Nespresso Creatista Pro Review

The Creatista series features Nespresso's top-of-the-line offerings with three models to choose from:

• Creatista Uno (base model)
• Creatista Plus (mid-range)
• Creatista Pro (best model)

Note: You may also see a regular Nespresso Creatista, which is Nespresso's original Creatista machine before releasing the three tiers above.

All Creatista machines are designed to offer the most authentic specialty beverage experience with a real, stainless steel frother like you'd see on a high-end commercial espresso machine. By comparison, Nespresso's other machines designed to make milk-based drinks either come with an Aeroccino frother (like the CitiZ & Milk) or an integrated plastic frothing arm (like the Lattissima Pro) that makes "good enough" foam but limits how great the foam can be.

With the Creatista's traditional frothing arm, your foam can be as good as your skill level with 11 temperature settings and 8 texture levels.

Other notable features on these Creatista machines that separates them from the rest of Nespresso's offerings:

• Stainless steel casing
• High-end build and design
• More powerful heating element
• Programmable functionality to create, name, and save your favorite custom drinks

What separates the Creatista Pro from the mid-range Creatista Plus?

• Slightly larger size and weight to accomodate additional features, including larger drip tray
• Slightly larger spent capsule container (18 vs 15)
• Color LCD touchscreen instead of LCD display and knobs to make selections
• More milk frothing options (11 temps and 8 textures vs 3 temps and 3 textures on the Plus)
• Separate hot water dispenser (no hot water dispenser on the Plus)
• 33% larger water reservoir (67 oz vs 50 oz)
• Double Thermojet feature, which allows you to pull your shot and steam your milk at the same time

The Creatista Pro also comes with a 16 oz stainless steel frothing pitcher.