @ May 19th 2007 4:48AM]

Are Nespresso machines really that new? According to Wiki, they're been used in businesses since 1986!

While I've tried a Nespresso Americano before, which wasn't too bad, I'd never buy one. It's about vendor lock-in; you have to use their capsules. What if Nescafé decide the system's unprofitable and stop producing capsules? You've got a dead coffee machine...

[Sir Issac Newton @ May 19th 2007 10:32AM]

I like my Senseo. It was $10 after rebate and can do up a pretty decent coffee in about 2 min with almost zero cleanup.

Get er dun.

[Will @ May 19th 2007 1:26PM]

I received a free Senseo machine when they were doing some customer satisfaction surveys; it made coffee comparable to mediocre drip coffee with little mess and pretty quick heat up times.
I bought a Nespresso M200 Automatic for £250 (about $500) just over two years ago. This machine is able to do the self-frothing milk but you have to wait for heating/cooling due to only one pump and heater. Not a hassle but less instantaneous.

Capsules run at about £0.28p (55cents) per shot, including delivery, over here. Obviously Nespresso are likely to have different global prices. It's a shame this machine couldn't incorporate the digital display like the Siemens Porsche nespresso machine. http://www.nespresso.com/precom/sima/npopzoom_uk_en.html?id_machine=C_E490_1&zoomstep=1

[Russell @ May 19th 2007 4:26PM]

This should be $200 since it's not that great and you have to use their capsules.