FabSwingers.com forum: Those pod coffee machines

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Great tasting coffee or waste of money?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got one and rarely use it, i think the price of the pods for mine are overpriced for the quality of coffee inside them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I guess it depends on how much you like your coffee. I have one but have other pods than just coffee.

Great if you don't want to go to a coffee shop in my opinion.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I'm not getting one because of the enormous waste output and ridiculously expensive coffee costs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not a huge coffee fan but have a Tassimo at home. Whoever comes visit etc and has a fancy coffee from there seems to like them and prefers over instant!

I do use it for hot chocolates from time to time and it makes a decent one in my humble opinion so my machine does get lots of regular use!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Great tasting coffee or waste of money?"

The former. Good coffee doesn't have a price tag for me. If I think it's worth it I'll pay it.

I've had cheap coffee that tastes great, I won't drink in Starbucks. I just don't like it but many people do.

I can make an awesome cup of coffee on my stovetop I bought at s carboot for 1£ that stands up to my Nespresso.

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By *onny MCMan
over a year ago

Crawley

"Great tasting coffee or waste of money?"

Don't drink coffee myself but Mum and Dad have bought 2 or 3 coffee machines over the years and have never found one that makes as good a coffee as the plunger cafetieres. They haven't had a pod one though, last one Dad looked at was a rather expensive bean-to-cup one, Mum just took him that's why he's not allowed any money, lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use a nespresso every morning. I love the fact it uses fresh milk (the milk capsules with tassimo and the like can taste vile). The pods are expensive but there is a huge range of varieties to choose from and also a few different company's that make their own cheaper alternative compatible pods, I tend to stick with the nespresso pods as I love the taste and they work better in the machine than the cheaper alternatives

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get yourself an Aeropress and decent ben grinder instead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Get yourself an Aeropress and decent ben grinder instead.

That's my next move. I can then take it with me (dare I say I'm my man bag?

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I've just too many ways to make coffee it's becoming ridiculous. I can't warrant another purchase.

It's the equivalent of buying those novelty decorative tea pots.

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By *eus n EuropaCouple
over a year ago

louth

Nespresso for me and at £.30 a pod that must be good value, yes we have a bean grinder and coffee m/c various all of which have there place. No prizes for guessing we like coffee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

free at work only have one aday, dont see what the hype is about to be honest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dreadful for the environment - they should be banned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got a cafetiere which suits me just perfectly. Gunna try pac coffee soon as it's been recommended to me by a fabber.

PTU XXX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Mum has one and I love calling there for a posh coffee.

At home it's the kettle and plain old instant Douwe Egbert.

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

Great tasting coffee, but environmentally unsound (you can't currently recycle the pods). Stick to a pressure pump machine (I use Dualit Espressivo), and grind your own beans

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Great tasting coffee, but environmentally unsound (you can't currently recycle the pods). Stick to a pressure pump machine (I use Dualit Espressivo), and grind your own beans

The pods are basically going to last through the upcoming nuclear holocaust.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Great tasting coffee or waste of money?"

Great tasting coffee but pods far too expensive....it's a bit like printers and razors....the mechanism is cheap but the consumables are expensive...and they are all bad to the environment as already mentioned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a Dolce Gusto machine at work and to be honest it a waste of time. The messing about it takes just to make a coffee. It holds enough water for 2.5 cups of coffee, makes mess, and the pods are over priced for how many you get. I'm all for a good cup of coffee as I love it, I'm there first one in Costa, but these machines are just gimmicky if you ask me. I'm just happy enough with some decent instant coffee. My opinion anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have a Dolce Gusto machine at work and to be honest it a waste of time. The messing about it takes just to make a coffee. It holds enough water for 2.5 cups of coffee, makes mess, and the pods are over priced for how many you get. I'm all for a good cup of coffee as I love it, I'm there first one in Costa, but these machines are just gimmicky if you ask me. I'm just happy enough with some decent instant coffee. My opinion anyway. "

Your right. The faffin' about with some machines make it less easy for those In a rush.

Have you seen how they serve tea in Turkey. Or the way the Japanese enjoy it. It's an event, a ritual in some cases.

Good things shouldn't be rushed.

And a coffee break should be that as well. A break from it all.

I can take a while. But I enjoy the cup of joe when I'm done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your right. The faffin' about with some machines make it less easy for those In a rush.

Have you seen how they serve tea in Turkey. Or the way the Japanese enjoy it. It's an event, a ritual in some cases.

Good things shouldn't be rushed.

And a coffee break should be that as well. A break from it all.

I can take a while. But I enjoy the cup of joe when I'm done.

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And what makes it worse, the machine is in our office, so if it's your turn to make for 4 people, you have to go over to the canteen just to refill the bloody water. Normally by the time the fourth is made, someone has finished there's as they are not that hot. Warm enough to drink, but cool enough to drink in 1. Just get some some Carte Noir

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

kettle for me...these machines just seem like loads of faffing about and wasteful of both money and needless packaging just for an average brew. folk love a gadget though

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Carte Noir instant for me. Probably only drink 3 mugs at most a day no point in getting a machine for that.

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By *obwithkiltMan
over a year ago

Belton

I have a senso machine gathering dust since I was given a tassimo machine...I love mine...it's also the machine of production/technician staff so I buy the pods and get decent coffee at festivals...dowe egberts & Aldi for the instant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Great tasting coffee, but environmentally unsound (you can't currently recycle the pods). Stick to a pressure pump machine (I use Dualit Espressivo), and grind your own beans

You can recycle the pods. I googled it and found a place near us that recycles them for charity.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

I have one or two cups a day from a Dulce Gusto - having delicious coffee made by one or two of my meets convinced me!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I use a nespresso every morning. I love the fact it uses fresh milk (the milk capsules with tassimo and the like can taste vile). The pods are expensive but there is a huge range of varieties to choose from and also a few different company's that make their own cheaper alternative compatible pods, I tend to stick with the nespresso pods as I love the taste and they work better in the machine than the cheaper alternatives "

This

Couldn't live without my Nespresso machine. My favourite capsule is Livanto - strong in a small shot

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

I had a Tassimo, pretty good coffee. I just bought the espresso pods (without milk pods) so it worked out cheaper.

However, when Lidl did a pretty decent "proper" espresso machine for 60 quid I jumped at it. Ground coffee or even beans are so much cheaper.

I reckon I'll get a ROI in about 6 months.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love my nespresso mainly because i like latte's but a good espresso every now and again is good.

Pods are dirt cheap really, for 50 i pay about £14 and I get some from starbucks too now which are nice.

Also whenever i order new pods from nespresso i order a recycle bag to send my empty pods back in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have one, I have 1 coffee a day from it first thing in the morning. My son's have got chocolate. I do agree though that they make a lot of waste xx

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By *iggles and BeardyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Wiggles loves her tasimo, was worth every penny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK."

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They are good. However often not that warm and such a faff if you have to make more than one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover."

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

Got a dolce gusto....I'm not fecking about changing machines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

Got a dolce gusto....I'm not fecking about changing machines

You can get a stand alone one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

Got a dolce gusto....I'm not fecking about changing machines

You can get a stand alone one.

Do tell me more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I paid the money for a bean to cup coffee maker, pricey but worth it, consumables are minimal, but it does need descaling a lot as we live in a hard water area.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

Got a dolce gusto....I'm not fecking about changing machines

You can get a stand alone one.

Do tell me more

It's called the Aeroccino (who comes up with these names?

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It's an add on to its perfect if you like lattes or cappuccino.

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Looking at the nespresso subscription thingy.

£45 a month for a £200 machine, and £45 credit to spend, but 12 month contract, so £540 for the year...

After typing that, i probably won't now, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I love my Dolce Gusto, my daughter is addicted to the hot chocolate.

You can buy re-fillable pods, put your own ground coffee in them. You can also have tea, iced tea and iced coffee. I do enjoy their cappuccino ice on the odd hot day we have here in the UK.

The only drawback with that is the milk pods....and I hear you all say just use milk out of the carton.

But it's never the same as the pods taste and I'm a latte lover.

Get the 'throffer upper' with the nespresso. It heats the milk too.

Got a dolce gusto....I'm not fecking about changing machines

You can get a stand alone one.

Do tell me more

It's called the Aeroccino (who comes up with these names?

. )

It's an add on to its perfect if you like lattes or cappuccino.

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Cheers I'll look into that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Looking at the nespresso subscription thingy.

£45 a month for a £200 machine, and £45 credit to spend, but 12 month contract, so £540 for the year...

After typing that, i probably won't now, lol"

Or you buy the machine like i did at £130 and ive spent £30 on pods in 8 months.

The subscription is for heavy users or businesses

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

I've a Sense machine which uses tea bag like pads

Coffee is mainly Douwe Egberts which I buy online. But that's not a bad thing, and works out around 12p a cup

I'll get other continental coffee pads when I go abroad

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

"I've a Sense machine which uses tea bag like pads

Coffee is mainly Douwe Egberts which I buy online. But that's not a bad thing, and works out around 12p a cup

I'll get other continental coffee pads when I go abroad

*Senseo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got my machine for £260, it was half price, I spend about £15 a week on coffee beans, but I get through on average 10 cups a day, it has a milk steamer but as I drink black coffee I didn't go for the integrated milk tank.

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