One of these things is not like the other ones. For those of you who aren't religious coffee drinkers, please allow me to introduce you to a few old friends above, and one snobby newcomer. On the far left, we of course have a typical drip coffee maker. It can crank out a good 10 cups of coffee at any given time, feeding your industrial-sized caffeine addiction every morning (or afternoon - we don't judge). In the middle, you find our good friend the Keurig, or "K-Cup" coffee maker. I used to be pretty opposed to drinking coffee this way, but after living with a man who doesn't drink coffee (this is slowly changing btw), I found that my single-serving-no-mess coffee pod in the morning was in fact a good option for me. We had one for years in DC, and she was called the Blue Goddess - if you've ever had one of the newer ones, you'll know why. And finally, at the far right, we have the Nespresso coffee/espresso maker. Apparently it's a Nestlé product developed in Switzerland in the 1970s, but it is absolutely EVERYWHERE here in France. These machines are sprinkled around the offices at work, and when they have a coffee/pastry gathering on the occasional morning, the expectation is that you bring your own Nespresso-brand pod and correspondingly tiny cup. But I'll be honest, I still cannot figure out how to use one of those things with any level of confidence. During the first week I was in Paris last December, I had the TV on in an attempt to soak up some French by watching the local news. When, all of the sudden, I hear English! And not just any English... George-effing-Clooney is on the screen, charming the pants off of viewers while promoting Nespresso. Apparently, the George has a long-running series of commercials over here that tell a love story centering around a beautiful woman that always gets beat out by his love of Nespresso coffee - yeah right. What else, George? How about a coffee maker that gives me options and doesn't make me feel like a complete idiot every time I try to use it? That would be nice. So without further ado, please allow me to present the newest member of our family, purchased and lovingly set up by Michael, the Pink Goddess: My favorites so far are the capuccino and Petit Déjuner varieties. Of course, we also have expresso on hand, because at some point whenever we have people over for dinner, we will need to be able to offer strong baby coffees to those who prefer them.
But the point here is that we now have choices! And it's super cute.
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Casey
2/1/2014 07:22:38 am
You know I don't drink coffee but I am incredibly fascinated by these George Clooney commercials! Also - I like the pink. Super cute ;)
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Noelle
2/1/2014 09:34:46 am
I, too, love the George Clooney commercial. Why is America so out of the loop??
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Brittany Gatchell
2/1/2014 09:28:10 am
In our demo (San Francisco), we get the Nespresso commercials with Penelope Cruz. I'm just guessing that the Clooney ones are better :) I have a traditional espresso, but I think I would be a lot happier with pods. I just haven't tried them yet. I love your new pink goddess. Very stylish :)
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Jo
2/2/2014 01:34:29 pm
We get George here too :) Also, they make amazing hot chocolate pods for that machine...
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