This, for me.
Nothing to do with the coffee taste itself. I’ve had some pods that taste good; I’ve had some so called “artisan” coffee that tastes crap…
Same here and the Ispirazione Napoli is also my favorite… can get through 4 easily as part of my morning routine.
Agree the recycling.
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Have either of you actually done any reading around this? It’s not actually clear cut when you look at the life cycle impact of different methods of home brewing coffee from what I can gather.
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One of the things I like about them, is the consistency of the taste of them.
DG…
Same here
I’ve had good and bad in both pods and ground coffee.
DG…
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No, I haven’t. My reaction is based simply on that there was no need to make metal pods or have a pod recycling infrastructure, apart from companies promoting almost throwaway convenience. What was so inconvenient for most in using beans, ground or whole? And we already had paper ‘bag’ coffee (ESE or whichever)…
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I 've been down the artisan espresso route …Olympia Cremina and Super Jolly Grinder Monmouth Coffee beans picked by virgins at midnight on a full moon etc etc
I now enjoy Nespresso Starbucks Sumatra Capsules made with a Nespresso Pixie machine .
I buy my capsules in bulk on eBay at very low prices …usually they are just out of date …I press a button …the coffee tastes wonderful cup after cup .
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Yeah, I think that’s part of the problem with the perception of artisan-made coffee…I blame the US coffee scene in all honesty. They’ve turned a skill into a ‘dark arts’ club and an expensive one at that: megabucks machines and grinders etc whereas the reality is (hopefully): fresh roasts, coffee workers getting good wages, no artisanal BS etc.
For home use, my espresso machine is pretty much budget, a bottom of the line Sage Barista (plus the Italian stovetop one), same with my grinder, a Solis; I use coffee beans where I know the roast date. Is it as good as the very best I’ve ever had? Nope, but it’s perfectly fine for home.
Arcane rocket science it ain’t. Get the ‘dose’ right, get the grind right, get the tamp right.
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I don’t see anything wrong in investing in convenience but agree it shouldn’t be to the detriment of environmental concerns. However, the life cycle of coffee (from producers to cup) involves several carbon producing stages, with production and distribution having by far the biggest impact. Hence, whilst pods are not great, the amount of coffee and energy used, and not wasted, to make a cup of coffee in a Nespresso, for example, are a lot lower than other methods, including espresso machines and particularly stove tops.
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Good points, won’t argue.
Filter or press it is, then!
I’m sticking with my Sage😄
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so am I!
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Ditto.
DG…
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Me too!
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tbh the pods, for me, fail on several points: Generally not the best coffee in them, a small qty of coffee in each pod (less than half the amount I use in a proper espresso shot), not adequate pressure for the shot, not very environmentally friendly, and god knows when the coffee inside was roasted and ground. IMO you can’t beat single origin beans direct from the importer (Has Bean in my case). Ticks every single box and I can make an espresso in less than a minute; that includes grinding, tamping, pulling, and banging the grinds out of the portafilter afterwards.
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I wasn’t commenting on the quality, just the incorrect assumption that they are worse for the environment than other methods.
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So far, on my sixth cup of Nespresso coffee this morning.
Doing my best for the environment…
Happy man.
DG…
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Not far behind you !
6th!! You must be buzzing