Nespresso has continually redefined the way we make coffee at home. Not long ago, we have seen the Vertuo coffee maker, which uses a revolutionary spinning technology to make both coffee and espresso on one single machine. This time, Nespresso has introduced the VertuoPlus. This is a more advanced version of the pioneer Vertuo coffee maker. Read on this Nespresso VertuoPlus review to find out more.
Contents
- 1 Nespresso VertuoPlus Review: Who it is for?
- 2 Who it is NOT for?
- 3 Nespresso VertuoPlus By Delonghi or Breville – Which to choose?
- 4 9 Reasons to Get Nespresso VertuoPlus
- 5 Key Specifications of Nespresso VertuoPlus
- 6 Potential Shortcomings of Nespresso VertuoPlus
- 7 Nespresso VertuoPlus vs VertuoPlus Deluxe – What’s the difference?
- 8 Nespresso VertuoPlus Review : Should I Get One?
Nespresso VertuoPlus Review: Who it is for?
Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Machine By Breville
The Nespresso VertuoPlus is a pod-based coffee machine. With coffee pods, you avoid the tedious and time-consuming activities of grinding coffee beans and tamping coffee grounds. There is also no need to spend time knocking out sticky coffee pucks and cleaning up sticky coffee powder spillovers. If convenience is your priority, then Nespresso VertuoPlus is ideal for you.
But the true selling point of this Nespresso machine is its ability to make both espresso and coffee with just one machine. If you have large family, you will most probably have some members who prefer espresso while some other prefers coffee. If that’s the case, this coffee machine will be a great choice for you.
In addition, it has a compact design. Hence, it will be easy to slot this coffee maker into small kitchens or small living spaces like hostel rooms.
Related: What Nespresso Vertuo red and yellow light means
Who it is NOT for?
If you just want to make espresso only, then the Nespresso Essenza Mini could be a better option.
Nespresso VertuoPlus By Delonghi or Breville – Which to choose?
If you have already searched for the Nespresso VertuoPlus on Amazon, you will probably seen the Nespresso VertuoPlus by two different manufacturers, Delonghi and Breville.
So what’s the difference? Basically, at its core, both versions of the VertuoPlus have the same technical specifications. The only difference lie in their exterior design. The VertuoPlus by Breville has a more dome-like top while the VertuoPlus by Delonghi has a more squarish top. That’s all.
9 Reasons to Get Nespresso VertuoPlus
1 Beautiful Design
One unique design for the Nespresso VertuoPlus is the ability to adjust the position of the water tank to either sides or the back of the coffee machine. With this feature, it makes fitting this coffee maker into small kitchen counter a much easier job. You can either move the water tank to the sides to make the VertuoPlus more compact or slide the water tank to the back to fit into more longish spaces.
In terms of styles, the Nespresso VertuoPlus by Breville is available in 5 colors – black, titan, silver, white and grey. For the VertuoPlus by Delonghi, there are only red and grey versions.
2. Great Coffee Quality
The Nespresso VertuoPlus uses Nespresso capsules. The origin and roasting coffee used for these capsules are carefully chosen by Nespresso’s coffee experts. In addition, these high quality coffee are packed airtight in aluminum capsules to preserve the freshness of the coffee. With good and fresh coffee ( and fresh filtered drinking water of course ), we are on the way to making high quality espresso and coffee.
Good ingredients are just half the equation to making tasty espresso or coffee. The extraction is equally important. In the Nespresso VertuoPlus, it makes use of Nespresso’s latest centrifusion technology which involves spinning at up to 7000 revolutions per minute to maximize the extraction of all the flavours and aromas in the coffee capsules.
Coffee extraction involves multiple brewing parameters. Any slight difference could alter the taste of your coffee or espresso. Thanks to the automatic blend recognition technology found in the Vertuoline coffee maker models, the VertuoPlus can identify the capsule blend via barcode reading and automatically adjust the optimal brewing parameters for the capsule. Thus, you can get consistently high quality espresso and coffee.
3 Easy To Use
Preparing coffee or espresso with the VertuoPlus is extremely easy and intuitive. There is only one button on VertuoPlus. Hence, there is no need to deal with complex menus like those found in the superautomatic espresso machines.
Thanks to the automatic blend recognition, there is no need to tune brewing parameters based on the capsule used. The VertuoPlus takes care of all the tuning automatically. There is no more guesswork on the cup size, coffee blends etc.
Hence, making espresso or coffee using the Nespresso VertuoPlus is reduced to slotting in the capsule and pressing a single button.
To make it even more effortless, the VertuoPlus comes with a motorized head. Thus, it only takes a simple push on the head lever to open and close the head. Wow!
4.Save You Time
For most of us, we do not have much time in the morning to make a proper French press before work. For this reason, Nespresso VertuoPlus works wonderfully.
It only requires 20 seconds to preheat after you switch it on. In addition, you don’t have to wait for the preheating to complete. During this time, you can start to slot in the coffee capsule and press the start button. The machine is smart enough to start to making coffee only after the preheating is complete.
There is also no need to standby the coffee maker as the VertuoPlus will stop automatically once the desired drink volume for the capsule is reached.
So ideally, it only takes perhaps less than 10 seconds to slot in and press the start button. Then you can do some other chores and come back shortly later. Or maybe there is no need to walk away as the coffee drink is ready in less than 2 minutes.
The VertuoPlus also comes with a large water tank of 40 ounces. Hence, you can make many cups of espresso or coffee for each top up of the water. This is good news for large family. Now there’s no need to make multiple trips to the sink just to make coffee for the entire family!
After the brewing is completed, the expended capsule is ejected automatically to the used capsule container. With a large capacity of 10 large capsules, you can decide not to empty the container every day if you are rushing for time in the morning!
6. Multiple Drink options
The Nespresso VertuoPlus can make both coffee and espresso via two different capsule sizes. In total, it has 5 different single serve coffee cup sizes:
- espresso (1.35 ounces.)
- double espresso (2.7 ounces.)
- gran lungo (5 ounces.)
- coffee (7.7 ounces.)
- alto (14 ounces)
For the Alto and coffee, the large capsule is used. For espresso and lungo, the smaller capsule is used.
To accommodate the various cup sizes, the cup support can be adjusted to 4 positions. If this height clearance is still not sufficient, you can remove the cup support too.
Although the water volume for the various capsule size are preset, you can still have the flexibility to customize the drink volume to your liking and store your preferred drink volume for the capsule in the machine.
Re-programming the water volume is easy. Insert the capsule blend you wish to customize. After closing the head, press and hold on to the start button until your preferred volume is reached. There! You have the new drink volume for the capsule size stored in memory.
If you simply want to have lesser coffee for that particular day, just push the button early to stop the coffee flow. You can also manually top up more coffee by pushing the button again. When your desired volume is reached, push the button again.
7. Easy To Clean
With the VertuoPlus, daily cleanup after use is really easy. The cup support ( also serve as drip tray ) , water tank and used capsule container can be easily detached for cleaning.
VertuoPlus even comes with a function to clean its internal flow circuits automatically when activated. Simply press the buttons 3 times quickly within 2 seconds to activate this function. This will activate the cleaning procedure which will run for 5 minutes. This procedure will pump water in to clean the internal circuit and flow the water out from the coffee outlet. This will take place 3 times.
For the periodic maintenance, it is also easy. There is no need to remember when to do the next descaling. VertuoPlus comes with a descaling alert to prompt you for descaling. Descaling the machine takes about 25 minutes. It is easy to perform the descaling by following the step-by-step instructions in the manual and using the Nespresso descaling solution.
8.Quiet
Making coffee on a Nespresso VertuoPlus machine is truly a different experience. Most espresso machines including the Nespresso Originalline machines used the traditional technique of forcing water through the ground coffee using high pressure pump. While this technique produces authentic espresso, the pump is very loud.
The new generation Vertuo machines makes coffee differently by placing the coffee pods in a miniature centrifuge. Using this pressure, hot water is driven through the coffee grounds. This replaces the need for a pump to produce hydraulic pressure.
With this change, the Nespresso VertuoPlus is really quiet while making coffee or espresso. If you have kids in the house, you will definitely love this machine.
9. Saves You Energy
The Nespresso VertuoPlus also comes with an energy saving features. It will shut down by itself when left unused for more than 9 minutes. This will save you the peace of mind. No need to worry whether you have shut down your coffee maker after you have left your house!
10. A Complimentary Gift
Okay. that’s a 10th benefit. Nespresso Vertuo comes with the Nespresso Vertuoline capsules gift pack. Inside the pack are 8 coffee capsules and 4 espresso capsules with different aroma profiles. You can try each taste to decide your favourite capsule before making your next capsule order.
Key Specifications of Nespresso VertuoPlus
- Removable Water tank with capacity of 40 ounces (1.2 liters)
- Removable used capsule container with capacity of 10 mug capsules
- Fast heating up time of 20 seconds
- Brewing Technology: Centrifusion Technology
- Automatically shut down after 9 minutes of non-use
Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Machine By Breville
Pros:
- Nice Design
- Makes rich and thick crema
- Easy to use
- Easy to clean
- Time saving
- Make multiple drinks
- Quiet
- Energy saving
- Able to adjust the water tank on either side or at the back of the machine
- Water tank is transparent. You can easily see the water level if it is running low.
- Descaling alerts
Potential Shortcomings of Nespresso VertuoPlus
Can only use Vertuoline capsules
The VertuoPlus can only brew coffee and espresso after reading instructions from the barcodes on the capsules. That means you can only use capsules from Nespresso and not other vendors. The capsules must also be of Vertuoline types.
The cost of a Vertuoline capsule (about $1.20) is also more expensive than the originalline capsule ($0.80).
Nespresso VertuoPlus vs VertuoPlus Deluxe – What’s the difference?
If you have an really large family to serve coffee drinks, you will love the Nespresso VertuoPlus Deluxe. The difference between the VertuoPlus and VertuoPlus Deluxe is a much large water tank of 60 ounces capacity. Both the Delonghi and Breville versions have the enhanced version. Other than the water tank, there is no other differences.
Nespresso VertuoPlus Deluxe Coffee and Espresso Maker by De’Longhi
Nespresso VertuoPlus Deluxe Coffee and Espresso Maker by Breville
Nespresso VertuoPlus Review : Should I Get One?
Nespresso VertuoPlus produces highly consistent tasty coffee and espresso every time. This is made possible with its centrifusion spinning technology and automatic blend recognition to self-adjust the brewing parameters to the optimal settings for the specific capsule blend.
With such intelligent brewing technology, the Nespresso VertuoPlus is extremely intuitive to use. There is only one button to operate the machine.
The same spinning technology also replaces the need for a high pressure hydraulic pump to produce the high pressure to extract espresso. Without the pump, the VertuoPlus is really quiet as compared to other espresso machines in making coffee.
Cleaning VertuoPlus is really easy. The water tank, cup support and capsule containers can be easily dismantled for cleaning. It even comes with a function to rinse the internal flow system. VertuoPlus also comes with descaling alerts to prompt you to perform the periodic descaling of the coffee maker. Isn’t it great?
Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Machine By Breville
