Cheap Flavia J10NBK Fusion Drinks Station, Red (Kitchen) Price

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Customer Reviews of Flavia J10NBK Fusion Drinks Station, Red

Great variety, easy clean-up, wondeful machine!
I have the black Fusion in my home office (which is next to a basement-level theater room), and my wife and I already love this machine. We have tried all sorts of mixes, and we've only scratched the surface of what this machine can do. This is one of the first times I've been so impressed with a product that I wanted to write a review for it. <
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>Physical properties: It handles travel mugs (if you remove the drip tray, which is largely unneeded anyway), and all our "standard" mugs. The drink head moves up and down, so it can sit flush against the rim of your mug to cut down on the already rare splashbacks (more common with "frothy" drinks than coffee and tea). When it brews a filterpack, it blows air through at the end of the cycle to clear it out (and, thus, keep it from dripping as you remove it). The water tank could be larger (if only because we're so enamored with it that we keep making drinks all day long), but if you have a ready source of water nearby, it shouldn't be a problem. The tank fits better and slides on easier than the Senseo (which we also have). <
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>Flavor-wise: It's made by M&M/Mars, so you can bet that the sweeter drinks (the so-called Indulgence fare) is excellent. Coffee blends are quite good, especially the darker roasts like "French Roast" and "Sumatra". Lattes made with Espresso Roast taste similar to Starbucks, moreso than other chains. <
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>Clean-up: Wipe the inside of the drink head, and possibly the front of the plastic column (the colored portion) after any particularly "splashy" drinks. No need to worry about cleaning up the area around the machine, especially if you keep the drink head on the rim of your mug. Of course, you can't watch its magic when the drink head is that low, so your first few times, you'll probably get a drip here and there. <
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>Final bits: We've had the Senseo since its launch. Between pods that need "pre-wetting" to avoid blowing past the seal of the portafilter to the not-so-great varieties of drinks, the Senseo is lagging behind the Flavia. We drink coffee, tea, espresso drinks, mixed blends, and sweet-tooth-friendly "indulgence" mixes every day with the Flavia, and it's brain-dead-easy to use. Certainly easier to clean up after, too! If you're on the fence between the Flavia and other single-cup offerings (like Senseo), get the Flavia. Keurig and other single-cup offerings can't touch the variety of drinks you can make with the Flavia. I'm sipping a lemon/blueberry tea blend now, made over ice, and it's fantastic. Highly recommended!

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Try before you buy
This is an expensive machine that locks you into an expensive proprietary cartridge system. There are competing systems which make just as good and hot a cup of coffee without wasting this much plastic per cup and for much less money (Senseo, Melitta and others). Some other systems such as the Nespresso are just as pricey, but make significantly better coffee. <
>That leaves us with this in-between system, way overpriced for the mediocre coffee it produces. Unless you're absolutely enthralled with the taste of Flavia coffee (or one of their other beverages) there are better, cheaper, less wasteful alternatives.

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Love it!
Granted, it is a bit noisy at first (more like a shocking sound, not so much noisy), but you get used to it. The mixing and matching of different drinks takes some skill, especially if you've never used any of the larger office machines. This was a complete first for me. I mixed a few, watered a few too many in my attempts at different mug sizes, but I got the hang of it and love it. I commute to work and no longer stop to get my coffe each moring at $2 to $3 a cup, so there's a huge savings in this product. And the tea is the best I've ever had. They actually add juice concentrates in the pack (some selections), so the tea is very flavorable. The machine itself was a little odd as far as trying to place it on the counter, but I think that is the case with just about any new appliance you bring into your home. It will always stick out at first. I bought black and it looks great. There really isn't any cleanup at all. Other machines I looked at in the store seemed a little trickier to use or had sharp needles poking out to pop packages and stange buttons. This really is so simple. Finding a place to store the coffee is a differnet matter. Because the packs are bigger than most pods, it is a challenge. I ended up with mine in a basket in my pantry. The round display rack that Flavia offers looks pretty neat. I will definately buy that. Over all, it's a perfect product in my opinion.