209
people found this helpful, as of 2023
ranked #151,226 most helpful
out of 571,544,897 reviews
★★★★★
easy to use, easy to clean, hard to find products for it
We bought this machine in late January to support our caffeine habit with more than drip coffee. I've used K-cup machines and enjoy the convenience, though they certainly produce mediocre coffee at best.
The Rivo doesn't have this problem. While there are only 4 capsules available for it, they produce a consistent espresso shot. The latte-maker uses milk of your choice instead of the "fake powdered foam" of K-cup machines and the Starbucks machine.
The machine is dead-simple to clean: the latte container and equipment that touches the milk (stirrer and steam wand) slide off the machine and clean quickly. There's nothing else to do clean!
The one complaint at this point is that capsules are difficult to find- in other words, Amazon doesn't sell them (even third-party) yet.
January 2013 · Home and Kitchen