- Sales Rank: #313168 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Brand: KRUPS
- Model: XP9000
- Dimensions: 14.75" h x
11.50" w x
18.75" l,
Features
- Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
- Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
- Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
- 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
- Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
- Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
- Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
- Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
- 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
- Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
New from Krups, the XP900 Super Automatic Espresso and Coffee Center. Super Automatic System: Makes perfect cappuccino and lattes with a push of a button, without having to move your cup and without a separate milk container. Easy to use and clean: The XP9000 will automatically grind, tamp, brew and dispose of the spent grounds and guide you through the easy cleaning and maintenance procedure. The central steam nozzle on the Krups XP9000 allows you to make steam for frothing, hot water, cappuccino and a latte beverage all WITHOUT ever moving your cup. The central stem nozzle is easy to use. A lever on the top of the machine allows you to bring the steam nozzle down and back up allowing you to adjust the height of the coffee dispenser. The high pressure pump leads cold water into the Thermoblock System where it is instantaneously warmed to the optimal temperature of 198 degrees Fahrenheit. Easy to clean and maintain a drip tray is integrated in the front door. It has an automatic sensor to indicate when the water tray is full and is removable for easy dumping and cleaning. Automatic controls at your fingertips for cappuccino and lattes by pressing the dedicated switch, the Krups XP900 has an oversized digital display with 2 lines of text, bright white lettering is easy to read and available in 5 languages. There are pre-programmed settings for simple operation; 4 options for espresso, hot water, steam, latte and cappuccino. Personalize your settings; an easy accessible side panel is used for customized programming and for controlling the machine maintenance. From coffee strength, water temperate or steam time, personalize your beverages the way you would like it with the many options available at you finger tips. Made in Switzerland the Krups XP9000 has 1200 watts, a heating element with 2 thermostats and removable water tank that holds 88 ounces.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By Lee the Builder
After my last super auto, a Saeco, failed for the umpteenth time I purchased the XP9000 in July of 09. Over time it has become accepted but...For a machine the size of this one larger reservoirs, water, bean, and drip tray / puck bin might have been considered. The Saeco spoiled us with its onboard water connection. Both the Saeco and the Juro which preceded it had larger bean hoppers and while I do not know for sure, I think they both had larger drip trays as well. Either way it seems that we spend a fair amount of time dinking around with some machine demand for dumping or filling in order to get a cup. A related misery is that it is not smart enough to know ahead of time that it is out out whatever it about to notify you that it is out of. So, you request say a cappucino and it froths the milk and then the grinder starts but there are not enough beans to complete the cycle. Grinder goes through it's cycle empty, the "Fill beans" message pops up, and since there are no ground beans to process the machine goes into it's dump cycle and you are left with a cup of froth and another 30 seconds of your life unrecoverable. Both of our previous machines were able to deliver product and then alert us that we had a chore to perform, or let us know that we had a chore and not make a halfhearted attempt to deliver a product that they were unable to.The grinder has its own shortcomings. It has 4 settings which limits experimentation. That's not a showstopper and I knew that going in. On the other hand cleaning a burr grinder should not require any significant level of machine disassembly, not the case for the Krups. That's one concession to minimalist design the I wouldn't have made and didn't anticipate. Yes, removing the little tophat improves bean flow, yes, using non-oily beans helps keep the burrs from gumming up, but as with any machine sooner or later it requires maintenance. That maintenance should be able to be performed by people who do not as a rule keep hex key wrenches in their kitchen drawers.The flip side is that this is a great little machine. It has grunted out over 3000 coffee products in the last year and we are quite happy with the beast. The queen hates techno for techno sake but she is comfortable using the Krup for both her regular caffiene fix and frothing fancies. I can tailor espressos adequately to reflect what I'm trying to accomplish with homeroasts. This thing does not replace our manual machines or stand alone grinders but (with the exception of "fill beans", "empty drip tray", and "fill water" messages) it spits forth whatever we request pretty much at the push of a button. Color and taste are adjustable, layering of milk drinks is adequate, temp of product is better than other super autos we have had, owners manual is readable if not very informative (it's nice that the manual is stored onboard although an easily serviced grinder would have been nicer), unit is minimalist and the exterior cleans up easily. Frothing is easy albeit kind of a Rube Goldberg affair. It is quite comparable to my best efforts at manually frothing except there is no opportunity for adding smiley faces and swirly patterns in the froth. I am not bothered that I am not spending 4 or 5 bucks a shot at Starjunks for that artistic bonus. Oh yeah, frothing cleanup. Keep a small glass of water nearby when frothing and leave the frother tip submerged when between shots. The frother will give you years (well, year anyway) of service at as good a quality as the day it came from the factory... or whine about it not frothing, whatever floats your boat. I have yet to deal with Krups for anything so have no opinion about customer service.I got mine for real short money, less than 400 US, from a closeout website and I see now that it is discontinued here and elsewhere. Pity. A sub 1000 super auto is rare and one less than half that is a unicorn.Last bit. These super autos have had a 5 year lifetime in our house give or take. To sum up, machinewise my last 3300 cups cost 11 cents a shot. This time next year that cost could shrink by half. If this thing makes it 2 years for what it cost, I'm a happy guy.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By J. TO
I just got my machine today and decided to stay up to write this review since I drank so many cups of espresso. I got this machine when Amazon had it on their Lightning Deals and decided to take a chance since it was such a good deal. The unit arrived in perfect condition and well packaged. It looks like the packaging is from Krups. All Amazon had to do was slap a label on it and ship it. The start up guide is easy to follow. The only problem I had was it kept asking me to fill the bean containter. It was already full. I powered cycle the unit and then it worked. I love the way the frother works. You just add milk to the cup, lower the steam nozzle and it takes care of the rest. No need to move the cup. Cleaning is easy. You can use pre-ground coffee with by-pass shaft. If you want to make a cup of decaf, you can do that without having to empty the bean container. The grinding mechanism is quieter than most units I have tried before. The only thing that I am wondering about is the amount of fluid in the drip tray after I brew a cup. I'm not sure if that is normal.Pros----* Easy to use* Excellent coffee and espresso* Heats up fast* Ability to specify how much of espresso or cup of coffee i.e. 2 oz* Frother design - no need to move the cup or use a separate milk container* Large bean and water containers* A way to by-pass the beans in the container and use something else* A nice slot in the back for sliding in the manual for storage* It is quiet relative to other super auto machines* Sturdy and well made (Made in Switzerland, 36 lbs)Cons----* It is big! To open the lids for the water and beans, I have to slide the unit out from under my cabinets. I put felt feet on the unit so it can slide out easily for cleaning under and for adding beans/water.* There is no way to take up the extra length of the power cord. My unit sits right in front of a power plug so I have a lot of extra cord that is hard to hide. I'll add two stick-on hooks and wind the cord around them.* The power plug takes up another 3" of counter space. They should have made it a flat right angle plug.* The manual needs more details. It didn't cover all the features and are light on some descriptions. Perhaps a link to a website for more information.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By garzascreek
After purchasing increasingly more expensive (and increasingly more disappointing) Saecos in search of a machine that is not more annoying than useful, I stumbled upon the XP9000 during my last research journey. First thing I noticed is a user manual readable by a speaker of English (could be more detailed though). Download it from Krups website and see what I mean. All the features needed for real-world use and none of the unnecessary ones.This Krups speced, Jura designed and manufactured Swiss-made machine has ended my search. It has good programmability so you can tweak the settings to your liking. I actually found most of the default settings not to my liking so it was nice I could configure personal settings. Nice! It has the most original and useful steaming/frothing system of any machine and thankfully avoids the idiotic internal milk container fad common with its peers. You also don't need to use a frothing pitcher unless you want to since the frothing wand is on an extension that goes all the way into your cup. So, if you are only making one cappuccino, for example, just fill cup half full of milk and hit the Automatic Cappuccino button and lower the frother. Those with other machines know well the annoyance of getting out the pitcher for just one drink and having to stand there holding it and then end up with too much.Yes, it is true if you have the correct technique you can get a better froth doing it manually but most of the time I am willing to trade for speed and convenience and end up with "good enough." I also like that it prompts for a frother cleaning if idle for something like 10 minutes. Particularly useful if you are making many drinks over a period of time for guests. Never again a dried milk skin clogging the frother. I have recently just resorted to using the steam button into a cup of water for a few seconds followed by a wipedown instead of opening the control panel and paging to the steamer cleaning menu (which just does the same thing).It has a few idiosyncracies (takes 10 seconds for steam to preheat, for example, and is not the most powerful steamer out there but is more than good enough) but I am hard pressed to find any serious negatives since it has all the features I have longed for. The only thing that caught me by surprise is the size. When you see the picture of the unit you might not realize it is twice as deep as it is wide. So, measure your proposed location.Some things I did to improve performance: If you receive excessive out of beans warnings, unscrew and remove the unneeded grinder "umbrella" designed to help people to overcome their uncontrollable urge to jamb their finger into the grinder while it is operating. But this is really a standard mod required on all espresso machines made in this litigious era.The default middle position on the grinder control resulted in weak brews and soupy pucks. Moving the grinder control just one size larger resulted in a perfect espresso and dry grounds. This probably varies with the beans one uses so experiment.As mentioned, I did not like any of the automatic settings so created my own (strength, time to steam, etc). You may not need to but be willing to go through several shots experimenting.There are several reviews on the Internet complaining about frothing stopping after a couple months. Don't believe them. The manual tells you how to easily remove the steamer and clean it. You should do this once just so you can see how the mechanism works, with the separate steaming and frothing modes. Remember, when a problem arises, R.T.F.M. See also my comment on cleaning the frother on the very first review below.For a grand, this is the best one out there. A true real-world home espresso machine that allows enough tweaking to make it right for anyone.
KRUPS XP9000 Super-Automatic Espresso Machine and Coffee Center, Charcoal
In Stock! Order Now !18.75" l,
Features
- Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
- Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
- Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
- 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
- Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
- Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
- Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
- Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
- 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
- Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
New from Krups, the XP900 Super Automatic Espresso and Coffee Center. Super Automatic System: Makes perfect cappuccino and lattes with a push of a button, without having to move your cup and without a separate milk container. Easy to use and clean: The XP9000 will automatically grind, tamp, brew and dispose of the spent grounds and guide you through the easy cleaning and maintenance procedure. The central steam nozzle on the Krups XP9000 allows you to make steam for frothing, hot water, cappuccino and a latte beverage all WITHOUT ever moving your cup. The central stem nozzle is easy to use. A lever on the top of the machine allows you to bring the steam nozzle down and back up allowing you to adjust the height of the coffee dispenser. The high pressure pump leads cold water into the Thermoblock System where it is instantaneously warmed to the optimal temperature of 198 degrees Fahrenheit. Easy to clean and maintain a drip tray is integrated in the front door. It has an automatic sensor to indicate when the water tray is full and is removable for easy dumping and cleaning. Automatic controls at your fingertips for cappuccino and lattes by pressing the dedicated switch, the Krups XP900 has an oversized digital display with 2 lines of text, bright white lettering is easy to read and available in 5 languages. There are pre-programmed settings for simple operation; 4 options for espresso, hot water, steam, latte and cappuccino. Personalize your settings; an easy accessible side panel is used for customized programming and for controlling the machine maintenance. From coffee strength, water temperate or steam time, personalize your beverages the way you would like it with the many options available at you finger tips. Made in Switzerland the Krups XP9000 has 1200 watts, a heating element with 2 thermostats and removable water tank that holds 88 ounces.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By Lee the Builder
After my last super auto, a Saeco, failed for the umpteenth time I purchased the XP9000 in July of 09. Over time it has become accepted but...For a machine the size of this one larger reservoirs, water, bean, and drip tray / puck bin might have been considered. The Saeco spoiled us with its onboard water connection. Both the Saeco and the Juro which preceded it had larger bean hoppers and while I do not know for sure, I think they both had larger drip trays as well. Either way it seems that we spend a fair amount of time dinking around with some machine demand for dumping or filling in order to get a cup. A related misery is that it is not smart enough to know ahead of time that it is out out whatever it about to notify you that it is out of. So, you request say a cappucino and it froths the milk and then the grinder starts but there are not enough beans to complete the cycle. Grinder goes through it's cycle empty, the "Fill beans" message pops up, and since there are no ground beans to process the machine goes into it's dump cycle and you are left with a cup of froth and another 30 seconds of your life unrecoverable. Both of our previous machines were able to deliver product and then alert us that we had a chore to perform, or let us know that we had a chore and not make a halfhearted attempt to deliver a product that they were unable to.The grinder has its own shortcomings. It has 4 settings which limits experimentation. That's not a showstopper and I knew that going in. On the other hand cleaning a burr grinder should not require any significant level of machine disassembly, not the case for the Krups. That's one concession to minimalist design the I wouldn't have made and didn't anticipate. Yes, removing the little tophat improves bean flow, yes, using non-oily beans helps keep the burrs from gumming up, but as with any machine sooner or later it requires maintenance. That maintenance should be able to be performed by people who do not as a rule keep hex key wrenches in their kitchen drawers.The flip side is that this is a great little machine. It has grunted out over 3000 coffee products in the last year and we are quite happy with the beast. The queen hates techno for techno sake but she is comfortable using the Krup for both her regular caffiene fix and frothing fancies. I can tailor espressos adequately to reflect what I'm trying to accomplish with homeroasts. This thing does not replace our manual machines or stand alone grinders but (with the exception of "fill beans", "empty drip tray", and "fill water" messages) it spits forth whatever we request pretty much at the push of a button. Color and taste are adjustable, layering of milk drinks is adequate, temp of product is better than other super autos we have had, owners manual is readable if not very informative (it's nice that the manual is stored onboard although an easily serviced grinder would have been nicer), unit is minimalist and the exterior cleans up easily. Frothing is easy albeit kind of a Rube Goldberg affair. It is quite comparable to my best efforts at manually frothing except there is no opportunity for adding smiley faces and swirly patterns in the froth. I am not bothered that I am not spending 4 or 5 bucks a shot at Starjunks for that artistic bonus. Oh yeah, frothing cleanup. Keep a small glass of water nearby when frothing and leave the frother tip submerged when between shots. The frother will give you years (well, year anyway) of service at as good a quality as the day it came from the factory... or whine about it not frothing, whatever floats your boat. I have yet to deal with Krups for anything so have no opinion about customer service.I got mine for real short money, less than 400 US, from a closeout website and I see now that it is discontinued here and elsewhere. Pity. A sub 1000 super auto is rare and one less than half that is a unicorn.Last bit. These super autos have had a 5 year lifetime in our house give or take. To sum up, machinewise my last 3300 cups cost 11 cents a shot. This time next year that cost could shrink by half. If this thing makes it 2 years for what it cost, I'm a happy guy.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By J. TO
I just got my machine today and decided to stay up to write this review since I drank so many cups of espresso. I got this machine when Amazon had it on their Lightning Deals and decided to take a chance since it was such a good deal. The unit arrived in perfect condition and well packaged. It looks like the packaging is from Krups. All Amazon had to do was slap a label on it and ship it. The start up guide is easy to follow. The only problem I had was it kept asking me to fill the bean containter. It was already full. I powered cycle the unit and then it worked. I love the way the frother works. You just add milk to the cup, lower the steam nozzle and it takes care of the rest. No need to move the cup. Cleaning is easy. You can use pre-ground coffee with by-pass shaft. If you want to make a cup of decaf, you can do that without having to empty the bean container. The grinding mechanism is quieter than most units I have tried before. The only thing that I am wondering about is the amount of fluid in the drip tray after I brew a cup. I'm not sure if that is normal.Pros----* Easy to use* Excellent coffee and espresso* Heats up fast* Ability to specify how much of espresso or cup of coffee i.e. 2 oz* Frother design - no need to move the cup or use a separate milk container* Large bean and water containers* A way to by-pass the beans in the container and use something else* A nice slot in the back for sliding in the manual for storage* It is quiet relative to other super auto machines* Sturdy and well made (Made in Switzerland, 36 lbs)Cons----* It is big! To open the lids for the water and beans, I have to slide the unit out from under my cabinets. I put felt feet on the unit so it can slide out easily for cleaning under and for adding beans/water.* There is no way to take up the extra length of the power cord. My unit sits right in front of a power plug so I have a lot of extra cord that is hard to hide. I'll add two stick-on hooks and wind the cord around them.* The power plug takes up another 3" of counter space. They should have made it a flat right angle plug.* The manual needs more details. It didn't cover all the features and are light on some descriptions. Perhaps a link to a website for more information.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By garzascreek
After purchasing increasingly more expensive (and increasingly more disappointing) Saecos in search of a machine that is not more annoying than useful, I stumbled upon the XP9000 during my last research journey. First thing I noticed is a user manual readable by a speaker of English (could be more detailed though). Download it from Krups website and see what I mean. All the features needed for real-world use and none of the unnecessary ones.This Krups speced, Jura designed and manufactured Swiss-made machine has ended my search. It has good programmability so you can tweak the settings to your liking. I actually found most of the default settings not to my liking so it was nice I could configure personal settings. Nice! It has the most original and useful steaming/frothing system of any machine and thankfully avoids the idiotic internal milk container fad common with its peers. You also don't need to use a frothing pitcher unless you want to since the frothing wand is on an extension that goes all the way into your cup. So, if you are only making one cappuccino, for example, just fill cup half full of milk and hit the Automatic Cappuccino button and lower the frother. Those with other machines know well the annoyance of getting out the pitcher for just one drink and having to stand there holding it and then end up with too much.Yes, it is true if you have the correct technique you can get a better froth doing it manually but most of the time I am willing to trade for speed and convenience and end up with "good enough." I also like that it prompts for a frother cleaning if idle for something like 10 minutes. Particularly useful if you are making many drinks over a period of time for guests. Never again a dried milk skin clogging the frother. I have recently just resorted to using the steam button into a cup of water for a few seconds followed by a wipedown instead of opening the control panel and paging to the steamer cleaning menu (which just does the same thing).It has a few idiosyncracies (takes 10 seconds for steam to preheat, for example, and is not the most powerful steamer out there but is more than good enough) but I am hard pressed to find any serious negatives since it has all the features I have longed for. The only thing that caught me by surprise is the size. When you see the picture of the unit you might not realize it is twice as deep as it is wide. So, measure your proposed location.Some things I did to improve performance: If you receive excessive out of beans warnings, unscrew and remove the unneeded grinder "umbrella" designed to help people to overcome their uncontrollable urge to jamb their finger into the grinder while it is operating. But this is really a standard mod required on all espresso machines made in this litigious era.The default middle position on the grinder control resulted in weak brews and soupy pucks. Moving the grinder control just one size larger resulted in a perfect espresso and dry grounds. This probably varies with the beans one uses so experiment.As mentioned, I did not like any of the automatic settings so created my own (strength, time to steam, etc). You may not need to but be willing to go through several shots experimenting.There are several reviews on the Internet complaining about frothing stopping after a couple months. Don't believe them. The manual tells you how to easily remove the steamer and clean it. You should do this once just so you can see how the mechanism works, with the separate steaming and frothing modes. Remember, when a problem arises, R.T.F.M. See also my comment on cleaning the frother on the very first review below.For a grand, this is the best one out there. A true real-world home espresso machine that allows enough tweaking to make it right for anyone.
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- Super-automatic programmable coffee and espresso center
- Automatically grinds, tamps, brews, and disposes of spent grounds
- Oversized digital display; customizable coffee strength and cup size
- 15-bar pump; conical-burr grinder; steam nozzle; removable water tank
- Measures 18-3/4 by 11-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
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