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Except that the Delonghi Perfecta is three times the price of a Nespresso :-P

• buro9 14y ago
  Yeah, 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 ago
    God, Square Mile coffee is good. Why we don’t have that at work instead of a Nespresso I don’t know…
    • buro9 14y ago
      For an office http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ makes far more sense.
• dagw 14y ago
  I 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.