These seem ubiquitous these days.  Are they worth it?  Does anyone recommend a particular model?  Are you tied to buying Nespresso capsules forever and do they represent value for money.

 

Thinking of changing from a coffee filter machine.

I had a Nespresso machine for a couple years, tried about 20 different coffees, ok but i wouldn't buy again, now i just use a Mokapot, I'd say better, can buy on Lazada and use any coffee

As stated, make sure you can use any coffee in it, as some machines may still be proprietary, 

 

Also, make sure it takes reusable/refillable pods, as one complaint about them, is they aren't eco friendly, and add a lot to the landfills, in comparison to 'no pod' process of coffee making.

 

Also the drinkable yield, is a wee bit small and basically a damn sip for me.   Though I'm not an espresso drinker. 

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

These seem ubiquitous these days.  Are they worth it?  Does anyone recommend a particular model?  Are you tied to buying Nespresso capsules forever and do they represent value for money.

 

Thinking of changing from a coffee filter machine.

no they are for the stupid and lazy. it is no hardship to make yourself real espresso. it tastes much better as well. Nespresso machine also produce mountains of foil and plastic waste

the only decent aplication i can see for these machines is in a hotel room or airbnb where pople cant be trusted to make their own beverages but that doesnt justify the environmental disaster the machines are. 

27 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

make sure it takes reusable/refillable pods, as one complaint about them, is they aren't eco friendly, and add a lot to the landfills, in comparison to 'no pod' process of coffee making.

if you are going to the effort of refilling your pods you might as well just make proper espress and pack your own portafilter. 

7 minutes ago, n00dle said:

if you are going to the effort of refilling your pods you might as well just make proper espress and pack your own portafilter. 

There's that ... though popping the pod in vs actually doing something, just doesn't fit in some folks' lives.

 

I'm full on, for the same balanced cup every morning:

Slide scale over

Warm cup up in microwave

Add 10g sugar

Grind beans

Start kettle

Paper in drip cone

Add coffee grinds 50g

Add water 300g

200g yield

 

Find that easier than the machine, French Press or Moka Pot.  About 10 minutes killed, now for the rest of the day.   Hmm, lets start with trolling AN, while sipping that cup of Joy.

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

There's that ... though popping the pod in vs actually doing something, just doesn't fit in some folks lives.

 

I'm full on, for the same balanced cup every morning:

Slide scale over

Warm cup up in microwave

Add 10g sugar

Grind beans

Start kettle

Paper in drip cone

Add coffee grinds 50g

Add water 300g

200g yield

 

Find that easier than the machine, French Press or Moka Pot.  About 10 minutes killed, now for the rest of the day.   Hmm, lets start with trolling AN, while sipping that cup of Joy.

i make/drink 2-4 espressos with milk every day, something half way between a flat white and a cappuncino. 40 gr of pulled espresso into around 120 gr of milk.  i would be surrised if making a cup takes me even 10 mins.  

 

Switch on espresso machine,

feed cat

put milk in electric frother

weigh 18g of beans

grind 18g of beans
load espresso machines portafilter
wait for milk to froth
pull espresso
add milk  

 

there is a learning curve, but even the occasinal bad pull is waaay better than a nespresso shot.

a moka pot or cafitiere works fine if i'm away form my machine for a few days.  

2 minutes ago, n00dle said:

i make/drink 2-4 espressos with milk every day, something half way between a flat white and a cappuncino. 40 gr espresso to around 100 gr of milk.  i would be surrised if making  a cup takes me even 10 mins.  

 

Switch on espresso machine,

feed cat

put milk in electric frother

weigh 18g of beans

grind 18g of beans
load espresso machines portafilter
wait for milk to froth
pull espresso
add milk  

 

there is a learning curve, but even the occasinal bad pull is waaay better than a nespresso shot.

a moka pot or cafitiere works fine if i'm away form my machine for a few days.  

Wife uses the machine, as a fan of the crema.  My coffee is was to strong for her.  It's a coffee machine ???? and would say it makes a terrible espresso.  15bar vs 9bar, and poor extraction, as no way to slow it down.  It was inexpensive, and we don't drink espresso anyway.

IMHO Nespresso espresso tastes good - a lot better than many alternatives.

And with a Nespresso machine it is easy to make good espresso.

Otherwise it is an art to make good espresso, and you need a good and expensive machine.

Long time ago you could use 3rd party pods in the machines. Then Nespresso changed the machines so that they destroy themselves slowly with not original pods.

 

Personally, I drink at home Vietnamese coffee. That is easy to brew and the "filter" cost almost nothing.

 

If you really want to look at lots of options, I recommend this YouTube channel. The guy knows what he is talking about.

 

James Hoffmann - YouTube

 

 

 

 

Over the last year, I have not been able to drink the 3+ cups of coffee that used to feed my caffeine habit. So, I switched to Nespresso and drink 3 small cups in the morning.

 

I sometimes manually fill an re-usable aluminium capsule with coffee but the metal capsules tend to expand inside the machine and get stuck.