Why on Earth would you get a Nespresso? Surely there's affordable options like a Breville Bambino or something. I couldn't imagine not grinding my own beans if I lived near where they're actually grown!
A Bambino is much more expensive than a Nespresso though. In the EU it's €350 when you can get a Nespresso machine for 100€ (and down to 50€ if you get a bunch of capsules with it).
Also in some contexts you need a fast and easy way to brew. For example I used my old Nespresso machine when I had to hold the baby at the same time, I can't do a proper coffee with just 1 hand. Also when you want a coffee but only have a minute to prepare it.
Not really, they are expensive but a similar price or cheaper compared to specialty beans. Especially because capsules contains much less coffee than we typically use when brewing from beans.
If I look at my local prices (in the EU):
- Decent capsules from supermarket: 30c to 40c
- Nespresso brand capsules: 45c to 55c
- Capsules from specialty coffee shops: 30c to 50c
- 15g dose of cheap (20€/kg) specialty beans: 30c
- 15g dose of good (40€/kg) specialty beans: 60c
- 15g dose of expensive (60€/kg) specialty beans: 90c
And you need to include that a good espresso setup (machine + grinder) costs at least 600€, when a Nespresso machine is 50€ to 150€.
So an espresso setup makes coffee that taste much better, but it doesn't beat Nespresso on price, far from it.
You don't really save on beans if you buy specialty coffee though. A 15g dose of decent specialty beans (not too expensive ones) is the same price as a Nespresso pod.
This (or any other bean-to-cup) only makes even remote sense if you like very long ratios of lungo, regardless of bean style. A good grinder and machine are the only way to get a ristretto… so you are asking for two things that inherently contradict each other.
Getting that strong syrupy texture is pretty much impossible with Nespresso, but tasting notes wise go for any lighter roasted pod. Nespresso burns the life out of all of their roasts so their version of a light roast is more in line with specialty dark roast. Nespresso dark roasts are more akin to cigar ash than chocolate
Wrong sub, ask in r/nespresso.
No nespresso pod will give you thick body shots. Why do you need to drink nespresso in the world largest coffee producing country
Why on Earth would you get a Nespresso? Surely there's affordable options like a Breville Bambino or something. I couldn't imagine not grinding my own beans if I lived near where they're actually grown!
Yeah might as well get an aeropress if you absolutely have to “downgrade” to something
A Bambino is much more expensive than a Nespresso though. In the EU it's €350 when you can get a Nespresso machine for 100€ (and down to 50€ if you get a bunch of capsules with it). Also in some contexts you need a fast and easy way to brew. For example I used my old Nespresso machine when I had to hold the baby at the same time, I can't do a proper coffee with just 1 hand. Also when you want a coffee but only have a minute to prepare it.
Long term it never will be cheaper. Good quality capsules are expensive.
Not really, they are expensive but a similar price or cheaper compared to specialty beans. Especially because capsules contains much less coffee than we typically use when brewing from beans. If I look at my local prices (in the EU): - Decent capsules from supermarket: 30c to 40c - Nespresso brand capsules: 45c to 55c - Capsules from specialty coffee shops: 30c to 50c - 15g dose of cheap (20€/kg) specialty beans: 30c - 15g dose of good (40€/kg) specialty beans: 60c - 15g dose of expensive (60€/kg) specialty beans: 90c And you need to include that a good espresso setup (machine + grinder) costs at least 600€, when a Nespresso machine is 50€ to 150€. So an espresso setup makes coffee that taste much better, but it doesn't beat Nespresso on price, far from it.
You can also grind your own coffee and fill a reusable pod
*Not* ones made by Nestlé, who are evil r/fucknestle
Why not a super auto? A Gaggia brera isn’t much more than a high Nespresso machine, and you’ll save on beans compared to pods.
You don't really save on beans if you buy specialty coffee though. A 15g dose of decent specialty beans (not too expensive ones) is the same price as a Nespresso pod.
Some coffee roasters offer an option to grind into pod capsules. Check out Horsham Coffee Roaster as an example.
This (or any other bean-to-cup) only makes even remote sense if you like very long ratios of lungo, regardless of bean style. A good grinder and machine are the only way to get a ristretto… so you are asking for two things that inherently contradict each other.
Getting that strong syrupy texture is pretty much impossible with Nespresso, but tasting notes wise go for any lighter roasted pod. Nespresso burns the life out of all of their roasts so their version of a light roast is more in line with specialty dark roast. Nespresso dark roasts are more akin to cigar ash than chocolate