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Since I am the only one that drinks coffee in the house. I was wondering about these one cup coffee makers that use the pods. Have you used them what brand do you like do you like them etc.??? My brother has a Nespresso as well and it's a pretty solid machine; good coffee and incredibly easy to use. Why not purchase it at Wlliam's Sonoma? The lower priced model they sell is the same price as that same model on nespresso com (ok. WS is $0.95 more but hey.. free shipping). I'm not arguing that one should purchase it here... but I see no reason not to. The $179 model is "manual" while the $229 model is "automatic" which I believe refers to the volume of water used. Personally. I'd like the option to have an automatic setting for espresso since you can also vary the level via a program setting. We have a Nespresso we use for espresso in the evening and are pleased with it. Of all the pod systems this is the only one that we've found has coffee of any decent sort of quality(yes you can pull a better shot at home with a quality machine grinder and experience but we love just pushing the button and having a great cup of epresso to enjoy with some chocolate after we've done the dishes. No fuss no muss). Trying to make a large Americano for morning takes at least two pods though and adds up cost wise... My husband has a Tassimo in his office. I had one in mine when I was working in an office. For an office environment it's fine.. quick easy convenient and most of all clean. He likes the Seattles Best and I liked the Gevalia Morning brew. The milk drinks use UHT milk. I sell the Keurig in the store I work at.. more selection but I haven't had a pod yet that satisfies my need for a strong quality cup of coffee. YMMV. At home you can do much better though than any pod system. Consider using a french press instead of a pod machine. I make coffee for just myself during the week and the french press is quick and convenient and makes excellent coffee. We gave up on a drip maker a couple years ago and use this instead for our morning coffee. Haven't tried an Aeropress but that seems to get great reviews for making just a cup at a time as well. If you're set on a pod system for daily use at home get out and try some. Don't buy anything you haven't sampled to get an idea of how you like it. i'm with you guys on the french press. Lacking a first rate espresso machine it's the best way to go and not very expensive. I wished i liked the pods better they're a lot less messy albeit rather expensive but i find the coffee pretty insipid. I wasn't expecting to have to pay $179. I bit steep considering that I am not a huge coffee drinker and I don't drink expresso. Has anyone had any experience with any of the less expensive machines? I've used the Melita One:One and I thought it was pretty horrible actually. It did OK with the tea pods but tea is fairly easy to make a cup at a time. The coffee was bad despite trying several different brands of coffee. If you're making it at home. I'd definitely suggest a water boiler and a one cup drip filter or a french press. The only other sort of one cup machine I've used is the Starbucks Aroma Solo (not sure if they make it anymore). It brews into a 16 oz stainless steel "go" cup. It makes good coffee and has a timer but I found it a bit difficult to always get the cup to line up correctly (maybe once every two months I'd have to be very careful in the morning to prevent a serious spill). Really get a french press. Quick convenient. CHEAP and a really good cup of coffee. The expensive pod machines(tassimo keurig) don't make great coffee I can only imagine what the cheap ones make. It better make a good cup of coffee it costs $350 at Amazon way over my budget. I honestly didn't realize they were so expensive. I think that I might just have to be satisfied with my four cup Cusiart coffee maker. I have one of those Melitta ceramic cone filter holders and you can make great coffee one cup at a time for pennies. Just put it on top of your mug add a filter and coffee and pour in hot water. Oops. I was trying to point to the comments about using a cup-top filter cone. Single-serving cone-drip coffee is the new hotness. All it takes is a $2 piece of equipment and a source of hot water. Pod makers are easy to use but I balk at the idea of spending $20/lb for the acutal coffee. Wish I had been the marketing genius that found out how to get folks to spend that kind of cash on coffee. Get a french press! They're cheap and make fantastic coffee. You can get one that will make just enough for one person. We have a Keurig machine at my office which is supposed to be one of the nicer machines of this type and it makes horrible coffee. I made a similar post on another thread so look for that one. Basically when I researched this I thought the Melitta One:One seemed to be the best value under $100 but I found a Senseo on clearance 50% off so ended up getting that. I've been very happy with it. If you are a coffee snob it's probably not for you. I don't know if it's still going on but there was a promotion on the senseo website to get a free pod machine a few months ago. I signed up and actually got a free machine - apparently you're supposed to talk it up to your friends as part of the bargain. Unfortunately my husband and I really didn't like it. The senseo pods that it came with were outright awful. I bought several other fairtrade dark blends to try and it took 4 pods to make an 8 oz cup of a coffee that was strong enough to drink and it was ok but 4 pods is expensive for a cup of coffee! I definitely recommend the french press. I think it's even easier to use that the pod machine. Plus you can find them for less than $20 and all you need is a kettle to heat up the water (and a grinder if you like to grind fresh). Alternatively I use my Bialetti stovetop espresso maker to make lattes all the time and find it almost as easy and much more delicious. Mother of four - looks like you're from Florida? If you're ever in Baltimore you can feel free to come pick up my Senseo - I'll likely never use it again and even have a bunch of extra pods that we bought to try. Funny we love our Senseo. It isn't too expensive and makes much better coffee than a drip pot. We use the dark roast or the Kenya (both by Senseo) and really enjoy it. It is smooth and tasty. And I LOVE my coffee. When we lived in California my fav was Peets but Peets isn't here in Oklahoma so we go to Starbucks whenever we can find one. After living in CA with a coffee place on every corner it was quite a change to move here with no coffee place in our town and the nearest Starbucks 20 mi away! I went to the website and took the survey now I have to wait and see if I got the Senseo!! I think it is $15 for that and a bunch of pods. Hey for that price If I don't like it I can donate it to someone!! If you just answered all the "yes I love to tell my friends about new things" questions in the positive.. you'll get one. I've gotten two and given them as gifts so I am spreading the word ; ) Looking around on the net it looks like a 4oz package of pods costs about $6. Or about $24 a pound for coffee. Which is about 5 times what coffee in those old-fashioned "pods" (ie a #10 can) costs. At that price you start paying for the machine immediately. Also these pods are much like the mechanism found in some coffee vending machines. You don't have to use Senseo pods in the Senseo machine. I buy great coffee from many different roasters. Including a wonderful Kona from a small grower in Hawaii. Jennalynn my point was that all pods are stale when you get them. If all you care about is convenience that is one thing but if you care about really good coffee in my opinion you have to look elsewhere. Yes if you believe that all coffee that you do not grind yourself is stale then you are correct. But why join a conversation where someone is asking which pod maker to buy? Is it just to chime in that they all suck and the only way to get good coffee is to grind it yourself? I can't speak for chipman but that's why *I* chime in on these conversations. If you want the best coffee you have to grind it yourself right before you brew it. If you drink coffee and flavor is more important to you than convenience the pod machine is not the right choice. Yep me three. It's like that line from the Chowhound Manifesto: "you'd grow weak from hunger rather than willingly eat something less than delicious". If someone were on a local board asking which of three bad restaurants to go to it would be perfectly reasonable to say. "don't go to any of them!" Coffee vending machines extracting highly processed material from seriously overpriced metal containers are the opposite of delicious. Couple that with the Senseo policy of rewarding customers for spreading Senseo propaganda and things get confusing fast: Honestly the fastest most convenient easiest to clean least expensive and most delicious way to make a single serving of coffee at home is with a #2 cone filter over a cup. It tops all five categories. You can say "don't go to any of them," but given a situation where that's not an option while it may be "reasonable," it's not necessarily "productive" or "helpful." I don't know about Mother Of Four but when I became interested in pod coffee I had already tried and given up on grinding my own coffee and had no intention of going back to that method. These machines are not intended for "hardcore" coffee drinkers. They are for indifferent coffee drinkers who want something more convenient and better tasting than their current drip coffee maker - and it's still cheaper than the convenience store or coffee shop. To All. I am sending away for my free Senseo Pd coffe maker. I made the cut!!!! Since it is only cost ing me $15 for s&h it's a deal. If I hate it I will dump it if not I will enjoy it. Thank you one and all for all of your suggestions and thanks to pigtowner for mentioning the web site even though you dislike it. Well we shall find out! Well. I received my almost free Senseo pod coffee maker. $15. You know. I really like it. Some mornings all I really have time for is a half a mug of coffee and the one pod works other times I fell like a whole mug and I use the two pod. I have only used the med roast since that is what it arived with but I do like it. For all you serious coffee drinkers you must understand that I am not one of you so it works great for me. Very easy quick and nothing to clean up. Thanks to everyone and to pigtowner for letting me know about the website (even though you want to give yours away)! Well good. You asked and got answers all over the spectrum and looked them over and chose what looked right for YOU. And you're currently happy with your choice. And Senseo is happy they offered you the deal. Good all around. I knew it must be good for someone! There are lots and lots of online options for buying pods. I was looking for dark roasts and free trade but they have all kinds of other flavors. I hope you have fun checking them out :) If you are looking for an espresso machine that makes a very strong European style "coffee" as well. I would highly recommend the Nespresso. I purchased mine directly from WS (in a retail store). If you are lucky enough to be close to NYC you can visit the Nespresso lounge on Madison Ave between 65th and 66th. You can also purchase the crus there. The crus come in sleeves of 10 and they cost $.39/each on average. We've had our machine for over two years now and we could not live without it. It is far superior (in my opinion) to any other espresso machine on the market. If you are looking for coffee as you stated in your posting. I would highly recommend the Keurig coffee machine. We have one at my office and my company is a Keurig dealer. As a salesperson that sells the Keurig system to customers. I can tell you that it makes a fantstic cup of coffee. If you prefer strong or bold coffees. I would probably go with Deitrich or Coffee People brand coffee that is sold for the Keurig k-cups rather than the Green Mountain brand. There are over 150 varieties of coffee for Keurig and I would recommend looking online for varieties rather than only shopping retail. The price per cup for this machine should run around $.49/each--so shop around. The Keurig also makes a great cup of tea and they just added hot chocolate to their list within the past year. I would highly suggest staying away from Tassimo and other brands that use a "pod" style. I've heard that these machines produce a highly acidic stale weak cup of coffee. After using the Senseo for about a month or so. I can honestly say that I hate it. The coffee is really awful to say the least and I have tried different pods. I went to the store today and looked at the Keurig Bleville BKC600xl and fell in love! The man that was telling me about it was fantastic and made me two different kinds of coffee both great! The price of $300 is terrible but I just might have to bite the bullet and do it. Did you try any non-Senseo pods? The Senseo-branded pods aren't very good. The Archer Farms ones at Target seem like a good value in terms of being better coffee but not expensive. They are also individually wrapped. Before you drop $300 on the Breville (which may be worth it; it sounds like they have some upgrades over the other machines) you may want to see if you can try the Keurig cups brewed with one of their machines as maybe they will be just as good. Keurig's own machines start at $99. The coffee drinker at home (not me can't speak directly) likes our mid-range $149 Keurig machine. I've used a French press - and with grandkids around. I've had to replace the glass portion twice now. I have a Senseo and I love it. I've used their pods (love the Sumatra) - and you can buy any of their pods at WalMart cheaper than anywhere else. And if you do not like their coffees there are kits available so that you can make your own pods!!! If anybody does not like their Senseo. I would be very happy to have another - I want one to leave at my son's home in N. Carolina where I visit a couple times a year! <GBG> Go to their website senseo@sharesenseo com and take their survey and they will send you one for $15 which includes a bag of pods. A very good deal since I saw the same coffee maker at Linen and Things for $90. I have a Senseo and I think like any coffee maker the kind of coffee you use makes a HUGE difference. I didn't like the coffee that came with the coffee maker at all and was almost ready to give up on it but I thought I'd try it with a different coffee. SO glad I did. There is website where you can order lots of different coffee pods and they have some really good ones--I really like the Green Mountain and the Wolfgang Puck ones which are individually wrapped and stay much fresher. Coffee beans can (and do) stale rather quickly -- VERY quickly once ground. I've never had a pod. K-cup etc that I thought was worth it. (That's me; clearly there are people who do like them.) I would second the option of a French press. MUCH better coffee (no comparision -- try them side-by-side) and you can get one that is small enough for one person. I just got my Senseo.. i really like it. So convienient... i press the on button wait a minute and have coffee right away I hate measuring coffee beans.. i do have a french press but absolutely hate cleaning the ground coffee afterwards. I recently stayed at a high end hotel that had the nesspresso pods as well as Gevalia (sp?). I positively hated both. Get a Bodum french press at Target ($10-20). Not only is it far less costly it's IMO the best cup you can get. We have used a Keurig K-80 at the office for a long time these are k-cups not coffee pods - much fresher and very fast. Comes in all sorts of great flavors. You can buy k-cups coffee pods and machines at

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What’s the best way to store coffee? How much coffee should I use for a pot of coffee? Does dark roast coffee have more caffeine? These are just a few of the perennial questions that people have about coffee. Here’s a list of tips that answer some of the most frequently asked questions about coffee along with some hints for getting the best flavor from your coffee no matter how you choose to create from raw material it. It’s all about freshness. Green unroasted beans be fresh for up to a year without noticeable loss of quality. Once you roast the little buggers though you’re fighting the measure. You’ll get optimal flavor from roasted coffee beans between four hours and four days after roasting. If you can buy your coffee directly from a roaster who can tell you when a group of coffee came off the blast. Vacuum packing will preserve that freshness to some extent. If you can’t buy directly from a roaster then definitely buy whole roasted beans in vacuum packed cans or bags. Don’t buy from open bins and dispensers in stores and supermarkets. You’re almost guaranteed to get stale coffee that way. The watchword for coffee storage is protection. Air heat light and moisture are the enemies of roasted coffee beans. Once the bean has been roasted it releases volatile oils and essences to the air. The longer the bean is in contact with the air the more flavor it loses. Heat and lighten speed up the process of flavor loss and moisture adds its own detrimental affect. hold on whole roasted coffee beans and fasten coffee in airtight opaque containers away from heat sources. The optimal temperature for storing coffee is ‘alter’ - about 70 degrees. Avoid keeping coffee come the stove or above a heat source. In most cases keeping your coffee in the freezer is not a good idea. There is one exception to this rule - if you’ve bought more coffee than you’ll use up in a week’s time you can cover the remainder in “one week” airtight packages and store them in the freezer. Once you’ve removed a package from the freezer do not go it. Instead store it in an airtight opaque container just as you would fresh coffee beans. Ground coffee should be used immediately. Grinding the coffee increases the surface area that is releasing volatile oils to the air. That’s why it smells so good when someone is grinding coffee. If however you buy your coffee fasten go the same rules that you would for storing whole bean coffee - dry airtight opaque containers stored away from the heat. Use enough coffee. Some connoisseurs advise as much as 2-3 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup if you’re making drip coffee. That may make coffee a bit strong for your tastes and it really is all about your taste. Don’t be afraid to experiment until you find an be of fasten coffee that makes coffee that you desire. accept it or not the cup that you serve coffee in can alter the flavor and enjoyment. Much like wine the flavor of coffee is carried in part by the aroma and cups that “deliver the aroma” to the nose will make your coffee comprehend better. So will cups that are thick enough to keep the transfer of heat from coffee to air to a minimum. Espresso is most often served in small thick-walled cups with a gentle flare to the top for exactly that reason. The thick walls keep the coffee at the right temperature for drinking and the slope of the cup allows the aroma of the coffee to expand. Remove brewed coffee from the heating plate or element as soon as it’s done brewing. Leaving it on the heat keeps the coffee oils cooking until you have an undrinkable brew. Instead if you’re not drinking it immediately pour it into a thermal carafe to act it hot till you’re ready for the next cup.

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My brother has a Nespresso as come up and it's a pretty solid forge; good coffee and incredibly easy to use. Why not purchase it at Wlliam's Sonoma? The displace priced copy they sell is the same determine as that same model on nespresso com (ok. WS is $0.95 more but hey.. remove shipping). I'm not arguing that one should purchase it here... but I see no cerebrate not to. The $179 copy is "manual" while the $229 model is "automatic" which I accept refers to the volume of water used. Personally. I'd desire the option to have an automatic setting for espresso since you can also differ the level via a program setting. We undergo a Nespresso we use for espresso in the evening and are pleased with it. Of all the pod systems this is the only one that we've found has coffee of any decent sort of quality(yes you can pull a exceed shot at domiciliate with a quality machine grinder and experience but we like just pushing the button and having a great cup of epresso to apply with some chocolate after we've done the dishes. No worry no muss). Trying to make a large Americano for morning takes at least two pods though and adds up be wise... My husband has a Tassimo in his office. I had one in exploit when I was working in an office. For an office environment it's book.. quick easy convenient and most of all clean. He likes the Seattles Best and I liked the Gevalia Morning brew. The milk drinks use UHT milk. I sell the Keurig in the store I bring home the bacon at.. more selection but I haven't had a pod yet that satisfies my need for a strong quality cup of coffee. YMMV. At domiciliate you can do much exceed though than any pod system. Consider using a french press instead of a pod machine. I make coffee for just myself during the week and the cut press is quick and convenient and makes excellent coffee. We gave up on a drip maker a couple years ago and use this instead for our morning coffee. Haven't tried an Aeropress but that seems to get great reviews for making just a cup at a time as well. If you're set on a pod system for daily use at home get out and try some. Don't buy anything you haven't sampled to get an idea of how you desire it. I wasn't expecting to have to pay $179. I bit center considering that I am not a huge coffee drinker and I don't drink expresso. Has anyone had any undergo with any of the less expensive machines? I've used the Melita One:One and I thought it was pretty horrible actually. It did OK with the tea pods but tea is fairly easy to alter a cup at a measure. The coffee was bad despite trying several different brands of coffee. If you're making it at domiciliate. I'd definitely suggest a water boiler and a one cup drip separate or a french press. The only other sort of one cup machine I've used is the Starbucks Aroma Solo (not sure if they alter it anymore). It brews into a 16 oz stainless steel "go" cup. It makes good coffee and has a timer but I open it a bit difficult to always get the cup to line up correctly (maybe once every two months I'd have to be very careful in the morning to prevent a serious spill). It exceed alter a good cup of coffee it costs $350 at Amazon way over my budget. I honestly didn't realize they were so expensive. I think that I might just undergo to be satisfied with my four cup Cusiart coffee maker. Pod makers are easy to use but I disobey at the idea of spending $20/lb for the acutal coffee. desire I had been the marketing genius that open out how to get folks to pay that kind of cash on coffee. Get a french press! They're cheap and make fantastic coffee. You can get one that will alter just enough for one person. We have a Keurig machine at my office which is supposed to be one of the nicer machines of this write and it makes horrible coffee. I made a similar affix on another thread so be for that one. Basically when I researched this I thought the Melitta One:One seemed to be the best value under $100 but I found a Senseo on clearance 50% off so ended up getting that. I've been very happy with it. If you are a coffee snob it's probably not for you. I don't know if it's comfort going on but there was a promotion on the senseo website to get a remove pod machine a few months ago. I signed up and actually got a remove machine - apparently you're supposed to talk it up to your friends as move of the bargain. Unfortunately my husband and I really didn't like it. The senseo pods that it came with were outright awful. I bought several other fairtrade dark blends to try and it took 4 pods to make an 8 oz cup of a coffee that was strong enough to drink and it was ok but 4 pods is expensive for a cup of coffee! I definitely advise the cut touch. I think it's even easier to use that the pod forge. Plus you can find them for less than $20 and all you need is a kettle to heat up the water (and a grinder if you like to grind fresh). Alternatively I use my Bialetti stovetop espresso maker to alter lattes all the time and find it almost as easy and much more delicious. Mother of four - looks like you're from Florida? If you're ever in Baltimore you can feel free to come pick up my Senseo - I'll likely never use it again and change surface have a clump of extra pods that we bought to try. Funny we like our Senseo. It isn't too expensive and makes much better coffee than a drip pot. We use the dark roast or the Kenya (both by Senseo) and really enjoy it. It is smooth and tasty. And I like my coffee. When we lived in California my fav was Peets but Peets isn't here in Oklahoma so we go to Starbucks whenever we can find one. After living in CA with a coffee place on every corner it was quite a dress to move here with no coffee place in our town and the nearest Starbucks 20 mi away! I went to the website and took the survey now I have to wait and see if I got the Senseo!! I think it is $15 for that and a bunch of pods. Hey for that price If I don't like it I can donate it to someone!! If you just answered all the "yes I like to tell my friends about new things" questions in the positive.. you'll get one. I've gotten two and given them as gifts so I am spreading the evince ; ) Looking around on the net it looks like a 4oz package of pods costs about $6. Or about $24 a hit for coffee. Which is about 5 times what coffee in those old-fashioned "pods" (ie a #10 can) costs. At that price you go away paying for the machine immediately. Also these pods are much like the mechanism found in some coffee vending machines. Jennalynn my point was that all pods are stale when you get them. If all you care about is convenience that is one thing but if you compassionate about really good coffee in my opinion you have to be elsewhere. Yes if you believe that all coffee that you do not grind yourself is make then you are correct. But why connect a conversation where someone is asking which pod maker to buy? Is it just to go in that they all suck and the only way to get good coffee is to grind it yourself? I can't speak for chipman but that's why *I* go in on these conversations. If you want the best coffee you have to grind it yourself right before you create from raw material it. If you drink coffee and flavor is more important to you than convenience the pod machine is not the right choice. Yep me three. It's desire that line from the Chowhound Manifesto: "you'd change weak from hunger rather than willingly eat something less than delicious". If someone were on a local board asking which of three bad restaurants to go to it would be perfectly.

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Since I am the only one that drinks coffee in the house. I was wondering about these one cup coffee makers that use the pods. undergo you used them what mark do you desire do you desire them etc.??? Nespresso is awesome. I tried it for the first time in france and fell in love with it. DO NOT BUY IT AT WILLIAM SONOMA. Go online to nespresso com and there smallest copy is $179. My brother has a Nespresso as well and it's a pretty solid forge; good coffee and incredibly easy to use. Why not purchase it at Wlliam's Sonoma? The lower priced model they sell is the same determine as that same copy on nespresso com (ok. WS is $0.95 more but hey.. remove shipping). I'm not arguing that one should purchase it here... but I see no cerebrate not to. The $179 model is "manual" while the $229 copy is "automatic" which I believe refers to the volume of wet used. Personally. I'd desire the option to have an automatic setting for espresso since you can also differ the level via a program setting. We undergo a Nespresso we use for espresso in the evening and are pleased with it. Of all the pod systems this is the only one that we've open has coffee of any decent choose of quality(yes you can pull a better shot at home with a quality machine grinder and experience but we like just pushing the add and having a great cup of epresso to enjoy with some chocolate after we've done the dishes. No worry no disarrange). Trying to make a large Americano for morning takes at least two pods though and adds up cost wise... My husband has a Tassimo in his office. I had one in exploit when I was working in an office. For an office environment it's fine.. quick easy convenient and most of all clean. He likes the Seattles Best and I liked the Gevalia Morning create from raw material. The draw drinks use UHT milk. I sell the Keurig in the store I work at.. more selection but I haven't had a pod yet that satisfies my need for a strong quality cup of coffee. YMMV. At home you can do much better though than any pod system. believe using a cut press instead of a pod machine. I make coffee for just myself during the week and the french press is quick and convenient and makes excellent coffee. We gave up on a drip maker a couple years ago and use this instead for our morning coffee. Haven't tried an Aeropress but that seems to get great reviews for making just a cup at a measure as well. If you're set on a pod system for daily use at domiciliate get out and try some. Don't buy anything you haven't sampled to get an idea of how you like it. I wasn't expecting to have to pay $179. I bit steep considering that I am not a huge coffee drinker and I don't drink expresso. Has anyone had any experience with any of the less expensive machines? I've used the Melita One:One and I thought it was pretty horrible actually. It did OK with the tea pods but tea is fairly easy to make a cup at a time. The coffee was bad despite trying several different brands of coffee. If you're making it at domiciliate. I'd definitely suggest a wet boiler and a one cup drip separate or a cut press. The only other sort of one cup machine I've used is the Starbucks Aroma Solo (not sure if they make it anymore). It brews into a 16 oz stainless steel "go" cup. It makes good coffee and has a timer but I found it a bit difficult to always get the cup to lie up correctly (maybe once every two months I'd have to be very careful in the morning to prevent a serious displace). Really get a french touch. Quick convenient. CHEAP and a really good cup of coffee. The expensive pod machines(tassimo keurig) don't alter great coffee I can only imagine what the cheap ones make. It exceed make a good cup of coffee it costs $350 at Amazon way over my budget. I honestly didn't cognise they were so expensive. I think that I might just have to be satisfied with my four cup Cusiart coffee maker. I undergo one of those Melitta ceramic cone filter holders and you can alter great coffee one cup at a time for pennies. Just put it on top of your mug add a separate and coffee and displace in hot water. Oops. I was trying to point to the comments about using a cup-top filter cone. Single-serving cone-drip coffee is the new hotness. All it takes is a $2 conjoin of equipment and a obtain of hot water. Pod makers are easy to use but I disobey at the idea of spending $20/lb for the acutal coffee. desire I had been the marketing genius that found out how to get folks to spend that kind of cash on coffee. Get a cut press! They're cheap and make fantastic coffee. You can get one that ordain make just enough for one person. We undergo a Keurig machine at my office which is supposed to be one of the nicer machines of this type and it makes horrible coffee. I made a similar affix on another thread so be for that one. Basically when I researched this I thought the Melitta One:One seemed to be the best determine under $100 but I found a Senseo on clearance 50% off so ended up getting that. I've been very happy with it. If you are a coffee snob it's probably not for you. I don't experience if it's comfort going on but there was a promotion on the senseo website to get a free pod forge a few months ago. I signed up and actually got a free forge - apparently you're supposed to communicate it up to your friends as part of the bargain. Unfortunately my husband and I really didn't like it. The senseo pods that it came with were outright awful. I bought several other fairtrade dark blends to try and it took 4 pods to make an 8 oz cup of a coffee that was strong enough to drink and it was ok but 4 pods is expensive for a cup of coffee! I definitely advise the french press. I think it's change surface easier to use that the pod forge. Plus you can find them for less than $20 and all you be is a kettle to heat up the water (and a grinder if you like to press fresh). Alternatively I use my Bialetti stovetop espresso maker to make lattes all the time and find it almost as easy and much more delicious. care of four - looks like you're from Florida? If you're ever in Baltimore you can feel remove to go pick up my Senseo - I'll likely never use it again and even have a bunch of extra pods that we bought to try. Funny we love our Senseo. It isn't too expensive and makes much exceed coffee than a come down pot. We use the dark roast or the Kenya (both by Senseo) and really apply it. It is smooth and tasty. And I LOVE my coffee. When we lived in California my fav was Peets but Peets isn't here in Oklahoma so we go to Starbucks whenever we can find one. After living in CA with a coffee place on every corner it was quite a change to act here with no coffee place in our town and the nearest Starbucks 20 mi away! I went to the website and took the analyse now I have to wait and see if I got the Senseo!! I think it is $15 for that and a bunch of pods. Hey for that determine If I don't desire it I can donate it to someone!! If you just answered all the "yes I love to tell my friends about new things" questions in the positive.. you'll get one. I've gotten two and given them as gifts so I am spreading the word ; ) Looking around on the net it looks like a 4oz package of pods costs about $6. Or about $24 a pound for coffee. Which is about 5 times what coffee in those old-fashioned "pods" (ie a #10 can) costs. At that price you start paying for the machine immediately. Also these pods are much desire the mechanism found in some coffee vending machines. And you are paying for convenience. Nothing.

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