A Miele obsession @Twitter

A quick browse on Twitter today for the forever better files has uncovered a few particularly positive comments about Miele in the last day or two – going someway to prove that vacuuming can be more than just a chore! Hobby or obsession @Rob_Clem says “I am in love with my new Miele vacuum cleaner. I can’t stop vacuuming! Someone help me!”

@sarahcoleman meanwhile says “Family’s house in Reno has a Miele in wall coffee machine. Best thing ever! A perfect cup anytime & most necessary appliance after vacuum.” To whit @taylorhively said “After the [other brand] vacuum died a premature death, splurged for top o’ the line Miele.  So far…worth every penny. Best vacuum ever?”

On Twitter yourself? Follow us at @foreverbetter.

‘Excellent quality coffee’ from Miele

Simon over on http://www.blog.compare-coffee.co.uk has been giving the Miele CVA365OSTSS coffee machine a good once over, and on the whole seems delighted with the results. Commenting that “it is true that they have considered the convenience of the user while designing the gadget with multi-lingual display and self-explanatory navigation system”, he also mentions the range of beverages on offer – “double espresso and coffee in 4 different sizes and has the option of making hot milk, cappuccino, hot water and milk froth” .

He goes onto say that “that the superiority of the drinks prepared by the machine cannot be undermined” – although reports of usability issues have been flagged – although no details of these are included within the review. Go here to read the full review, or if you’ve tried a Miele coffee machine before.

Brief encounters – Miele CVA 2660 coffee machine review

Coffee-lover roofus6000 has something of nuisance neighbour. Not the kind to keep him awake at all hours with loud music, but so keen is he on roofus6000′s espresso that he’s forever dropping round for a cup.

Luckily for our reviewer he says the Miele CVA 2660 has served him without a problem for the last two years, unlike his previous machines which “all broke down at least once”. He describes it as “an excellent machine. It is easy to use and elegant to look at”, his only disappointment being the need to pre-heat cups as “the coffee comes out at a pleasant drinking temperature. If you love your coffee scalding hot this machine is not for you”.

For the full run-down on his review jump over to Ciao! to read it in full.

Hands on with the Miele CVA3650 ST coffee machine

Many’s the time I’ve awoken, rubbed the sleep from my eyes and hankered for a coffee. Not just any coffee mind…the kind of shop-quality coffee that only a 20 minute stroll down the road, lengthy queue, and best part of a fiver, will get you.

Well, good news for us comes in the unlikely form of Steve from Machines That Go Bing, a pioneer in technologies of all kinds, and recent recipient of the Miele CVA 3650 ST coffee machine on a three week trial. He’s posted a very extensive hands-on guide of exactly how he found the coffee machine was to use.

A self confessed “caffeine-pumped twitching freak”, Steve made no secret of the fact that his “taste-buds [were] throbbing”, and wasted no time in getting started, which by all accounts was refreshingly simple “From opening the box to producing my first ‘real’ cup of coffee was about twenty minutes”.

Of course, there was the odd usability problem – “If you’re not used to this kind of coffee machine the extra work over more mundane forms of coffee-making takes some getting used to”, but more importantly for all the coffee-heads… How did it taste? Well, according to Steve “the result is worth the effort, and the quality of the beverages you’ll enjoy from the 3650 cannot be denied.”

You can read the full review here, and why not enjoy a tasty brew while you do.

Coffee Makers: It’s a matter of taste

It’s not just matters of education that are discussed over at the TES website. This online ‘staffroom’ for teachers – as with any other community – debate a wide range of subjects and several members have recently turned their attention to that staple of any staffroom – the coffee machine.

Opinions on the subject of which machines are best are as varied as the individual tastes: filter, espresso, latte and even frothy chocolate are all mentioned as favourites among the staff. Such is the knowledge imparted on the subject that dinx67 asks member LadsNR: “Are you the TES equivalent of Which? magazine?” and “Do you have any recommendations for a vacuum cleaner?” to which she replies “Our last 2 vacuums have been Miele I love them”. The debate quickly returns to the subject of coffee however and whether the Italian method of a slow boiling pot of the stuff is really the last word in taste.

To catch up on the coffee debate and perhaps pick up a vacuum cleaner recommendation into the bargain, jump over to the forum and have your say.