Nespresso machines for home?

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Whoops, a mistake. I meant Nestle rather than Nescafe.

While I'm posting again ... in the UK a standard capsule is 27p and the "posh" or limited edition ones are 31p each.

There appears to be no way to recycle the capsules here - I think it's only Switzerland where they can be recycled. Maybe I should keep all my used capsules and bring them with me when I move to Basel in a few weeks' time.

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Whatever benefit you will do to the environment will surely be lost in transport excesses.

All this recycling business can be well worth while but it's not necessarily good for everything....

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I don't use one of those, I like my "American style" coffee maker with the filter and several scoops of ground beans. I like having a whole pot of coffee just waiting for me to come and enjoy it rather than having to wait while each cup is made.

However, I really miss having flavored coffee and I know that the Nespresso capsules come in flavors - whether they do all the time or just limited edition, I do not know BUT I want some flavor.

So, out of "idle" curiosity though... the Nespresso capsules contain what exactly? Strong liquid coffee... or grounds? If it contains grounds, I'm thinking that each capsule is roughly a scoop... ?

I think the capsules may be worth some investigation even if I can't be bothered to fiddle with a fancy machine.

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Agreed! Nespresso coffee is over-rated taste wise...

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Peg

Nespresso comes out with flavors right around Christmas, right now it's lebkuchen, apricot and chestnut (marroni). Not sure how they are, but I just ordered some. If you like flavors though, why not get bottles of syrup to add or just add spices like cinnamon, vanilla bean or cardamon, etc.

As to the quality and hype......

I think it is a matter of taste. I've had too many espressos in restauraunts and in coffee places - and these are good places, where the coffee was bitter and the crema didn't last. I used to use illy coffee in the US, and that was probbaly the best, but even that was inconsistent when I used the grind myself method.. Obviously your experience is different. Perhaps it is overhyped, it definitley has a cult-like image, which is hard to tolerate, but I also think it's a fairly consistent quality product. Nespresso may be best for the person who can't get the coffee process down consistently.

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I ended up getting the new Lattisima - set me back 600CHF but it's awesome

http://www.selfridges.com/index.cfm?...sima%20Premium

It's really cool and easy and taste is great - me and my g/f just keeping making macchiato's ;p

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Sure they are good. Sure they are not worth it considering a coffee price of more than 100 Sfr. per kilo. Or are you a millionaire...?

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It's all ease of life - having it there and then in your place where maybe you are working in your home office or you have friends around and in maybe 5 minutes, you can have 5 macchiato's ready to be served

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Everyone has their own lifestyle

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I have the same and LOVE it. Used to have a machine which took any coffee and this is sooooo much better. The coffee is better and its so easy to use and clean! Go buy one, you won't regret it

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As an accountant that quote makes so much sense

Nespresso has absolutely nothing to do with Nescafe except they are owned by the same parent company.

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For those who are interested in the De Longhi Lattissima - you can get in Coop for 249.50 CHF or 264.50 CHF (price depends on the colour). The offer is valid at least in Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchatel and a few other places (see coop magazine page 6).

And no, I do not get commission from DeLonghi - I just love my coffee machine

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I drink coffee 70% for the caffeine pick-up (especially in the morning), 30% for the taste. My wife the other way around. The problem with the Nespresso system is that the hot water is only in contact with the coffee grounds for a very short time, resulting in coffee that tastes great, but has relatively low caffeine content (some people try to get around this by letting the water flow through the capsule for a few seconds, then switching it off for 30 seconds or so, then restarting it). After we bought the Nespresso machine and put our old bean-grinder machine in the cellar, the result is that my wife has become an addict, drinking 5 or 6 coffees per day, and I have switched to tea. Now and again I will make a nice coffee tierre for old times sake.

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Milk-Foaming parts in Nespresso Machines tend to brake easly.

Plus, you need to spend some 10 mins cleaning them after each use of the foaming part.

Trust me, after trying so many machines and hearing my friends and their experiences, I came to the conclusion to buy any Nespresso Machine without Milk-Foam option and get myself the seperate Nespresso Milk-Foam Machine or the cheaper option from Bodum .

Is there any difference between different models of Nespresso Machines?

Yes.

You need to get yourself the ones with high pressure. Mine uses 19 bar therefore give a great Espresso. I once bought a cheaper one as a gift and was disappointed with the difference of quality.

Yet, all in all, even cheap Nespresso Machines give you very good (capsule) coffee.

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I agree that Nespresso Coffee is over priced (so is Gorgio ;-)

You need to make your calculation. If your household consumes more then 3-4 cups a day, you might end up paying over 600 CHF a year then using normal coffee machines with coffee beans!

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it's not always about money and being a stinge ;p....sometimes it's called having something near u when u want so u buy a machine like that

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I've had very different experiences. We've had our machine for a year, and it gets daily use, both with and without the milk foaming part. I do not clean the thing after every use, I run the container through the dishwasher and steam out the top. Doesn't really take 10 minutes tho. I've had no problem with any parts. I've had a gaggia, two briel, saeco and a lavazza machine, all except the lavazza with a milk steamer and this is the least troublesome one I've had. I think the parts are pretty robust, in fact.

The cheapest method for foaming milk to to buy a small battery operated whisk (bodum has one for CHF 19), heat the milk up, or place the milk in a metal container in a pan of hot water and whisk it. That's what we used here until we got the nespresso machine.

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We bought ours still in UK 3 years ago, a Nespresso Magimix machine. We absolutely love it!!!

We were very reluctant as we did not like the idea of capsules, being tied to a vendor and so on but now we think it is fantastic and that we should have done it much earlier

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All Nespresso machines work on 19 bar, the insides of the machines are all the same, it's licenced from Nespresso to certain manufacturers. There is no deviation from 19 bar as coffee extraction from grinds is based on temperature, time and pression to get the correct flavour. A change in br pressure will change the coffee taste and flavour.

Nespresso don't do cheap, it's not their market nor their intention. Small er machines cost less than bigger machines with auto functions and milk whatsits.

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My wife insisted on getting a Nespresso machine recently, and we opted for the DeLonghi Lattisimo.

Previously we had a Tassimo machine.

Whilst Nespresso is great tasting coffee, personally I prefer the Tassimo because you can also get capsules of hot chocolate, tea, and beaker-sized cups of coffee. Plus you can buy the capsules almost anywhere that you would do your normal weekly grocery shopping.