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List Price: $399.99 Price: Details You save: Customers Who Seen This Item Also Compare with Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines For US/UK/DE visitors, to buy KRUPS XP5280 Pump Espresso Machine with KRUPS Precise Tamp Technology and Stainless Steel Housing, Silver, please see: A really excellent espresso machine for home use I have used Krups espresso machines for over 25 years. This is my third Krups and it is stunningly superior to the previous models I used. (The last one lasted 18 years and was still in usable condition when I upgraded to the XP5280.) The taste of the espresso made by the XP5280 is vastly superior to that produced by the previous Krups model I owned, and to the espresso made by other brands of machine that my friends own. The coffee also arrives in the cup with a wonderfully thick crema. The taste is, I'm guessing, a result of the way the machine carefully controls the water temperature and way the pump and the head work together to control rate of flow of hot water through the coffee grains, in combination with the effectiveness of the auto-tamping mechanism. The auto-tamping is a great feature. (With my prior machine I was lazy about tamping and somewhat deterred from doing it properly by the way the pump seemed to be 'laboring' when I over-tamped.) The auto-tamp gets the...

See Products Related To KRUPS XP5280 Pump Espresso Machine with KRUPS Precise Tamp Technology and Stainless Steel Housing, Silver: KRUPS Inspired by professionals and designed for connoisseurs, KRUPS products have been built with three key attributes in mind: Passion, Precision and Perfection. The KRUPS XP5280 Pump Espresso Machine is a revolution in the pump espresso world, it tamps the ground coffee evenly to the optimum level without you doing anything. The KRUPS Precise Tamp patented System compressses the coffee grounds perfectly providing an optimal ground coffee tamp that produces uniform results and a rich and dense crema every time. Its 15-bar high pressure pump along with the powerful thermoblock heating system allow for an optimal temperature control, a faster preheating and resistance to lime-scale buildup. Thanks to the universal filter holder, access to a large variety of ground coffee and pods and customize your espresso experience. The KRUPS XP5280 Pump Espresso Machine features a performant frothing nozzle to let you make creamy cappuccinos, delicious lattes and any other based milk drink of your choice. For your convenience the unit has a programmable auto flow-stop system, the filter holder has a mess-free cake-ejection system and the water tank as well as the drip tray are removable that eases the clean up. The KRUPS XP5240 Pump Espresso Machine commits to delivering to anyone a perfect cup of rich espresso from the first cup to the last cup. Great if you only want to make one cup Being fairly new to Espresso machines I researched reviews on Amazon and elsewhere, and decided on a Krups XP5280. Too bad, no review ever mentioned the fact that, and this was confirmed to me by Krups Customer Service, you need to wait at least 15 minutes between successive cups of espresso, even longer if you used the steam wand! If you don't wait this long the water is diverted to the drip tray instead of the filter holder. WHAT!! Before this was confirmed by Krups itself I could only think I had a defective unit. Upon hearing that this is "normal", I promptly returned it to the seller, of course at my own expense. I didn't like that the machine couldn't be used under cabinets that don't give you enough space to fully pull out the reservoir which needs to be pulled out upwards. But I did like the Krups automatic tamping, the set amount (programmable) amount of espresso delivered, and the puck ejector in the filter holder. I only wished someone had mentioned in a review the problem...

Redesigned nozzle is on the way I've owned this expresso maker since July of 2011. I am on my 3rd nozzle. Since I can't find nozzles for sale on the internet anymore, I finally decided to call the Krups warranty hotline since everything is still under warranty. First they told me that the expresso maker is warrantied for 2 years instead of the 1 year in the manual. Then they notified me that the nozzle is being redesigned. They will send me the "older style" (that is, the one I have now) to hold me over until the new one comes out in Summer 2012. Then they put me on their mailing list to get the newly designed nozzle when it comes out. The hotline person was helpful and acknowledged that there was a design problem with the existing nozzle (in so many words), so I am glad Krups is not in denial of the facts. I like the expresso maker -- especially the auto tamping feature and the pre-measured pulls. So if you already own one of these, don't despair. I recommend you call Krups and get your name on their list...