The patent on the original nespresso pods has expired so everyone is jumping in on the market. Nestle have developed a new style of pod and put a new patent on that as well as trying to get the original patent expanded, they earn close to $4billion US a year from it
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Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+
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Today through curiosity I sampled a Woolies pod coffee. I see that coffee podding is suitable for those who want a cheap machine that gives hassle free, clean, consistent and simple coffee making with a result better than instant coffee. The flavour was nothing like what I get from my Breville DB.
Barry
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Coffee Review - Coffee Pod - 90+
I too was one of them for 3 years! And Andy's right, some of us do move on and "up"... Happy with my BDB. Roasting and grind on demand now! My fellow Nespresso club friends think I'm nuts! :POriginally posted by Rocky View PostMy 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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I think the average punter who buys one of these machines does so because they are easy and clean, not the type of people who are going to pack their own. To improve quality over a bought pod you would have to grind and pack on demand qnd users interested in quality would soon graduate to a espresso machine.
You can buy handles for e61 machines, must be for posers who want a flash looking machine only, doesnt make sense to me.
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Pod m/c's fill a (large) market sector.... one that wants the impression of fresh brewed coffee in a quick clean form.
Unfortunately, i suspect that the majority of coffee drinkers cannot tell the difference between "coffee" ..and "Good coffee".
They probably know bad coffee ( instant, stale brewed drip , Plunger from supermarket pre-ground,. etc )... but they are content with the "coffee" they get from their new trendy pod gadget. !
Pods = marketing genius. !
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