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This is an "innovation" that saves little time (making a cup of coffee is not a time-consuming process), is substantially more expensive than the process it rep
by shiven 14y ago
This is an "innovation" that saves little time (making a cup of coffee is not a time-consuming process), is substantially more expensive than the process it replaces, and generates an inordinate amount of waste.
I am sorry, but based on my personal experience, you completely lose on the time argument. It is way easier to to get espresso style coffee this way than any other way I am aware of. Just turn the Nespresso machine on, pop in the capsule, place your coffee mug at the dispenser, press the dispense button and walk away. Within seconds you have a very decent cup of espresso, with absolutely no messy after-cleaning of grinder/machine/utensils.
In this once instance, I love the technology, it is way cheaper than barista coffee, way quicker and way less messy than making it on my own.
And oh, you can pry my Nespresso away from my cold dead hands, not before. ;-)
Edit: The only item on my wish list with Nespresso is to use my choice of coffees, which may now become possible with Nestle losing this lawsuit. I'd love to be able to brew the "Honey badger" or "Sugar glider" from Intelligentsia coffee on my Nespresso! Yum!!!
- buro9 14y agoMy Delonghi Perfecta bean-to-cup machine will disagree with the argument that Nespresso is faster. I can skip the "pop in the capsule" step for a weekly "pour some beans in the top". Bean-to-cup machines are fairly common, but for those who wish to take their time then there are more time-consuming ways (syphon coffee anyone?).
- shiven 14y agoExcept that the Delonghi Perfecta is three times the price of a Nespresso :-P
- buro9 14y agoYeah, I calculated that when I purchased it. The coffee is a third cheaper and that's for Square Mile or Monmouth beans (about as expensive as you can get ignoring stuff involving Civets). It's the difference between purchasing a more expensive laser printer and having reduced printing costs, or purchasing an ink jet and having higher printing costs. We make 2-4 double-espressos per day. It's worth paying for the better machine to make the savings each day. Given that I've had the machine for more than 4 years it's already saved me a substantial amount of money. Each double-espresso (14g of coffee) costs me around 35p, whereas a Nespresso (6g of coffee) costs around 52p, and the local coffee shop charges around £1.20 (14g of coffee). So not only is it cheaper, but there's a full double-shot in mine and less than a single shot in yours. Of course, if I had a single espresso to make it comparable then the price of Nespresso looks even worse.
- robin_reala 14y agoGod, Square Mile coffee is good. Why we don’t have that at work instead of a Nespresso I don’t know…
- buro9 14y agoFor an office http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ makes far more sense.
- dagw 14y agoI quick back of the envelope calculation seems to indicate the nespresso coffee cost 4-6 times as much per kg as good quality espresso beans, so assuming you keep your machine for a few years and drink coffee on a daily basis you'll more than make up that price difference.
- goatforce5 14y agoI get the impression that Intelligentsia wouldn't be interested in making pods.
- jseliger 14y agoWithin seconds you have a very decent cup of espresso, with absolutely no messy after-cleaning of grinder/machine/utensils. Furthermore, I'd like to see some Coke/Pepsi-style challenges / blind taste-tests between the Nespresso machine and barista espressos and cappuccinos. The wine world has been surprised by the extent to which people can't tell the difference. I've had cappuccinos from one of these machines—not sure if it was the Nestle version or not—and it was definitely quite decent. Not as strongly or richly flavored as the best cappuccinos I've had, but it's definitely better than many.