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I have a feeling SkinnyPupp is trolling. While we're being snobs about it, I heard the Nespresso crema isn't even REAL crema. They're just spinning the capsule to froth the coffee! They even have a patent on it. Booooo!! Not REAL crema!! :D |
Two words to describe it better…….. shit disturber. Not going to be goaded into arguing. Goad, not Greatest of all time, GOAT. Or if used in a Dairy Queen ad………. Greatest of all treats, jbol. |
Nespresso is perfectly fine, I know people who use it exclusively at home for their coffee needs. To me, it’s the best of the worst solution in terms of pod brewers. For the most part all the Nespresso pods I’ve tried are quite good, the specialty coffees do a decent job at mimicking what they are attempting, but to me, it’s far off from any “proper” method. Nespresso is perfect for cabin or the office etc. where you want better coffee but don’t want to mess around with beans or grounds. On another note, wife and I have decided during the fall/winter to attempt to check out a different coffee shop every weekend as somthing to get out of the house and potentially find new coffee or gems of bakeries etc. we have a list where we have started to add photos etc. but I might as well add pictures and reviews here as well |
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I've literally never tried one before. If it brews for you I'm sure it's fine! |
i actually tried it at a hotel earlier this year for the first time in years and found it pretty adequate. on busy mornings when i didnt have time to seek out a good coffee shop, i just pulled a shot from the pod and added a bit of hot water and it was better than i remembered. |
Nespresso is like a household thing in France. When I was there last year, every hotel, AirBNB and home that we visited had one. I wouldn't say it's anything great, but some of the pods I tried was quite decent for something that takes a minute to make. |
Yea all of Europe seems to love the nespresso. Ironically the highest prevalence did seem to be in France and Italy who are perceived to have the “coffee culture” which, imo, is highly overrated. IMO places like Vancouver have a higher end coffee culture than most of Europe. |
I've had a Nespresso machine since 2013. Original Pixie, still going after 10 years! *knock on wood* Wife and I are coffee snobs, but it is perfect when we are lazy and don't want to grind beans and do a pour over. Now with young kids, it is a must. I don't have time to do a pour over when my kids are getting into my shit! Plus if you have a dinner party, you can start cranking out Americano's fast. |
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I love collecting pods from around the world. Some pods are just downright sexy (I like shiny metallic colours). My favourite is the Ristretto Classico with its black with shiny silver streaks (on-line only). The coffee itself is not bad. https://www.nespresso.com/ca/en/orde...offee-capsules My favourite combination is Maple Pecan over ice (ice cubes made with coffee). I add Kirkland Organic Maple Syrup to it, along with evaporated milk. https://www.nespresso.com/ca/en/orde...E&gclsrc=aw.ds Sometimes I use crushed ice and shake the coffee with this...... https://savinowine.com/products/shaker33 But all that takes time. The whole idea of the Nespresso system is to have coffee done in less than a minute or two. No mess, no fuss, done. I am now contemplating getting an Original Line machine. Totally different process of brewing from Vertuo Line. Will wait till Black Friday before I decide weather to dive into that part of the Nespresso world. More pod choices along with third party options has my interest piqued. Thread Title: Coffee - how do you drink it and why? nuff said. |
soooo do you guys with these coffee machines actually DESCALE it? or just run water through it like me? My new miele machine asked me to descale it and I just laughed in its face and fed it water. I don't get why I would need to push through such heavy chemicals when our water is pretty soft in BC. |
In my years of experience, you don't need to descale it in Vancouver. If this were Alberta or Ontario, that's a different story. |
Out of my tap at home my water is 15ppm which is virtually unheard of in large cities. Absolutely no reason to descale My machine does require cleaning probably 4 times a year however with those pucks you stick in the group head |
I still recommend running a cleaning solution through your machine (if that is possible) because coffee oils etc. tend to really impact the quality of flavour. I do a back flush on my machine once a week. But descaling in Vancouver? Biggest scam ever. :fuckthatshit: |
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Contact their support. They could be very generous and send you a replacement. |
Descale. Our water is good, but it’s easy, do t have to do very often and the real reason you’ll kill your machine. |
I've had my Nespresso for two years and never got the descale warning. so, I decided to do it two days ago. Big mistake. Machine kind of did the funky chicken and got stuck in descale mode. After multiple attempts and calling technical support, I went on Reddit and tried some of their suggestions. I finally tricked the machine into brewing again by cutting off the foil cover of a used pod. The machine reads the bar code on whatever pod you put in. Every variety of pod has a unique bar code on the edge. I made sure all coffee was emptied and clean. I put the empty pod in and machine did what it was supposed to do. I now have a dummy pod to use to clear the system once in a while. After all that, I found out there is a method that just flushes the system. I always use bottled water (large jugs from Costco and 4 tire jugs from PC). That's probably why I never got the descale idiot light. Spring water, not distilled. Distilled water is crappy. I only use that shit on my vinyl record cleaners. Anyway............... coffee does taste better now. Don't think it was the descaling, but rather the flushing of the system. |
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It's nothing crazy by any means, but since it's noticeable I do think there's some merit in descaling it every year or two? Just not the scheduled 3 months that some manufacturers recommend. |
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For a kettle, you can try to find some citric acid from your local grocery store (find it in the spice or ethnic foods aisles - brand should not matter.) Sprinkle maybe a teaspoon or two in there, and fill your kettle. Boil it a few times, and dump out the water, then boil a new fresh pot, dump, inspect, and you are good to go. For tough limescale build up, you may have to do it 2 - 4 times. For the machines like a Nespresso or Keurig, I'd say once or twice a year is fine. If you read the label of the descaler, it normally is just a concentrate of citric acid and water. I don't own one myself, so I'm not familiar with the cleaning regimen other than the time I had to "descale" the one my brother had at my parents house, and like Badhobz, I just pressed the button and told it to STFU. It backfired because it got stuck on descale. :fuckthatshit: For those of you who have a semi-automatic machine, run your Cafiza or equivalent cleaners regularly. You "could" descale it, but I don't feel it's warranted in Vancouver. Just remember that descaling and running a cleaning agent through your machines are two different things. I am out of the loop for Nespressos and Keurigs as I don't own one, but if that is the only way to "clean" the machine, I would run it more regularly or as recommended. |
The easiest thing to do in the Nespresso is to fill the reservoir with some descaling agent (whether homemade or commercial) and then run the self-clean cycle (usually 3 pushes of the brew button). Run 1-2 times and then flush by running regular water through for 1-2 cycles. |
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I think I’ll be getting coffee beans and grinding it myself from now on………… https://www.foodandwine.com/cockroac...E2%80%936%2525. Mind you everything we eat that’s processed has bugs in it. Peanut butter for example. I won’t go into details. So much protein. It may be organic, but not vegan, jbol. |
Bought a reusable nespresso pod + silicone lid from AliExpress. It works surprisingly well. Used some Peats pre-ground coffee from Costco that I'm trying to burn through. Crema was thick and taste was smooth and not over-extracted. Tasted like good diner coffee. For whole beans, I'd dial the grind a bit on the coarser side because there's pinholes where the coffee comes out - the grind you'd use for a typical pour-over should be good enough. https://i.imgur.com/pcd4Ox5.png Whole setup was like $10. The pod itself and the silicone lid are sold separately. You can use foil stickers for the top but that defeats the purpose of a reusable pod. Pretty convenient when I don't have time to dig out the Aeropress or wait for the Vietnamese coffee phin to drip. |
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