I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
But as much as I like the ease of use of the system, I am not very fond of becoming bound to Nestle for my supply. So I did a few tries to see the feasability of refilling the pods with your own coffee. After several tries and misses, I can say that it is possible and that a very good result is quite easy to achieve.
Now the main problem, not being feasability but the time it takes. Indeed it takes me about 5 min per pods. Though you probably could go do to under 30 min to prepare 10 pods at the same times i suppose, but considering you need to buy the coffee, there are also no strong economic incentive to bother.
In case you ran out of pods, this could help you so here's what i did. I am going to add that this is the way I found to work after only a few hours of tries and using the materials I had at home at the time. Meaning there is probably a better way to do it, and if you think about a way to improve a step, I'll be interrested to hear it.
For those who dont know how the Nespresso system here is the basic idea : you have a pod in plastic with a tinfoil sealing the bottom. When you insert the pod, the machine preforate it at the top and when you turn the machine on, high pressure water is send inside the pod. The bottom of the portafilter is a kind of grid similar to a mini waffle machine (sorry cant find a better way to describe).The pressure in the pod will make the foil burst following the pattern on the portafilter and allow the coffee to leave the pods but the foil wont be as damage as to let the coffee out. When the shot is poured you remove the portafilter and throw away the the pod. And there (almost) is no cleaning.
If you want to have pods to refill, of course you need empty pods so after you poul a shot, using a knife, cut the the original tinfoil, throw away the used ground coffee and clean the pod.
So first, take a used pod, put some adhesive to seal the top and refill with the ground coffee of your choice. Stamp it. you ll need to experiment your self with the grind and stamp, I cant give any advice on that.
The challenge of refilling the pod will mainly be to replace the tinfoil so that you get the same effect when inserted in the machine.
The choice of tinfoil is importent : Kitchen tinfoil will do but I had significantly better result with a strong one. The first I used had too much damage after the shot and risked to let some ground coffee pass into the drink.
i tried several different design but the only to give good result was this one : -first lay off a piece of tinfoil on a reasonable soft surface and using a pod as guide, draw a circle around it with a ball pen. -if you did many circles with pen, you should be able to detach the shape directly otherwise use a pair of cisors and cut the shape. -you will get a circular piece of tinfoil just the diameter of the pod. (of course it is best to do many of those at the same time to have a reserve)
Now put this piece of tinfoil on top of the pod. All what is needed now is to seal it. The method I used for this purpose is to use some kind of adhesive band. I had success with both transparent "office" type and electrical tape.
On my first tries, I had used larger pieces of tinfoil and seal the pods using adhesive on the side (not the bottom) but that didnt work well cause the pressure cause the would tinfoil at the bottom of the pod to be ripped : when you removed the pods you had the tinfoil still at the bottom of the portafilter and possibly coffee in you drink.
The solution is to put the adhesive both on the bottom of the pod and on the side. This way the periphery of the tinfoil in contact with the portafilter is stronger and will stand the pressure. When you remove your pods after the shot, the tinfoil will be pierced in a similar way that a regular pod and the ground coffee should still be in the pod.
It's important you seal well all around the pod and the tinfoil. If you dont I suppose you are going to get ground coffee in your drink.
Well that's it.
Is is worth it ? I am not sure. It takes time and it can be quite messy to prepare which are exacly the things you want to avoid when you buy such a machine.
But if you are out of capsules or want to impress your friend with this special home blend, its possible to still use your machine.
If anybody is willing to try it, I would like to hear about their experience.
Best Regards to all.
Lachesis
PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world farmer by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:55:46 GMT, Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods >yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very >descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
Really? A fresh shot of ground espresso is truly remarkable. I've used the Kurig machine at work. Let me tell you. The coffee is horrible. Sure, it's Van hoot's or whatever. It's crap. Are the Nespresso pods expensive? The Van hoots are 16$ a box.
Format C: wrote: > Really? A fresh shot of ground espresso is truly remarkable.
Sure but you dont get to drink one that often. It's possible I just never had the chance to drink a truly remarkable shot, and sadly I used to be a barista. (not a very good one it seems) :)
But I am pretty sure that I drank much worse stuff in many coffee shop than the things than come out of the Nespresso machine. Add to this that it's hassleless, I find it pleasing to have around.
>I've used > the Kurig machine at work. Let me tell you. The coffee is horrible. > Sure, it's Van hoot's or whatever. It's crap. Are the Nespresso pods > expensive? The Van hoots are 16$ a box.
The Pods are Euro 0.29 each which comes at $0.39. The dollar being weak, its probably more expensive than it should be in the US. I find the price a tad too expensive but not unbearable (as I pay in euros).
BTW when I say it's decent, I'm only refering to 2 or 3 blends in the 12 available. ie Ristretto (I know naming a blend like this is stupid) and Roma blend.
However, if i can improve the method to use ground coffee with the machine, I will certainly reserve the pods for when I cant be arsed using grounds if only for financial reasons.
I've continue to experiment since my first post and I might have found a much better way to use ground coffee. Basically instead of making the pods in advance and scealing them with adhesive band, which is time consuming, you keep empty pods and a reserve of tinfoil circle and of filter paper circle, both cut to fit at the bottom of the portafilter.
When you want a coffee, you just feel up an empty pod, stamp it as you like, put a circle of tinfoil at the bottom of the portafilter, then above it, a circle of paper filter, return the portafilter on the pod to insert it and its done. You just have to pour the shot. If you cut in advance the tinfoil and the paper, that become a 1 min job.
It's important to put both the tinfoil and the paper filter. If the tinfoil is not there, the pressure is too high (the Nespresso machines are 19bar) and the shot is poured too fast. The paper filter prevent coffee ground from going in your drink even if the pod is not sealed, cause it let the water pass but do no break.
The only downside I found is that after the shot, the tinfoil stay stuck inside the portafilter but its not too difficult to remove.
I just pooled one shot so I need to experiement more to see if it's really working well though.
Anyway it's good to know It is possible to use such a machine even if you ran out of pods.
> PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world farmer > by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
Let me assure you those nice people at Nestle spent a lot of time and effort making certain it would be very difficult to use anything other than their pods. If you knew Nestle was a bottom feeder - why did u buy the product - it is all hand in hand - product design, quality and company ethics.
fe...@genevaonline.com wrote: >>PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world
> farmer
>>by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
> Let me assure you those nice people at Nestle spent a lot of time and > effort making certain it would be very difficult to use anything other > than their pods. If you knew Nestle was a bottom feeder - why did u > buy the product - it is all hand in hand - product design, quality and > company ethics.
Another post about the Post Scriptum...
I didnt buy it. It's a gift I just received. I didnt had an espresso machine so I'm pretty pleased even if that's not what I would have bought myself.
And if you had read my last post, you would know that it seems its not so difficult to bypass nestle design since I'm close to have found a faily quick and easy way to use ground coffee in the machine.
This thread is about using ground coffee in Nespresso machine, please do not send anymore post about Nestle ethics or Pods quality, that's not what's it is about.
Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> wrote: >fe...@genevaonline.com wrote: >>>PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world
>> farmer
>>>by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
>> Let me assure you those nice people at Nestle spent a lot of time and >> effort making certain it would be very difficult to use anything other >> than their pods. If you knew Nestle was a bottom feeder - why did u >> buy the product - it is all hand in hand - product design, quality and >> company ethics.
>Another post about the Post Scriptum...
>I didnt buy it. It's a gift I just received. I didnt had an espresso >machine so I'm pretty pleased even if that's not what I would have >bought myself.
>And if you had read my last post, you would know that it seems its not >so difficult to bypass nestle design since I'm close to have found a >faily quick and easy way to use ground coffee in the machine.
>This thread is about using ground coffee in Nespresso machine, please do >not send anymore post about Nestle ethics or Pods quality, that's not >what's it is about.
Sometimes around here, even when taking the high road and trying to help out, the townsfolk show up with pitchforks and torches lit. Personally, I wouldn't own a Nespresso machine, and having tested the Senseo and Keurig, I can say that I have consumed about all the pod coffee I care to (the Keurig being far superior, but still inferior to REALLY fresh coffee. But it isn't a pod machine). But that doesn't detract with the detailed post you supplied to folks who just might want to have the opportunity to use their own coffee in their Nespresso machine just to test the difference in taste if nothing else. Kudos to you, and Bah Humbug to those who attacked your post.
Have you seen the mod I did to the Senseo? see the chapter on my website entitled "Non-Sense-Eo." You will find it interesting, I think.
Funny you mention your mod cause I read this page with interest a few hours earlier :) (Great website by the way). And probably the best way to use ground coffee on the machine would be a similar mod but I am afraid I lack both the skill and hardware to try such a daring mod.
Plus I dont know much about espresso machine internals so I cant really tell what difference in design there is between a regular and a nespresso machine.
That's why for now, I tried to stay as close as possible as the normal use and still use the original pods.
The ideal solution would be to have a basket that would fit inside the portafilter that could be removed when you want to use a pod. Since the portafilter design is very simple that would be easy to fit if it could be made the right diameter.
The problem is that I suspect the injection of the pressured water to be fairly different than a regular machine. The thing that puzzles me is that I dont quite get how the water is concentrated to pass trough the small hole that is pierced at the top of the pod and not pass as well on the side of the pod (and go directly in the drink). But it seems to work well and the water pass through the pod.
Also there is the problem of pressure. Similar but non-Nespresso machine have usually a pressure of 15 bar. Nespresso machine have a pressure of 19. I understand that the difference is needed so that the foil at the bottom of the pod burst. When i tried with just paper filter to keep the ground coffee in the portafilter, the shot poured far too quickly. After adding some tinfoil for the second shot it was ok. So I am not sure, it would work well with just adding a basket in the portafilter.
I have so time tomorrow, so I am going to go check out regular models in store, if I can see difference.
But anyway since I found that sealing the pod is not necessary, using ground coffee really is quite easy. -put a sheet of tinfoil in the PF -put a sheet of paper filter over it -feel an empty pod with coffee and put it inside the PF -pour the shot.
The thing, I just realized is that this method cannot work with all Nespresso machine : you need a machine with a portafilter and a lot of them just dont.
Randy G. wrote: > Sometimes around here, even when taking the high road and trying to > help out, the townsfolk show up with pitchforks and torches lit. > Personally, I wouldn't own a Nespresso machine, and having tested the > Senseo and Keurig, I can say that I have consumed about all the pod > coffee I care to (the Keurig being far superior, but still inferior to > REALLY fresh coffee. But it isn't a pod machine). But that doesn't > detract with the detailed post you supplied to folks who just might > want to have the opportunity to use their own coffee in their > Nespresso machine just to test the difference in taste if nothing > else. Kudos to you, and Bah Humbug to those who attacked your post.
> Have you seen the mod I did to the Senseo? see the chapter on my > website entitled "Non-Sense-Eo." You will find it interesting, I > think.
> I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods > yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very > descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
> But as much as I like the ease of use of the system, I am not very fond > of becoming bound to Nestle for my supply. So I did a few tries to see > the feasability of refilling the pods with your own coffee. After > several tries and misses, I can say that it is possible and that a very > good result is quite easy to achieve.
> Now the main problem, not being feasability but the time it takes. > Indeed it takes me about 5 min per pods. Though you probably could go do > to under 30 min to prepare 10 pods at the same times i suppose, but > considering you need to buy the coffee, there are also no strong > economic incentive to bother.
> In case you ran out of pods, this could help you so here's what i did. > I am going to add that this is the way I found to work after only a few > hours of tries and using the materials I had at home at the time. > Meaning there is probably a better way to do it, and if you think about > a way to improve a step, I'll be interrested to hear it.
> For those who dont know how the Nespresso system here is the basic idea > : you have a pod in plastic with a tinfoil sealing the bottom. When you > insert the pod, the machine preforate it at the top and when you turn > the machine on, high pressure water is send inside the pod. The bottom > of the portafilter is a kind of grid similar to a mini waffle machine > (sorry cant find a better way to describe).The pressure in the pod will > make the foil burst following the pattern on the portafilter and allow > the coffee to leave the pods but the foil wont be as damage as to let > the coffee out. When the shot is poured you remove the portafilter and > throw away the the pod. And there (almost) is no cleaning.
> If you want to have pods to refill, of course you need empty pods so > after you poul a shot, using a knife, cut the the original tinfoil, > throw away the used ground coffee and clean the pod.
> So first, take a used pod, put some adhesive to seal the top and refill > with the ground coffee of your choice. Stamp it. you ll need to > experiment your self with the grind and stamp, I cant give any advice on > that.
> The challenge of refilling the pod will mainly be to replace the tinfoil > so that you get the same effect when inserted in the machine.
> The choice of tinfoil is importent : Kitchen tinfoil will do but I had > significantly better result with a strong one. The first I used had too > much damage after the shot and risked to let some ground coffee pass > into the drink.
> i tried several different design but the only to give good result was > this one : > -first lay off a piece of tinfoil on a reasonable soft surface and > using a pod as guide, draw a circle around it with a ball pen. > -if you did many circles with pen, you should be able to detach the > shape directly otherwise use a pair of cisors and cut the shape. > -you will get a circular piece of tinfoil just the diameter of the pod. > (of course it is best to do many of those at the same time to have a > reserve)
> Now put this piece of tinfoil on top of the pod. All what is needed now > is to seal it. The method I used for this purpose is to use some kind of > adhesive band. I had success with both transparent "office" type and > electrical tape.
> On my first tries, I had used larger pieces of tinfoil and seal the pods > using adhesive on the side (not the bottom) but that didnt work well > cause the pressure cause the would tinfoil at the bottom of the pod to > be ripped : when you removed the pods you had the tinfoil still at the > bottom of the portafilter and possibly coffee in you drink.
> The solution is to put the adhesive both on the bottom of the pod and on > the side. This way the periphery of the tinfoil in contact with the > portafilter is stronger and will stand the pressure. When you remove > your pods after the shot, the tinfoil will be pierced in a similar way > that a regular pod and the ground coffee should still be in the pod.
> It's important you seal well all around the pod and the tinfoil. If you > dont I suppose you are going to get ground coffee in your drink.
> Well that's it.
> Is is worth it ? I am not sure. It takes time and it can be quite messy > to prepare which are exacly the things you want to avoid when you buy > such a machine.
> But if you are out of capsules or want to impress your friend with this > special home blend, its possible to still use your machine.
> If anybody is willing to try it, I would like to hear about their > experience.
> Best Regards to all.
> Lachesis
> PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world farmer > by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
I'll defer to the others for questioning your desire to continue with this method when you seem to want decent coffee, which would entail a decent espresso machine and grinder.
What worries me is that you are using ingredients such as glue and sellotape or electrical tape, which can't be healthy when used near to consumable products. The only thing between my (rather good) "shop" espresso and the drinker is a stainless steel basket and the demitasse. And the only thing between the coffee beans and the machine is about 20 seconds worth of grinding before use. Doesn't your method still end up using staling coffee?
Sorry buddy this is usenet - you don't get to control the content of a thread - it's like a child that you lauch into the world ...once it leaves home you have no control over it. Anyway, some of the most interest and educational threads I've seen have taken off on a tangent from the OP. This is especially true if the OP is some inane question like "which pod machine should I buy". The OP will often leave dissatisfied because he never gets a straight answer (ya get what ya pay for, so I can't feel too bad about that) but the rest of us often get an enjoyable discussion out of it.
What you've done is clever, but frankly not worth the bother most of the time, which I think you realize as well. Nestle, in their evil corporate way, has either purposely made their pods difficult to duplicate or re-use in order to avoid competition or has just designed the things with no thought given in that direction, with the same results. The same is pretty much true of all the pod machines, so if your goal is to use ground coffee you are very much better off with a machine that was meant to use ground coffee in the 1st place rather than trying to kludge up a solution. Necessity is the mother of invention, but for most of us, using a Nespresso is not necessary in the 1st place. Even if I was given one, as apperently you were, I doubt I'd use it. Better to sell it on ebay and buy a real machine in the long run.
"Lachesis" <lache...@not.valid.org> wrote in message
> fe...@genevaonline.com wrote: >>>PS : Spare me the Nestle is evil and your are killing 3rd world
>> farmer
>>>by owning a Nespresso machine : Thats not what the thread is about.
>> Let me assure you those nice people at Nestle spent a lot of time and >> effort making certain it would be very difficult to use anything other >> than their pods. If you knew Nestle was a bottom feeder - why did u >> buy the product - it is all hand in hand - product design, quality and >> company ethics.
> Another post about the Post Scriptum...
> I didnt buy it. It's a gift I just received. I didnt had an espresso > machine so I'm pretty pleased even if that's not what I would have bought > myself.
> And if you had read my last post, you would know that it seems its not so > difficult to bypass nestle design since I'm close to have found a faily > quick and easy way to use ground coffee in the machine.
> This thread is about using ground coffee in Nespresso machine, please do > not send anymore post about Nestle ethics or Pods quality, that's not > what's it is about.
>Sometimes around here, even when taking the high road and trying to >help out, the townsfolk show up with pitchforks and torches lit. >Personally, I wouldn't own a Nespresso machine, and having tested the >Senseo and Keurig, I can say that I have consumed about all the pod >coffee I care to (the Keurig being far superior, but still inferior to >REALLY fresh coffee. But it isn't a pod machine). But that doesn't >detract with the detailed post you supplied to folks who just might >want to have the opportunity to use their own coffee in their >Nespresso machine just to test the difference in taste if nothing >else. Kudos to you, and Bah Humbug to those who attacked your post.
>Have you seen the mod I did to the Senseo? see the chapter on my >website entitled "Non-Sense-Eo." You will find it interesting, I >think.
> Randy "Merry Friggen Christmas" G.
What makes the Kuerig better? I have one at work. Let me tell you, it's nothing more than a big, black box with a single push button. Open the tray door. Drop a crappy coffee pod in, close door. Push button. It's not much of an improvement, really. Honestly, I don't think there is enough coffee in the pod, which makes the coffee a bit weak and acidic.
>What makes the Kuerig better? I have one at work. Let me tell you, >it's nothing more than a big, black box with a single push button. >Open the tray door. Drop a crappy coffee pod in, close door. Push >button. It's not much of an improvement, really. Honestly, I don't >think there is enough coffee in the pod, which makes the coffee a bit >weak and acidic.
Compared to the coffee that most of us who frequent this group drink, no, the Keurig isn't up to those standards. Compared to the coffee that the average American is accustomed to consuming, it is superior.
As far as in a 'commercial' setting such as in an office, the "big black box" is nice because the brewing path does not get polluted with the previous brew so you don't get the taste of vanilla almond coffee with your tea. It also brews at a VERY consistent and controlled temperature of 204 or so. It also does not use "pods" as most of us are accustomed to using that term. The K-cups are sealed which makes them somewhat superior to the pods. There are also over 75 different coffees available. Maybe the ones you get at work are not to your liking (I didn't much like the dark roasts myself). Every cup I have made is superior to the Senseo coffee. The last batch of pods I got for the Senseo made some pretty bad coffee. I have finished every cup made in the Keurig but have poured some half-consumed cups made in the Senseo down the sink (pity the sink).
If you have the B100 at work, try this tip from Doug C. :"The B100 has a secret... push the brew button once and you get an 8 oz. cup. Push it twice [the second time *while* it's brewing] and it'll give you a shorter 6 oz. cup." That should give you a cup with more body.
>Compared to the coffee that most of us who frequent this group drink, >no, the Keurig isn't up to those standards. Compared to the coffee >that the average American is accustomed to consuming, it is superior.
>As far as in a 'commercial' setting such as in an office, the "big >black box" is nice because the brewing path does not get polluted with >the previous brew so you don't get the taste of vanilla almond coffee >with your tea. It also brews at a VERY consistent and controlled >temperature of 204 or so. It also does not use "pods" as most of us >are accustomed to using that term. The K-cups are sealed which makes >them somewhat superior to the pods. There are also over 75 different >coffees available. Maybe the ones you get at work are not to your >liking (I didn't much like the dark roasts myself). Every cup I have >made is superior to the Senseo coffee. The last batch of pods I got >for the Senseo made some pretty bad coffee. I have finished every cup >made in the Keurig but have poured some half-consumed cups made in the >Senseo down the sink (pity the sink).
>If you have the B100 at work, try this tip from Doug C. :"The B100 has >a secret... push the brew button once and you get an 8 oz. cup. Push >it twice [the second time *while* it's brewing] and it'll give you a >shorter 6 oz. cup." That should give you a cup with more body.
Right........by pod I was meaning k-cup......... I'll have to try that button push to see if the water amount goes down. There's some pretty awful coffee though. Flavours like "Gingerbread", and "Chocolate Coffee" really taste bad.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:55:46 GMT, Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods >yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very >descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
Mmmmm...nothing screams fine coffee like "tinfoil."
In article <6g6os09b18mv0a8soeil134fhildk14...@4ax.com>, tribefanREMOVET...@sbcglobal.net says...
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:55:46 GMT, Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> > wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods > >yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very > >descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
> Mmmmm...nothing screams fine coffee like "tinfoil."
danny wrote: > What worries me is that you are using ingredients such as glue and > sellotape or electrical tape, which can't be healthy when used near to > consumable products.
In the end, I managed not to use the sellotape. Appart from the coffee, the only things in the portafilter are a bit a kitchen tinfoil and some paper filter, both made for food contact.
>The only thing between my (rather good) "shop" > espresso and the drinker is a stainless steel basket and the demitasse. > And the only thing between the coffee beans and the machine is about 20 > seconds worth of grinding before use. Doesn't your method still end up > using staling coffee?
I am not telling I've got THE way to make great coffee. I'm just telling how you can use such a machine in a way it was not intended and that is works.
Jack Denver wrote: > Sorry buddy this is usenet - you don't get to control the content of a > thread - it's like a child that you lauch into the world ...once it leaves > home you have no control over it. Anyway, some of the most interest and > educational threads I've seen have taken off on a tangent from the OP. This > is especially true if the OP is some inane question like "which pod machine > should I buy". The OP will often leave dissatisfied because he never gets a > straight answer (ya get what ya pay for, so I can't feel too bad about that) > but the rest of us often get an enjoyable discussion out of it.
Well I dont see why I should be attacked because I share my experiment of trying to improve the possibility offered by a machine they dont like.
> What you've done is clever, but frankly not worth the bother most of the > time, which I think you realize as well.
It's possible. But I can't see why having more choice is bad. That's all I'm giving you. You can choose to use Nestle pods but you can also choose not to. And using ground coffee is now a 1 min job so it's not so difficult.
> Necessity is the mother of invention, but for most of us, using a Nespresso > is not necessary in the 1st place. Even if I was given one, as apperently > you were, I doubt I'd use it. Better to sell it on ebay and buy a real > machine in the long run.
Doubt I could get much money out of it, so I still could not buy a good set. But more importantly I suspect the person that gave me the machine would not take it very well, if she learned that I tossed her gift.
<coffee_sn...@quar.net> wrote: >In article <6g6os09b18mv0a8soeil134fhildk14...@4ax.com>, >tribefanREMOVET...@sbcglobal.net says... >> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:55:46 GMT, Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> >> wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods >> >yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very >> >descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
>> Mmmmm...nothing screams fine coffee like "tinfoil."
>Well, except for "electrical tape"...
Overheard at Starbucks...
I'll have a Venti; hold the tinfoil, electrical tape.
>>>On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:55:46 GMT, Lachesis <lache...@not.valid.org> >>>wrote:
>>>>Hi,
>>>>I received an espresso machine made to use those Nesle Nespresso pods >>>>yesterday and I have to admit I like it very much : no hassle and very >>>>descent espresso. Certainly as good as your average Coffee shop.
>>>Mmmmm...nothing screams fine coffee like "tinfoil."
>>Well, except for "electrical tape"...
> Overheard at Starbucks...
> I'll have a Venti; hold the tinfoil, electrical tape.
Well, ask McGuyver how he makes coffee... I'm sure you would be surprised... :p
"Format C:" <notr...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Right........by pod I was meaning k-cup......... I'll have to try that >button push to see if the water amount goes down. There's some pretty >awful coffee though. Flavours like "Gingerbread", and "Chocolate >Coffee" really taste bad.
PATIENT: "Doctor- it hurts when I do this..." DOCTOR: "Don't do that!"
If you would not order flavored coffees when you go out or drink them at home, why drink them from the Keurig? I opened one K-cup that was some sort of Vanilla something or other just to weigh the contents. I could barely stand the smell long enough to weigh it and throw it out!
Thre are a number of quality varietals available as well as some decent blends from Green Mountain. Take a look at the Keurig website for what they currently have available and if you have to, order your own K-cups to use at work. http://tinyurl.com/6gta4
For example: From Green Mountain alone: Colombian Supremo Coffee Dark Magic Coffee Fair Trade Organic House Blend Fair Trade Organic Sumatran French Roast Coffee Lake and Lodge Coffee Nantucket Blend Coffee
Or, get a Nissan thermos bottle and bring your own!
Been refilling nespresso capsules with home roast since 1998. Just do a google group search on "nespresso jon" and read the results in alt.coffee
Used to be much easier before nespresso put a cloth liner in the bottom of the capsule. So cleaning out the capsule is more of a pain, and they don't last as long before the serated sides rip, but refilled nespresso capsules are still the best way to get your home roasted espresso at work.
It really only takes about a minute to tamp and close up the capsule after you've ground up the beans. Just search and read....
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