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0 pointsDaneel_10y ago0 comments

This is exactly why I use a Nespresso machine. At $5 and ~10 minutes per cup of coffee from the coffee shop, with varying outcomes depending on the barista, vs 70¢ + milk per cup and almost perfectly identical every time, it just makes sense to use one.

Even at one cup per working day, that's a saving of over $20 per week for me. Even one of the top end machines would pay for itself in months.

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pbowyer10y ago

You could replace it with... instant coffee, y'know? I've found the more expensive ones taste good, and it's only cents per mug.

Sure, it's not the coffee-shop mouth-experience (I put a lot of that down to the frothed milk), but a Nespresso doesn't provide that either?

spotman10y ago

Where I live, Nespresso makes a superior experience than I can find within a 3 mile radius. (fwiw, Los Angeles)

Yes, if I go to my absolute favorite coffee shop in town, it is superior to Nespresso.

But, in comparison to instant coffee (in my humble opinion), it is night and day, and its miles and miles ahead taste wise than coffee bean or star bucks.

pbowyer10y ago

I need to try a Nespresso somewhere (not sure where/how).

At the moment I'm reduced to decaf, and I'm finding Percol Decaf Colombia excellent: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Percol-Fairtrade-Decaffeinated-Colom...

Though next I want to try a Peruvian coffee,.

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madeofpalk10y ago

> Sure, it's not the coffee-shop mouth-experience (I put a lot of that down to the frothed milk), but a Nespresso doesn't provide that either?

Most, or some, Nespresso (and I guess the Keurig machine in the US?) had a little single-serve milk frother.

It's a little jug that contains a heating element with a small detachable magnetic 'whisk' component which is completely submerged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L50Renw5LqE

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0 pointsDaneel_10y ago0 comments

Even at one cup per working day, that's a saving of over $20 per week for me. Even one of the top end machines would pay for itself in months.

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pbowyer10y ago

You could replace it with... instant coffee, y'know? I've found the more expensive ones taste good, and it's only cents per mug.

Sure, it's not the coffee-shop mouth-experience (I put a lot of that down to the frothed milk), but a Nespresso doesn't provide that either?

spotman10y ago

Where I live, Nespresso makes a superior experience than I can find within a 3 mile radius. (fwiw, Los Angeles)

Yes, if I go to my absolute favorite coffee shop in town, it is superior to Nespresso.

But, in comparison to instant coffee (in my humble opinion), it is night and day, and its miles and miles ahead taste wise than coffee bean or star bucks.

pbowyer10y ago

I need to try a Nespresso somewhere (not sure where/how).

At the moment I'm reduced to decaf, and I'm finding Percol Decaf Colombia excellent: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Percol-Fairtrade-Decaffeinated-Colom...

Though next I want to try a Peruvian coffee,.

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madeofpalk10y ago

> Sure, it's not the coffee-shop mouth-experience (I put a lot of that down to the frothed milk), but a Nespresso doesn't provide that either?

Most, or some, Nespresso (and I guess the Keurig machine in the US?) had a little single-serve milk frother.

It's a little jug that contains a heating element with a small detachable magnetic 'whisk' component which is completely submerged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L50Renw5LqE

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