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> a more complicated and higher quality product [...] those junky nespresso buyers It was inevitable that a thread on coffee would attract the snobbery. I wa
by toyg 5y ago
> a more complicated and higher quality product [...] those junky nespresso buyers
It was inevitable that a thread on coffee would attract the snobbery.
I was literally raised with moka and coffee from Italian bars, and Nespresso is absolutely fine. For me, like for loads of other Italian migrants in "barbaric" Northern lands (where "baristas" couldn't make a decent cup to save their lives), it has been an absolute lifesaver. I know plenty of Italian foodies with absolutely no qualms about it. You can criticize the environmental impact (sure), the cost (eh), the commercial model (you in SaaS too?), the tax-dodging, whatever. But when it comes to quality, it's really just the worst hipster snobbery that stops people from accepting that it's actually pretty good. The machines can last for ages with minimal maintenance, and the coffee is good and consistent with zero effort. The rest is just audiophile-level bullcrap.
- boringg 5y agoI take issue with everything about nespresso machines. The quality/convenience is not worth the disgusting level of waste. Is the coffee fine? Yes its fine, its not great but man are those machines so incredibly wasteful.
- jazzyjackson 5y agonepresso offers to take back your spent aluminum capsules and recycles them harvesting and roasting the beans is also incredibly resource intensive, but we do it because we consider it valuable