Anyone drink POD coffee?

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Also, how is the coffee?

I had some at my friend's home in Manhattan from her Nespresso that
looked like a penguin. It was unreservedly wonderful. I liked the
gold colored ones the best.

Tony Ross said:

Anyone have experience with pod coffee makers such as Sensio? If so,
which makes are consider good and which you one stay away from? Do any
use more than one type of pod (several brand names?).

Also, how is the coffee?

Thanks,
Tony

We have a Melitta pod coffee maker. We've used Melitta java-pods and
Juan Veldez coffee pods as well as regular tea bags. No problems with
either brand.

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Quoted message said:

Anyone have experience with pod coffee makers such as Sensio? If so,
which makes are consider good and which you one stay away from? Do any
use more than one type of pod (several brand names?).

Also, how is the coffee?

I have used the Senseo for about a year and am quite happy
with it, very fresh coffee in a minute or so. The Senseo branded
pods from Douwe Egberts offer a tasty variety of blends and
a lot of convenience, and to branch out from there you can go
to www.podhead.com which has an extensive list of single bean
and blend coffees that work beautifully. I think the biggest plus to
the Senseo is that, although you probably can get a tastier cup
by grinding (or roasting and grinding) your own coffee freshly
each time you want some, the convenience factor and the fact
that the coffee doesn't sit around becoming vile weigh quite a
bit in favor of using the pod makers.

pavane

Slightly OT, but I just got a Aeropress coffeemaker for my birthday. It
operates on a similar idea as the "pod" but uses regular coffee. In short,
you load the coffee in the press and force hot water through the grounds.
It is a little like a French press, but water only stays in contact with
the grounds for a short time leaving less bitterness and almost no residual
grounds in the cup.

I only mention this because: (1) it's a new toy and I like it, (2) when you
clean the grounds, they look like a pod, and (3) it is excellent for making
single cups of coffee.

Lastly, I used an restaurant grade pod machine in two establishments I
worked in - one fine-dining, one chain apple-friday-outback place. The
machines made nice coffee when well maintained, crappy coffee if proper
attention was not paid to the water going into it, and the pods were really
a rip-off. As bar manager, I had to inventory the little pods because the
employees like to use them for making quadruple espressos for themselves.
At the time, the pods cost the company 60 cents a piece and we finally had
to lock the boxes up to at least break even.

Here's a picture: http://aerobie.com/Products/aeropress.htm

On the downside, most of it is made of plastic - hardly something you want
to whip out for fancy dinners. It seems durable enough, but we'll see.

pgluth1 wrote on 14 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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Slightly OT, but I just got a Aeropress coffeemaker for my birthday.
It operates on a similar idea as the "pod" but uses regular coffee. In
short, you load the coffee in the press and force hot water through
the grounds. It is a little like a French press, but water only stays
in contact with the grounds for a short time leaving less bitterness
and almost no residual grounds in the cup.

I only mention this because: (1) it's a new toy and I like it, (2)
when you clean the grounds, they look like a pod, and (3) it is
excellent for making single cups of coffee.

Lastly, I used an restaurant grade pod machine in two establishments I
worked in - one fine-dining, one chain apple-friday-outback place. The
machines made nice coffee when well maintained, crappy coffee if
proper attention was not paid to the water going into it, and the pods
were really a rip-off. As bar manager, I had to inventory the little
pods because the employees like to use them for making quadruple
espressos for themselves. At the time, the pods cost the company 60
cents a piece and we finally had to lock the boxes up to at least
break even.

Here's a picture: http://aerobie.com/Products/aeropress.htm

On the downside, most of it is made of plastic - hardly something you
want to whip out for fancy dinners. It seems durable enough, but we'll
see.

To me a 'Pod' coffee maker is an example of brillant market
positioning...Sell the maker that uses your coffee...gets the consumer
hooked...Something like adding additional blades to a razor. If you know
how to make coffee the way you like, you don't need it.

--
-Alan

I use a single-cup drip type coffee maker. So far I'm not convinced the pods
would be good for me because 1) the pod-maker must use a one-taste- fits-
all measure, and 2) how much faster can it be?--two seconds, if that? 3)
cost.

Lefty
--
Life is for learning

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Quoted message said:

Anyone have experience with pod coffee makers such as Sensio? If so,
which makes are consider good and which you one stay away from? Do any
use more than one type of pod (several brand names?).

Also, how is the coffee?

Thanks,
Tony