Krups XP1500 Coffee and, Good coffee, good..

Overall Rating1.671.671.671.671.67

Good coffee, good espresso-a little tricky though…

I am a self-confessed coffee junkie. With or w/o the caffeine (pregnancy and such) I love the taste; and the taste of the coffee that I’ve brewed with this machine was great. Loved it, loved it, loved it. The machine was easy to use and looked pretty darn cool sitting there on my counter. The only issue that i have is that the espresso side seems to need some encouragement. The knobs need to be fiddled with a bit in order to get the espresso to start dripping (even after 10 minutes during a holiday party full of thirsty coffee drinkers). Thought that was just b/c my machine was so new, but it’s been doing that ever since the first use. Still, it’s not terribly difficult, and the coffee is oh-so-yummy!

Update (5/20/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Krups XP1500 Coffee and Espresso Combination Machine, Black Kitchen Jul 15, 2005, was written by E. kim.

The average rating for this item is 1.7 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

E. kim

February 8th, 2010 at 4:43 am    


Overall Rating33333

Good coffee, good espresso-a little tricky though…
Rated 3 stars.


Jeff Chandler

February 25th, 2010 at 4:33 pm    


Overall Rating11111

Bad product, worst customer support
The second time I have this machine the handle broke off the coffee pot. My wife called into customer service and they said, was regrettable and a 1 time courtesy they would replace the espresso pot, when we handed over a copy of the receipt. We faxed in the receipt showing that the machine was less than a month old. Now 3 months have passed and I still have not the replacement. We Krups via e-mail a week ago, but they have not responded. Buy a couple of other coffee machine!


Dodi Ellis

March 16th, 2010 at 6:40 pm    


Overall Rating11111

Lousy froth!
My previous espresso machines were Krups and Starbucks Barista. Having good experience with my previous Krups, I thought this machine would be as good. NOT. No crema. Steam wand is weird, doesn’t froth well. The machine feels cheap. I’m going to take it back.


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