I've always liked my Kuerig. That being said, Bill and I aren't huge coffee drinkers. With little kids, we are way more into juice and lemonade than we are coffee. That is why the Esio Hot & Cold Beverage System is a great fit for my family.

Esio delivers your favorite hot and cold name brand beverages in seconds at the touch of a button. And what I mean by a touch of a button is just that. It is easy enough for my 5 year old and my 8 year old to do it! Literally, select the temperature of your beverage, select the desired strength and make as much or as little as you want. That's why the Esio Hot & Cold Beverage System is the only one that gives you, “Your Drink. Your Way. Right Away.”

When I was asked to try this out, I was asked to bring it to a holiday party. I luck out that because my husband is one of 5 kids, our immediate family is a huge holiday party! We brought the Esio over to mother in laws house to show everyone how to use it this last Saturday!

I can tell you that everyone was quite impressed. Once I demonstrated to everyone how to use the Esio, they all couldn't believe that it truly did what it says. We literally made a lemonade and then a coffee. My lemonade was cold (and as cold as I like it) and my brother-in-laws coffee was hot. It also did NOT taste like lemonade, so you had no flavor carryover. It was super nice for the kids, because they could get their own drinks and take as much or as little as they wanted. You aren't stuck getting an 8 oz glass. My mother-in-law thought that the ease of use was the best feature (and that the kids could get their own drinks by themselves so she didn't have to stop what she was doing). For all the drink pouches, you do have to play with how much of the flavor you want in your drink. As we found for the coffee, it all depends on how strong you like it (which is a personal preference thing. We had the same issue with the lemonade because Bill and I like two different strengths.)

There are so many drink choices too. I personally love the Country Time lemonade (and actually had to order more before our holiday party). The kids drink the sports drinks and the juice. All the beverages the Esio makes are low calorie and low sugar, as well as delicious. They believe that while it's a good idea to watch your calorie and sugar intake, you shouldn't have to sacrifice great taste.

The Esio Hot & Cold Beverage System is great for parties and just at home family use. This is one of those things that I don't know how I lived without it before! We actually left it an extra day at my mother-in-laws house, and she was disappointed that we came back to get it! She loved it too!