Description
The Horavie K1100 is a compact single serve brewer that takes both standard capsules and loose grounds, brews 6 to 12 ounces, and weighs 2.2 pounds. It is 4.33 inches wide, which puts it among the narrowest machines in our single serve brewers category, and it is aimed at desks, dorms, caravans and small kitchens.
It carries roughly 664 published ratings at a 4.2 average since September 2024. The most useful review on the listing is not about the machine at all, and it is worth getting to first because it decides whether this format suits you.
What a Capsule Can Actually Fill
One owner revised their review to make a point that applies to every capsule machine rather than just this one: a standard capsule is designed to make six to eight ounces of coffee, and for many people that is not enough. Their solution is to open two capsules to make a single twelve ounce serving, and they note that this machine’s ground coffee basket is the better answer.
That is exactly right and it is the honest framing for a machine with a 12 ounce top setting. Selecting 12 ounces with a capsule in the holder does not put more coffee in the cup, it puts more water through the same dose, and the result is weaker rather than larger. If you drink large mugs, use the grounds basket and treat the capsule holder as the convenience option. The pricing in our single serve capsules and pods section makes the same point from the cost side.
Brewing and Speed
Horavie states 120 seconds for a cup with one button operation, and there are no cup size buttons beyond the fill level you choose. Owner reports vary, with one describing about five minutes from start to finish including preparation, which is a fair real world figure once you account for filling and dosing.
Owners are consistent about temperature, which is the more important measure. One describes the machine getting as close to boiling as it can without actually boiling, and another says the coffee is hot rather than warm. No temperature figure is published, so those accounts are the only evidence available, but they are unusually consistent for a budget machine and they point the right way.
The Descaling Reminder and Self Clean
A red light illuminates when the machine needs descaling, and holding the buttons for two seconds after adding descaling solution starts a self cleaning cycle. Horavie also states that the capsule holder or ground coffee filter must be empty when descaling, which is the kind of instruction manufacturers usually leave to the manual.
On a single serve brewer this matters more than on a drip machine. The flow path is narrow and a partial blockage shows up as a brew that slows, stalls or stops part way through. A prompt that tells you when rather than leaving you to guess is a genuine feature at this price, and following it is what separates a machine that lasts three years from one that lasts one.
The Fixed Tank
The water tank is built in with a view window rather than being removable. You fill it before each brew, which Horavie frames as a freshness benefit and which is also cheaper to manufacture.
The practical effect is that this is a one cup at a time machine in the fullest sense: no leaving it loaded overnight, no brewing twice without returning to the tap. On a desk beside a sink that is nothing. In a caravan it is a real limitation. There is a maximum fill line and Horavie warns against exceeding it, which on a machine with no overflow path is worth respecting.
Cleaning the Permanent Filter
The reusable basket needs more attention than a paper filter does, and this is the thing most owners of small brewers skip. Mesh holds coffee oils rather than trapping them, and oils go rancid. A basket that is knocked out and rinsed but never scrubbed will start making every cup taste stale within a couple of months, and the machine usually gets blamed for it. A hot water rinse after each brew and a proper wash weekly is the whole routine.
The capsule holder needs the same treatment for a different reason. Grounds and oils collect around the piercing needle where you cannot see them, and a blocked needle produces a slow brew and an under extracted cup long before it stops working entirely.
Build and Handling
At 2.2 pounds and 7.85 inches deep by 4.33 inches wide by 9.45 inches high, this is a light machine. One owner reports that it is light enough to tip easily and wishes it had a drip plate, while still saying it makes very good hot coffee in very little space and is much cheaper than the pod machine it replaced.
Another owner offers the most practical tip on the whole listing: after brewing, let the machine stand for fifteen to twenty seconds so the capsule finishes draining, otherwise there is a small puddle to clean up when you remove it. That is characteristic of every capsule brewer with a top piercing needle, and knowing it in advance turns a recurring annoyance into a habit.
What the Specifications Do Not Settle
No brew temperature is published. No wattage is published. The water tank capacity is not stated, only the 6 to 12 ounce brew range. The maximum mug height is not stated, which matters on a machine this size. There is no warranty term in the specification table. The model name field simply reads “Coffee Maker”, so the K1100 designation appears only in the model number field.
The included components are listed as the coffee maker, a reusable filter and a pod holder, so both inputs are covered without buying anything extra, which is not true of every machine in this bracket.
Who It Suits
This suits one person who wants a hot cup quickly in a very small space, values being able to use loose coffee as well as capsules, and will follow a descaling prompt. It is a sensible desk machine, a sensible spare room machine and a reasonable replacement for a failed pod brewer at a fraction of the cost.
Look elsewhere if you want to brew several cups without refilling, or if you drink large mugs and only want to use capsules. The Horavie KC201 is the other machine in the same range, the Chulux LC-CM50801 is the closest rival at the same size, and the Tastyle K310IC covers the same pods and grounds idea with a 14 ounce top size.
