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Favorite Coffee Machine?

Peter Arnold said:
Now translate that into:

The RED is a smart machine but I never liked the idea of only having one camera supplier.
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More accurately:

The RED is a smart machine but I never liked the idea of only having one lens supplier.

Which is not the case with RED. Nespresso machine require the matching "pods" which both carry a premium over the same coffee in bulk bags and also lock you out of any coffees not available in Nespresso form.
 
Cail Young said:
More accurately:

The RED is a smart machine but I never liked the idea of only having one lens supplier.

Which is not the case with RED. Nespresso machine require the matching "pods" which both carry a premium over the same coffee in bulk bags and also lock you out of any coffees not available in Nespresso form.
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Not to mention that they're only available at select locations, right? I'm not a pod-cafe enthusiast by any stretch, but what really turned me off was the notion of having to order online or hit up a very specific store (even in NYC!) to get refills...sometimes you have to make due with a trip to the corner bodega (cafe bustelo ain't the best, but it'll get you through a few otherwise hectic days)...
 
The Keurig coffee machines have a filter basket that you can use in place of pods. Is there no such option for the Nespresso?
 
Scott Crawley said:
The Keurig coffee machines have a filter basket that you can use in place of pods. Is there no such option for the Nespresso?
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Possibly, the last one I saw has this puncture mechanism built into the pod holder which would seem to interfere with that.
 
Had a Cuisinart Grind & Brew... loved the coffee, but absolutely hated cleaning the thing, which was a daily necessity. Now hooked on the Keurig machines using the K-Cups.
My wife has it all dialed in with Amazon so a big box of K-Cups shows up every three weeks..

Makes a perfect cup every time.
 
I don't know Noah, they're pretty popular. I'm just a little snobbish about it, and we're trying to be greener too. I shudder to think about the amount of rubbish those things are creating.
 
So we ended up getting a Nespresso Latissima. It actually took me a bit longer to figure out than the RED One.

Controls are much simpler but a bit less intuitive especially as there's no on board monitor or rear panel display. Startup time rocks- less than 90 seconds from a cold boot to cup of coffee. The pod capsule media is a bit pricey but cheaper in the long run compared to say Starbucks. I hear rumors that Canon is working on a much cheaper version that does much the same as the Latissima but I'll believe that when I see it. Until then, stop by for a cup.

Noah
 
Noah Kadner said:
I hear rumors that Canon is working on a much cheaper version that does much the same as the Latissima but I'll believe that when I see it.
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From what I hear, the Canon espresso models use 1/3 the coffee and just raise the water pressure by 3 times to get the same throughput. Apparently it's meant to taste the same but I doubt it.
 
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