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The current Mrs. LL could end up with a coffee machine from the fat bloke with a red suit and long white beard. Now we don’t drink masses of coffee but after our recent stay in the smoke where our room had a machine she rather fancies the idea of one. In the room there was a rather basic Nespresso Essenza Mini Pod Coffee Machine by Krups in black. A selection of medium or dark pods and either a 50 or 100ml dispense of the pod. Easy to use but very one dimensional. At £89.00 from Argo I thought might be a good starter machine.

Anyone got any sensible advice on one to buy?

We bought one of our sons a Dulce Gusto for about £45 a couple of years ago. Still going strong

I have a Keurig, does the job.

Nespresso here, couldn’t live without it

Delonghi Magnifica bean to cup. Love it. Shove the beans in and press go. Makes great coffee to your preferred taste and style.

Will it fit in a camper van?

I can recommend a built in Miele Nespresso machine.

I agree . we are on our second, first lasted years with daily use.

But disadvantages are that they are obviously a magnitude more cash, are usually bigger and do require cleaning and descaling.

the cleaning/descale isn't as bad as you'd think

depends on what camper van you want to put it in. You would need electric hook up to plug it in.

Yeah this is a great machine, but is quite a bit more than the £90 Argos one that LL suggested. We had ours for 8 years in London and both myself and Mrs Bob drink a lot of coffee so it was very well used.

We have now got a Delonghi Capuccino, we managed to get a refurbished one off of Ebay which is pretty much as new but without such a high cost. I think if you want a good bean to cup or even filter coffee you can't really go wrong with a Delonghi, however as noted, they don't come cheap. (Although it is Black Friday obviously)

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/magnifica-bean-to-cup-coffee-machine-esam4200s-with-two-hand-blown-borosilicate-thermal-coffee-glasses-3836198 (https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/magnifica-bean-to-cup-coffee-machine-esam4200s-with-two-hand-blown-borosilicate-thermal-coffee-glasses-3836198)

another thing to note, this makes espresso so if you like a big mug you need to top up with hot water

Having purchased several over recent years, and they all broke within 2 years (most within 12 months), we splashed out on a Gaggia Naviglio, which is obviously Italian. It's been brilliant and makes lovely coffee.

How much did you splash out ££££

£349, but they've gone up since then (as most things have)

Gaggia's are a fine looking machine. The Alfa Romeo of the coffee machine!!

Stlll not too bad though if it's a quality machine.

Well worth the money, even if they're closer to £500 at the moment.


They are! With the coffee beans held in a clear container on top of the machine, makes the coffee taste even better  ;D

Is that a compliment? Or looks lovely but the electrics are shit and it will rust.

Santa bought the other half a Nespresso Mini last Christmas and its been great so far, one warning a lot of the non Nespresso pods which claim to work are crap, especially those with plastic rather tha metal casings.

I did wonder whether the Alfa comment might be picked up on. By the sounds of it from Gnasher's feedback and the fact that fancy London Coffee shops tend to favour a Gaggia I'd say unlike the Italian car, these are built to last!

I got a Delonghi bean to cup one for about £250. I would have bought one of those pod ones but couldn't bare all the waste, or are the pods recyclable now anyway?

For anyone who LOVES coffee, go to https://hasbean.co.uk better than anything you'll get in a supermarket. And always great seeing that the beans were roasted a day or so before being received.



Likewise, although mine must be 10+ years old. As someone who likes to have a go at fixing stuff I've kept it going all these years, but think the grinder is now incapable of gridning it fine enough for a decent espresso. Every coffee (now on the finest grind setting) just tastes like shitty french press coffee.

I'm going to get a new one soon, although a new grinder is £70, which is tempting.

The wife is a proper coffee connoisseur so for her last birthday I bought her one of these.

https://ao.com/product/vcf117-breville-allinone-espresso-coffee-machine-black-77038-66.aspx

Its just under £200 but it makes fantastic coffee of any kind, it has a filter coffee hopper, a proper espresso attachment, its also compatible with Nescafe Dolce Gusto Capsules and a milk steamer for your lattes or other hot milk drinks.

It uses a thermal coffee jug so when its poured it doesnt use any electric to keep the coffee hot and it will stay very hot for about 2 hours in my experience with no power used after the initial brew.

It makes very very good coffee of all types.

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We use PACT Coffee for ours. It looks pretty similar to that. As you say the beans are so much better than supermarket beans and usually fairtrade and from small farners etc.

Yeah, the one I have uses beans. I hated the plastic waste with the Nespresso.

Jesus! A kettle, water, a jar of Nescafé, a mug, a bit of sugar and some milk!

What's wrong with you all!!

Instant coffee is fucking rank.

So is tea out of vending machines with powdered milk😀

After all the comments (thank you all BTW) I’m thinking the same 🤔

Go with your original plan

Ended up with a Tassimo. Bosch Tassimo Vivy cream Coffee Machine in the end mainly because it was one of many that were actually in stock.

Best place to get said pods?