Nespresso or Tassimo?

I've got one of these. Makes good espresso, filter soffee and has a milk heater. Also, you aren't forced to use the pods. Bit more effort to use than a nespresso (got one at work... About 30p a drink at wholesale price, but decent)

http://www.pluckpoint.com/morphy-richards-47010-combination-coffee-machine/product

Nespresso is very good. Very good coffee and loads of variety. Also, the patent on the pods has lapsed so you don't have to order them online any more.
I got a Krups espresso maker for my office - only about £80, but if you've got the money, the ones that do cappuccinos are better.

BDL said:

We've got a Nespresso, coffee is great but the only drawback is that the coffee is only available online or from one of their shops (nearest is Regent Street).

There are lots of "alternative" pods available online but none of them were as good as the originals in my opinion.

The ones in Waitrose are just as good IMO.

Uboat said:

BDL said:

We've got a Nespresso, coffee is great but the only drawback is that the coffee is only available online or from one of their shops (nearest is Regent Street).

There are lots of "alternative" pods available online but none of them were as good as the originals in my opinion.

The ones in Waitrose are just as good IMO.

Have they made the caps tighter? We didn't get a decent cup from our machine, the water didn't seem to flow well through them.

Is his the most middle class thread on charltonlife?

Teaspoon of Nescafé, 95 degree water and milk and sugar as required

Uboat said:

Nespresso is very good. Very good coffee and loads of variety. Also, the patent on the pods has lapsed so you don't have to order them online any more.
I got a Krups espresso maker for my office - only about £80, but if you've got the money, the ones that do cappuccinos are better.

Ah, that explains why yesterday for the first time i was able to buy a rival brand in a German hypermarket. Good news, will bring prices down.

My advice is, don't let anyone persuade you to buy a 'real' espresso machine. We bought a swanky one for the office, one that grinds the beans for each cup. It looked good, smelt good, and tasted good, but every three months or so it broke down, and being in Prague we had to wait 30 days for them to fix it each time. It was the most unreliable purchase since my Fiat 128.

So went the Nespresso route because Nestle promise that if they go wrong they will lend you one while yours is being fixed. Don't know if that offer is made in the UK, but we have never had to test it. Totally reliable. Perhaps not quite as good as at your local Italian, but you can always pop round there for a "social coffee".

Stig said:

Blimey, I feel like I've landed on another planet. Don't understand a word of this.

You put a pod in the machine, press a button and coffee comes out.

Hope that helps.

Nespresso for me; the variety of flavours is exceptional and perfetly packaged. On taste I would bet that very few could tell their drink was not made from freshly ground.

Bedsaddick said:

I seriously have not got a clue what Nepresso or Tassimo are. What ever happened to a normal cup of coffee?

Flavour

Tassimo is fantastic swapped from a Dolce Gusto, the range is superb, hot Choc and teas go with it as well
Suchards & Milka hot choc to die for, Mrs love the caramel Latte, best thing i have purchased in a while love it

Nespresso or Tassimo?

Difficult one.... Both good players.

I have a deLonghi coffee machine. Brilliant purchase. Makes excellent espresso, which can be used for americanos; and has a milk steamer, so you can make latte or cappuccino.

At the weekend, I grind the beans using a deLonghi grinder and have a great coffee while reading the Guardian or Observer. During the week (when there's less time in the morning ahead of the commute to the office), the machine also takes non-proprietary, paper pods, which are much better for the environment than the aluminium pods that some other makes use. Waitrose do their own brand of paper pods.


So that's: coffee machine, espresso, americano, latte, cappuccino, Guardian, Observer, commute, environment, Waitrose. That's pretty much the full house of middle class words in one post.

cafcfan said:

Neither. Freshly ground beans are a must. I use a Siemens machine that does this for me. It cost a fortune but at least I don't have to buy the rip-off pods.

Ah that's where I went wrong. I bought an Italian machine, foolishly thinking that if there was one thing the Italians would do well, it would be espresso machines. But of course its the Germans who make machines that are reliable...

Tip with Tassimo is don't buy the latte or cappuccino, just buy the espresso and heat your milk separately in the micro. That way you half the price and you are not buying their chemically enhanced milk.