[Closed] Pod Coffee Machines

Jumped up kettles!

Superb bit of kit. Got a Dolci Gusto last christmas and it has been used everyday since, we love it

They're not jumped up kettles....

....[url= http://marco.ie/uberproject/ ]THAT[/url] is a jumped up kettle.

I have a Magimix Nespresso coffee machine
Very good blend of real coffee in a capsule
Blinding machine mate well worth the money.

Stove top all the way. Like the look of the pod's but is all the waste really necessary.?

just another toy for the soda stream generation?

I was standing in John Lewis's the other day and thinking the exact same thing. But i think its people who [i]didn't[/i] have a Soda Stream or a Mr Frosty that buy them.

I predict the big thing next christmas will be a tiny little counter-top malt house and whisky still. Or a tiny little water wheel that you can run under the tap to make your own stone ground oatmeal.

It's the equivalent of cartridge bearings as opposed to the man's way of doing stuff lol

Got to say that I've got a magimix and I think it's great, three stove tops of various sizes and still use them all depending on what I want, and for how many people are wanting a coffee,Soda steams were also a product which we had in our house, infact we had two side by side and as far as Mr frosty...my son has one, that way everyone is happy.

Stove top good, Nespresso pods better IMO.

I have a Krupps machine & love it.

nespresso=nescafe coffee?

Nespresso is ACE

nespresso here
25p a cup...
Saves me buying out..

I like my nespresso machine.

I like my nespresso machine.

we have one of the mroe expensive delonghi ones and my wife says the lattes are really good. I just have espressos.

Nespresso here too, got one last Christmas brilliant!

My only experiance of this kind of thing is the Tassimo thing that was in my room in a hotel for a weeks stay.

After persevering for a week, my conclusion was that it is an utter, unmitigated piece of shit.

Got a Tassimo here. Bit of a gadget. I wouldn't have bought it for myself, but I was given it as a present.

PROS:
Works well with minimal fuss and produces exactly the same drink every time.
Much less hassle than a stove top.
Much better flavour than instant.

CONS:
Waste. Surely the could have done refillable pods?
Expense. Cheaper than Starbucks, but a lot more expensive than instant and ground.

After persevering for a week, my conclusion was that it is an utter, unmitigated piece of shit.

😕 Such strong feelings over a coffee machine? What did it do wrong exactly?

Most Tassimo discs are £3.29 for 16 - so about 20½p a cup.

tumnurkoz - Member

nespresso=nescafe coffee?

No.

GrahamS - Member

CONS:
Waste. Surely the could have done refillable pods?

Really? dont think they'd have thought about that before?

Dont get me wrong, im all against capsule machines, personally i use a bodum..

Just maybe think about the work involved to make a capsule that is resealable and reuseable..

Just maybe think about the work involved to make a capsule that is resealable and reuseable..

I have done. Two possible solutions come to my (non-designer) mind:
1) use the resealable lids like the ones on Tupperware
2) just make it part of the machine where you put in a scoop of ground coffee.

:S Such strong feelings over a coffee machine? What did it do wrong exactly?

Delivered bland inspid beverages, while removing options open to a kettle & spoon combo. Just as much faff, twice the waste, half the beverage enjoyment.

Hmm.. guess it depends what discs it came with. I like:

Carte Noire Crema Intenso
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Kenco Caffe Crema
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Neither are bland or insipid.

I'm no coffee snob (I habitually use a french press and ready ground coffee for example) but I've never tasted anything by Kenco or Carte Noir that I've liked. But if you use a tassimo, you're kinda pushed into using one of the small number of availible products.

Nothing makes conventional english style black tea like boiling water and a teapot either. If I want hot chocolate nothing beats cocoa and sugar, I don't want a foil thing with added chemicals to make it frothy and 'creamy'. If I want it creamy, I'll add cream. If I want frothed milk enough to bother with the faff, I'll break out a saucepan and the milk frother attachment to my kitchen whisk. The simulation that machine produced is nothing like the real thing and isn't any good in it own right either, which I could live with.

Thats why I disliked it.