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Coffee Pod Machines - Who's got one ?

pct001wine — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:06:07 GMT

Got a DeLonghi pod thingy from Mrs Wine for Christmas.

Loving some of the Nespresso sample pack that came with the unit.

Any thoughts from those that have tried different compatible pod types ? e.g. Caffe Ottavo ?

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donnashuggy — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:10:37 GMT

I still go out for coffee at least once a day, my children purchased me one the year before last as they told me I spend something like $2000 per year out drinking coffee so I am no help. I have a lavazza something.... and it gets a good beating daily

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freddie*rooster — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:11:49 GMT

pct mine lives in the cupboard, I have the same as your gift. I just didn't like it, when I have a coffee I like a bucket (a large mug) which was an issue with fitting it with the machine. I also like my coffee hot hot, which I couldn't seem to achieve. Even when I warmed the mug it wasn't hot enough.

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pct001wine — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:30:49 GMT

Thanks freddie & donna

I was thinking like you freddie that the coffee wouldn't be hot enough - but I was pleasantly surprised that it was ok for me. I also got one of those milk heater/frother things (Aeroccino3 ?) and that seems to do the trick too.

I had a benchtop Gaggia for a while and the start-up time and maintenance was a pita (particularly for a morning coffee)

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donnashuggy — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:34:00 GMT

I think they are great, there is the expense of the pods. It just doesnt stop me going out for coffee.

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boris1gary — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:34:47 GMT

friend has one but I don't rate the coffee at all, can't make it strong enough.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:40:10 GMT

@boris1gary wrote:
friend has one but I don't rate the coffee at all, can't make it strong enough.

there is always 2 pods lol

This is my local, love the coffee http://www.shukbondi.com/

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icyfroth — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:43:04 GMT

We have a Nespresso coffee machine at work. Everyone loves it and it certainly makes rich-looking aromatic coffee. I don't use it I think theres a lot of waste with the pods. I use our old Jura coffee bean machine.

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chuk_77 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:06:09 GMT

latte macchiato is what a mate just told me is a good one

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iapetus_rocks — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:02:33 GMT

I just use a paper filter and grind my coffee beans at home using a wall-mounted grinder I bought on Gumtree.

Costs me a few dollars for the filter papers and for 250g of very good coffee beans I pay between 10 and 15 dollars which can last me for 2-3 weeks.

Nothing to break down, not much to clean and the "daily grind" has taken on a whole new and relaxing meaning for me. 🙂

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:20:36 GMT

I stopped in at Grocery Outlet here one day, and purchased a tin of some Mexican coffee for less than $4 (38 oz). It was sooooooo tasty, I returned and bought out the store (another 36 tins)..........I recently ran out, and they have never replenished their inventory.

I use a French Press..........

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aps1080 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:22:08 GMT

this one

What was the name of it ? (the Mexican coffee)

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:18:10 GMT

For the life of me I can't remember, nor can I find an empty can around........I know it was imported by a distributor in Brownsville, Texas, and it had a really coarse grind.............But it was sooooooooooooo good.

The problem with Grocery Outlet is that you never know what they'll have in stock, because they sell dented goods, mis-marked items, and one-off products. We even get Helmann's mayo here on the west coast.......

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lurker172602 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:18:21 GMT

Re the waste from using the pods. I bought a pack of re-fillable pods and buy freshly roasted coffe from my local roaster. It's not as continent as popping in a new pod each time but no wastage and I get exactly the blend I want.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:20:57 GMT

Oh, when I staggered in with armloads of coffee cans, the war department came a little unstuck...........but she has no problem buying enough chicken breasts to outfit a hen house, then freezing them, which leaves little room for my 18-count bags of popsicles, which Darwin now has an affinity for (except the grape ones)......

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aps1080 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:26:02 GMT

I must admit in Darwin I do know people who tend to buy stuff in bulk "when it is available" because of various reasons for running out !!!

Not as much of a problem now as say even 10 years ago !

Re the "Grocery Outlet", OK, don't worry, I didn't realise that was what they sold, sounds like the NQR stores down this way.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:34:41 GMT

So, you live in Darwin? That's the name of our parti-colored Cocker........

The principal reasons for my hoarding that coffee, was price and taste............if they'd had 100 cans available, I'd have gone whole hog, it was so good.

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aps1080 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:35:37 GMT

No, visit often and have done for years.

The way you wrote it is just like how it happens up there, something comes in, the word spreads and woosh, gone !

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:15:31 GMT

I am drinking a cup from my fabulous Aldi pod machine right now. I like my coffee and this is the best thing I have ever bought.

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purple_haize — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:28:51 GMT

I too have the Aldi machine and love it and the coffee.

My daughter has the Nespresso one, and she is thinking of getting the Aldi one, as they have a huge variety of different pods.