Rp
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
After reading a lot of reviews on a different options, I chose this one to try because i wanted all stainless steel - I didn’t want the ones that glue down as I didn’t know what was in the glue. It worked perfectly. I have coffee from my family’s plantation that I never use because I never take the time to prep it. This enabled me to use it in my Nespresso without issue. It took 3 seconds to load the coffee. It might have been slightly milder in flavor, but not enough to bother me (and I like my coffee strong) and gives me so many more options to the nespresso flavors I was growing tired of. I’m buying a second backup, even though this is very easy to clean too. The trick that I got from someone else’s post is to pack the coffee tightly, but leave a little room on top to create pressure from the machine.
newtothegenre
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025
Works great. After a few tries I quickly got it down and it makes a great espresso for my morning latte. I love the savings in cost and waste.
Jason Ross
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
Makes wonderful espresso.
Luigi Bonizzato
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
Difficult to use
AZ Reader
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2023
Mine accepts the half-dome podds and this one is flat on the bottom. Nicely made and I'm sure it works for other Nespresso, but not my version. Bummer
Long Long Honeymoon
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022
Overall I like this product -- it delivers what it promises. You want to use your own coffee with a refillable pod? This works quite well overall. I'm using it with a Pixie Nespresso machine.Stainless steel construction is very good. It's nice that they include a tamp, scoop, cleaning brush etc.The fit in the machine can be a little fussy.Quality of espresso produced is fine. I found it works better with either a very light tamp or no tamp at all. If you pack too much coffee into the pod, you'll barely get any espresso in the extraction.I think that one is not enough. I have purchased two and that seem sufficient.Cleanup is kind of a drag. The coffee is packed into the pod so tightly, you can't knock it into a grounds bin. So you need to scoop it out, then rinse the pod. Overall it's a messy process that takes a little time.I tend to agree with the sentiment that using these pods alters the Nespresso experience. Basically it goes from being a purely automatic experience to a somewhat manual experience. I like the idea of the reusable pods, just know that they do take some time to fill and clean. And if you are investing the time doing these tasks, you might as well get a more manual machine. I also have a Rancilio Silvia for that full manual process and that's what I use more frequently.Anyway, these work pretty well and I would recommend giving them a try.
HoustonShopGirlKC
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
UPDATE: I finally found a product that works with this. You have to use espresso blend. It fine enough to work with this. However, after finally getting it to produce coffee, the Nespresso machine broke internally after a third use. I don’t know what caused it but it just popped inside and wouldn’t drop the pod.Tried multiple different espressos and coffees but it just wouldn’t work for us. :(