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  • #16
    Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

    Just to revive this, I actually had the opportunity to have a pod coffee at work a few days ago. Keep in mind I work in a major public hospital.

    It was a choice between instant (instant diarrhoea for me) the overhot, overextracted crap made by a clueless kitchen worker from the cafeteria and a pod i decided to try a pod. So I parted with $1.50 and another staff member helped me to make a coffee.

    I was surprised. It wasnt what I would get from my own machine or a very good cafe with decent Baristas. However it was better than the afore mentioned alternatives.

    Yes I may have gone temporarily mad. I would never recommend pods for people like snobs, but they are at least more drinkable than instant or bad cafeteria coffee and better than the stale supermarket stuff made in a cheap and nasty $50 trying to pass itself as an espresso machine.

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    • #17
      Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

      Last pod I tried I just dropped in a cup of hot water!!!! Drink it as a long black and I dont mind the quality as much anyway. Pods dont work too well like this though as they are tightly packed so dont let water through them unless under pressure.

      The reality of Pods is they provide consistent coffee and for most that is acceptable. To me the cost is just rediculous though.

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      • #18
        Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

        Originally posted by 4D60646865090 link=1232588107/10#10 date=1233152246
        Originally posted by 724F434B59200 link=1232588107/9#9 date=1233140192
        So...would it be possible to make a pod that would deliver good coffee?  If you started with a really good bean and a sufficient amount of grind was vacuum sealed immediately after grinding and then not exposed to heat in storage,  then used in a pod machine that administered water at the right temp....why would it not make good coffee?  (Im not aware of anyone actually doing this, but then I dont pretend to be a coffee expert either)
        I guess it would be possible to come up with a system that may produce OK coffee but seriously doubt that it would ever be rated as high as excellent, or even good by CS standards. Dont know that vacuum sealing would be the way to go though, probably better to use a dry nitrogen flushing system as the bags are being sealed. Youd still end up with the problem of limited choice, no control over dose & grind, etc.... :-?

        Youd also be stuck with someone elses idea of what constitutes the makings of a good coffee and have little or no input into any of the variables. For example, even if Im using someone elses roasted beans (high quality of course), I still like to adjust some of the variables from time to time in order to enhance particular aspects of the beans flavour profile depending on what style of coffee I want to drink at that particular time. Really enjoy the control thats possible with a proper espresso machine. Pods just seem wrong.... :-/

        Mal.
        See http://www.perfectpodmaker.com/pages/product_details.php?ProductID=1

        Looks like you can make your own, pretty damn cheaply too. BTW, yes Im a coffee snob, but thats precisely why Im thinking of a pod machine - for work where the alternative is Nescafe or a daily run to the local cafe (where the barristers a pretty sh!te sometimes).

        Cheers

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        • #19
          Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

          Originally posted by 31353F37336E686B5C0 link=1232588107/17#17 date=1303546744
          See http://www.perfectpoomaker.com/pages/product_details.php?ProductID=1
          ......
          (where the barristers a pretty sh!te sometimes).
          Welcome micko....perhaps they should get a gig in a cafe if theyre lousy at law? :-? ;D

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          • #20
            Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

            Originally posted by 43474D45411C1A192E0 link=1232588107/17#17 date=1303546744
            Looks like you can make your own,

            I was under the impression that the Nespresso have put a copyright on their pod shape/size which is why no one is doing those.

            The website you linked to says:

            Works with Senseo, Krups, Melitta, Simple Human, Juan Valdez, Bunn, Home Cafe, Grindmaster, Mr. Coffee, Hamilton Beach and More. Use your favorite coffees: Seattles Best, Kona, Green Mountain, Peets, Starbucks, Jamaica Blue Mountain, Duncan Donuts and more. . Make your own pods at home.

            I doubt many (if any) of those capsule machines are available in 240v Australian market maybe with the exception of the Senseo that was around briefly a couple of years ago.

            I think you would do better looking at an ESE Pod adaptor for a "real" machine.

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            • #21
              Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

              FWIW my informati0n is the copyright on their pod lapses later this year and competitors are already tooled up & ready to release competing pods on the same day.....

              Also FWIW, aside for the nexpresso phenomenon, pods in general have not been well received in this market no matter how much interested parties have been pushing to make it successful (for them).......some things work in some places, and not in others.....

              Rgdz,
              A.

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              • #22
                Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

                Our work pod (Lavazza Blue) machine is gone. Not enough people who thought it was worth $1.50 for a coffee. I would have one a week just as a change from a coffee bag. My preference is always to sprint down the street to a favourite cafe if time permits. I thought this machine was superior to the Nespresso pods which I never liked much. I am currently trying to coax the bistro in the hotel across the street to put a bit of time into their cafe staff and see if they can produce some drinkable coffee. The bean is Miko or somesuch. Dont know whether it is possible to get good coffee from it, but worth a try. Pods? not really worth the effort.

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                • #23
                  Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

                  Those lavazza blue are terrible. Like all pods they are too weak. No body and overall a flat drink. The machine i tried the lavazza blue on uses coffee whitener for their milk drinks and that stuff was just plain to creamy.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+

                    We should drink what we like when and how we like it.

                    The coffee produced in the video about the perfect pod maker was not very impressive to me. Just as well I couldnt taste it. No sign of any crema for a start.

                    Perhapse the coffee used was old stale preground, or the water channels arround the paper pod without enough water being forced through the coffee.

                    Barry

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                    • #25
                      Here's something a little closer to the truth!

                      I think the views here hold a little more true....

                      changingopinion . blogspot. com. au/2012/11/coffee-capsules-hidden-costs. html

                      Truly better, and cheaper getting fresh ground coffee and using a good old fashioned french press method will beat those pod machines any day!

                      I can't post links but thought this relevant! If you wish to see the article copy paste and remove the spaces!

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                      • #26
                        I saw the new Woolwoths coffee pods and machine being demonstrated at a Woolies store yesterday.

                        I didn't sample it as I have not had an acceptable pod coffee yet. It always tastes stale and bitter to me.

                        I will stick to my freshly roasted and ground on demmand coffee brew from my BDB.

                        Barry

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                        • #27
                          My gut feeling - just from casual observation - is that the pod machines are popping up in peoples kitchens the way dripolators did some years back. I reckon I will end up a "Pod Expert" as everywhere I go I get offered Pod coffee.
                          I do like it when they visit me however because they see the Perfetta gleaming all chromy and shiney in the corner and they advance on it reverently making pacifying noises as though it might suddenly startle and bolt. They don't know anything about it but they think it must make awesome coffee just from the way it looks. Makes me smile.

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                          • #28
                            i would probably try a pod in preference to 43 beans of torture...

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                            • #29
                              they see the Perfetta gleaming all chromy and shiney in the corner and they advance on it reverently making pacifying noises as though it might suddenly startle and bolt
                              Very good (and funny) description, I can picture the wided-eyed stalking motion that goes with that too.

                              Dad was in a whitegoods store a week ago and made the oops of looking sideways at a the coffee aisle as he headed to the section he wanted. He tells me that a salesman leapt from nowhere and tried to stuff a pod machine in his arms...
                              They must be the high margin or high kickback item at the moment to be that agressive with them.

                              They are everywhere at the moment. It's a good thing though if it gets people out of the instant coffee purchase... if they moved once they can move again to better coffee. We will see them all here one day when they continue their coffee journey.

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                              • #30
                                Yeh, its high kickback I suspect. The manufacturers/wholesalers are lowballing on the hardware with an eye to the margins on the consumables (pods).....not a new story, I know.

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