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Senseo HD7810/75 Single Serve Coffee Machine, Senseo Blue
- Measures 13-1/2 by 12 by 8-1/2 inches; includes 36 coffee pods, mild and medium blends
- Makes one 4-ounce cup of delicious coffee in 30 seconds
- Uses a patented brewing system and the finest quality coffee
- Senseo coffee pods are available in mild roast, medium roast, dark roast, and decaffeinated
- Auto-off switches appliance off after an hour; dishwasher safe removable parts
The Editors Desk:
The combination of Philips unique brewing system and convenient coffee pods from Douwe Egberts ensures the best in flavor and aroma as every cup of coffee is freshly brewed. Douwe Egberts uses only 100% natural, premium coffee. The patented brewing system combines the perfect balance of water and coffee, while the 1450 watt boiler keeps the water at optimal temperature for brewing. This machine has created a coffee revolution in Europe, with over 5 million pieces sold! Unique to this machine is the velvety smooth frothy coffee layer it creates on top of each serving. See for yourself what has the sophisticated European coffee audience so excited.
Avg. Customer Review: 
Euro-Styled, Coffee Maker: Perfect For 1-2 EZ Fresh Servings As part of Philips pre-launch for the Senseo Single Serve Coffee Machine, I recieved a medium blue version, (also comes in white and black), including some of the delicious tasting, fresh single serve ground coffee pods, from the 250 year old, top line European coffee house, Douwe Egberts.First off, this attractive, solid-feeling but lightweight model is a cinch to put together. Made from quality hard plastic and aluminum parts, there is no glass carafe to risk breaking-instead, a translucent curvy water reservoir fits on the back of the unit. Easily removed and re-seated, this reservoir needs to be filled once to the clearly marked 'max' line, (2 1/2 cups, 600ml), then run through the system, (plug in the polarized, 2 prong cord then press the centered start button), taking care to position a small pan to catch the water as it comes out the pour spout above. Now you are ready to brew your first 1-2 cups of coffee. You can use 1 or 2 cofee 'pods' for this purpose. Each will make 4 ounces of super rich, European-style coffee, and the machine delivers that lovely bit of creama as the coup de grace. For an 8 ounce mug-more of what we Americans would expect in a single cup of java-use 2 pods, selecting the double rather than single filter cup included, and select the 1 Cup button. The intregal heating element brings your fresh cool water to the perfect temperature, the center button stops flashing, to let you know the system is ready to deliver, and you press the 1 or 2 cup indicator, position your cup and get ready to enjoy some of the freshest, most robust and utterly clean joe you've had in many a moon! I especially liked the easy clean features. You remove your metallic coffee filter holder by its stay cool plastic handle, dump the self-contained pod(s) in the trash, then rinse said holder with cool water and you are good to go again. From a cold start, the water takes 30-60 seconds to heat for 1-2 Cups respectively, then another 30 seconds to deliver your coffee. With a total fill/brew/clean cycle of 2 minutes flat I am completely sold on this solid, clever, time-saving product backed with a welcomed 2 Year warranty.
A good buy I bought two machines, one for my colleague, sometime in November 2004. We both use our machines almost daily and are extremely happy with the purchase. The convenience of making one cup of frothy, hot coffee, with all of its flavors, in less than a minute is beyond happiness. In order to get the best result you must do the following: Use only one pod. Using two pods to make two cups is not a good idea. Also, make sure that the pod is placed correctly in the receptacle with the convex side down. Otherwise, coffee will spray out! Also, do not turn the machine off before the coffee has been pumped out. I keep my machine in my office, so that coffee is alwys ready when I want it. I like it so much I am planning on getting another machine for home so that I do not have to use the regular drip machine for these short runs!
convenient,fast, versatile-pretty good I first tried a pod coffemaker at my volunteer job. It was the mellitta one:one and I was impressed using the small cup setting. Saw a sale one them at a dept. store, checked target site& reviews and ended up buying the Senseo due to high reviews,Dutch coffee sounded good, figured 4 0z size& double pod capability looked like a plus, and the froth feature is cool. I think one reason this gets low reviews is the froth- seeing such a rich looking cup of coffee leads to believe you will be tasting espresso even if you know you will not. Other makers can surprise you with some strength because they look more like drip coffee, this looks very heavy but is coffee brewed at modest pressue. Have to point out at first dissapointed but- you can buy pods online,make your own easily, buy tea pods, and also use other brand pods found in supermarket-the big names you would think of in supermarket(which are good in this machine). Finally brewed two pods into 4 ozs. instead of "cup" -this is what these things were made for! Very heavy, strong,dark, froth topped coffee-very espresso like and satisfying. Reccomend standard coffee brands as well as dutch as dutch may be too smooth and hard to find-also good to stir a freshly brewed cup as directions state. No problem at all with temperature, brewing,etc. This is good for convenience as well as the fact the pressure and temperature can be used to make a better cup than drip. If you really don't like this machine you probably haven't followed the directions or done enough experimentation.
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