Nespresso Lattissima Pro vs Touch vs Plus Review
Are you looking for an espresso maker to make cappuccino or lattes at home? Do you want convenience and prefer pushing a button to make these milk-based drinks automatically? Then you have to consider the Nespresso Lattissima Pro. Perhaps you have also heard of Nespresso Lattissma Touch and Lattissima Pro. So what’s the difference between the three?
Nespresso Lattissima Pro vs Plus vs Touch
Comparing the Lattissima Plus, the Lattissima Touch, and the Lattissima Pro, the Lattissima Plus is essentially the base model. Marketed as sleek and stylish, the Lattissima Plus comes in four colors.
If the Lattissima Plus is the baseline model, then the Touch is the midline model. It comes in two reserved colors (titanium black and palladium silver) that lend it a certain sophistication. However, stylistically, it is almost identical to the Plus.
The Lattissima Pro is the high-end model of the three. Again, it shares many of the same features, but it is a “fancier,” more technically advanced model. It comes in stainless steel and looks very professional.
We go into more details on the differences in a short while. But first let consider why we should get a Nespresso Latttssima coffee maker.
Why buy a Nespresso Lattissima Coffee Maker?
Nespresso Coffee Capsule System
Nespresso is well known for its coffee capsule system. It provides convenience to the users as there is no need to deal with messy coffee powder. Just load the capsule in the machine and you get your selected drink automatically. On completion, there is no cleaning up of the used capsules until the capsule containers have eached its capacity to store the ejected used coffee capsules. All three Nespresso Lattissma models come with this technology.
One Touch Hot Milk System
To take convenience to a higher level, the Lattissma espresso maker is not just able to make cappuccino or latte. It can make them with just a touch of the buttons. The amount of milk froth can also be adjusted to your liking by turning the froth regulator.
Versatility
We all have different taste preferences. So we may like a thinner or thicker espresso. We may want more milk in our cappuccino. In these three models, this need is taken care of by their memory capability. You can easily change and store the quantity of milk or water for each drink option in these models.
Easy of Cleaning
Cleaning these machines is very convenient. You can easily remove the water tank, drip tray, capsule containers for cleaning. In addition, you can clean the milk sprout easily by running hot water out of it.
Ease of Maintenance
There is also no need to keep track of your descaling done. The machine will alert you when it’s time for a descaling. The manual also provides a step by step guide on the descaling process. Upon following the steps, the machine will take over to run descaling automatically.
Peace of Mind
There is no need to remember if you have shut down the coffee makers. All 3 models will switch off automatically after you stop using the coffee makers for 9 minutes. If you prefer a longer period of inactivity before automatic power off, there are other options available for each of these models.
Able to Accommodate Large Mugs
The coffee sprout for the 3 models has a high height clearance. This is good news to large mugs lovers.
Aesthetics
All 3 models may not be the smallest coffee machines. But if you compare with coffee makers with milk frothing capability, these models are really compact. This really helps to save our counter space.
If you dislike cables lying around on the kitchen top, you will like their cable guide to hide the excess cable.
Lattissima Plus vs Touch vs Pro – Differences
At a glance, the 3 models looks pretty similar in appearance. But there are quite a few important differences between the 3 models. Let’s talk about them right now.
Auto-Cleaning of Milk Sprout
All 3 models have the capability to clean the milk sprout automatically. However, the mode to activate this function is different for the 3 models.
It is somewhat easier to activate this function in the Lattissima Plus and Touch models. They use a “clean” button to do so. However, you need to turn a knob in the Lattissima Pro.
Water Tank Capacity
For those with a large family, Lattissima Plus may not be a good option. It has the smallest water tank and milk container capacity. It can only hold up to 30 ounces of water. That means more frequent refills of the water tank.
In comparison, the Lattissima Touch and Pro can hold about 50% more water with a 44 ounce tank capacity.
Milk Container Capacity
If your family likes milk-based drinks, then perhaps Lattissima Pro will be a better choice. It can hold 25% more milk than Touch and Plus with its 16 ounces milk container. Lattissima Touch and Plus can only hold up to 12 ounces of milk.
Used Capsule Contain Capacity
Lattissima Pro wins in this department again. It has a larger used capsule capacity of 15 used capsules while Lattissima Touch and Plus can only hold up 10 capsules.
Controls
The controls are certainly more advanced in the Lattissima Pro. Pro uses sensor touch display while Plus and Touch uses the old school physical buttons for making drink options.
Drink Options
Lattissima Pro also has more drink options than Pro and Plus. Plus can only make espresso, lungo, latte and cappuccino. Touch has more options. It can make ristretto and hot milk too.
Pro can make all of them. It can also make Americano with its hot water sprout in the side recess.
What’s even better is that you can set the default amount of water you want for the Americano.
Heating Time
All three models use a thermoblock heating system. However, Lattissima Plus doesn’t heat up as fast as Pro or Touch. It takes 40 seconds as compared to 25 seconds for Pro and Touch.
Automatic Power Off Period of Inactivity
As the higher end model, Lattissima Pro has 1 more option available for you to adjust the period of inactivity for the coffee maker to shut down automatically. In Lattissima Pro, you can select 2 hours in addition to the 30 minutes or eight hours found in Lattissma Plus and Touch.
Able to Accommodate Large Mugs
Alhough all 3 models can accommodate large mugs, Lattissima Pro’s coffee sprout is located higher than the other 2 models. If you have a really big mug, check this out.
Compact
Lattissma beats the other 2 models in various departments. It has larger capacities for water tank, milk container and used capsule container. As a trade-off, Lattissima Pro is also taller and heavier.
Comparison Chart – Similarities & Differences at a glance
| Features | Lattissima Plus | Lattissima Touch | Lattissima Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nespresso Coffee Capsule System | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Descaling alert | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Able to make Milk Based Drinks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic Power Off | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Milk Sprout Auto-Clean | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Features | Lattissima Plus | Lattissima Touch | Lattissima Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Tank | 30 ounces | 44ounces | 44 ounces |
| Milk Container | 12 ounce | 12 ounces | 16 ounces |
| Used Capsule Container | 10 capsules | 10 capsules | 15 capsules |
| Controls | buttons | buttons | sensor touch display |
| Drink options | espresso, lungo, latte and cappuccino | espresso, lungo, latte and cappuccino, ristretto and hot milk | espresso, lungo, latte and cappuccino, ristretto and hot milk , Americano |
| Heating Time | 40 secs | 25 secs | 25 sec |
| Automatic Power Off Period of Inactivity | 30mins , 8 hours | 30 mins , 8 hours | 30 mins , 2 hours, 8 hours |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 12.6 x 10 inches | 10 x 13.4 x 8 inches | 7.6 x 13 x 10.8 inches |
| Colors | black, white, red, grey | titanium black and palladium silver | stainless steel |
Nespresso Lattissima Pro vs Touch vs Plus
Which coffee maker is the best? These three models give you, the consumer, a lot to think about and three good options to choose from, provided that you want coffee drinks with milk in them. If you don’t want milk, you are better off looking at some of Nespresso’s other machines that don’t come with a milk container built into them.
Let’s start with the Lattissima Plus. The Lattissima Plus might be a good model for you if you are not interested in deviating outside of cappuccino, latte macchiatos, espresso, and lungo.
Remember that this unit will make these drinks automatically for you with a push of a button. However, if you are hoping to create something else using the milk feature on the machine, this is not the unit for you because the milk is dispensed in conjunction with those four drinks only; there is no separate button for it.
As the smallest unit of the three (slightly), you might consider this model if you have a smaller kitchen. People who love color also might choose this version for the four colors that it comes in.
If you are not looking for a colorful machine and you like the idea of being able to access the warm milk independently, the Lattissima Touch is a better option than the Pro.
This coffee machine is for those who want a little more liberty in the creation of their drinks. Furthermore, if you plan to move your unit frequently, you might prefer this model, as it has cable storage that can make transport easier.
Finally, for the high tech user who wants more sophistication in the kitchen, consider the Lattissima Pro (which only comes in stainless steel). The Pro shares many of the same great features as the Touch (like cable storage and access to the warm milk independent from a specific drink), but also has a digital touch screen that provides you with even more precise control over the way your coffee tastes.
This model is not recommended for those people who want the most simplicity. Instead, it is recommended for people who have very precise coffee preferences and don’t mind taking the time to set up those specifications through the touch screen on their machine.
Overall, you can’t go wrong with any of these three machines. It all comes down to your personal preferences about style, how specific your coffee taste is, and how much effort you are willing to expend on getting the perfect cup.