Nespresso has practically reinvented coffee with its one-touch espresso capsule system, and now the company is throwing some control into its machines with its new Maestria line.
Unlike the one-touch button system seen on most of the Nespresso range, the Maestria features a dial on each setting – espresso and lungo – allowing for five different cup lengths of each type of coffee.
So if you want a long espresso or a short lungo, these machines will allow you to do just that.
There are two Maestria models coming, one with a new and improved version of the Aeroccino milk frother accessory that can be used with existing machines.
The $749 Nespresso Maestria doesn’t feature the Aeroccino, but does integrate a steam wand, allowing you to froth your own milk the way a typical cappuccino machine does.
Meanwhile, the $899 Nespresso Gran Maestria features an integrated Aeroccino for easy automatic milk frothing, with four settings: hot milk, cold milk, stiff froth, and velvety froth.
We’re not quite sure what the difference is between “stiff froth” and “velvety froth”, but with a release date of April 1 for the new machines, we won’t have to wait too long to find out.
We have had one of these Gran Maestria since it was first released and have never had one problem with it and its still going strong, it makes the best froth I’ve ever seen. We are dreading the day it finally dies, but reckon it will go another 10 years.