Nespresso owners - Get in Here!!!!!

Nespresso owners - Get in Here!!!!!

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toastybase

2,220 posts

207 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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Has anyone upgraded the motor in their nespeesso?

We've got a few chaos at work who've been staying late on Thursdays to bring in and test machines and mods etc.

Turn7

23,502 posts

220 months

Sunday 19th March 2017
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Very unimpressed with the latest packaging...
Always used to be in a sealed bag with invoice taped to outer carton. My latest delivery came in an unsealed outer only and no invoice.

Not quite the end of the world,except its delivered by some oik who insists on lobbing over the fence evry time. If its raining, its going to get ruined.

Have sent a stern email to HQ.

Chicken Chaser

7,744 posts

223 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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I really like Dharkan, Roma and Arpeggio. Vanilla is quite nice for a bit of a change but other than that, I've not really been able to notice much of a difference between the others.

Had mine since Christmas with the free pod offer. Used nearly 100 since then, and have around another £25 on my account. Does anyone tend to sell their machines come next offer time and just take advantage of a free pod offer?

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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Chicken Chaser said:
I really like Dharkan, Roma and Arpeggio. Vanilla is quite nice for a bit of a change but other than that, I've not really been able to notice much of a difference between the others.

Had mine since Christmas with the free pod offer. Used nearly 100 since then, and have around another £25 on my account. Does anyone tend to sell their machines come next offer time and just take advantage of a free pod offer?
Yup, although I tend to sell the new machine and keep mine. Here the cost of a cheap machine is less than the price for the 200 pods you get free, so I buy the cheapest one (Inissa, Pixie or whatever), claim the pods, and flog it on a Facebook group or similar for about 50% of the new price. I have kept one extra machine as a spare and to take on holiday though.

Just waiting for the next offer now, supplies are dwindling again!

j80jpw

824 posts

161 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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New Pixie owner here, my wife got it for me for Xmas to go in to our new kitchen, which I'm still fitting!! The kitchen is only 50% finished and I couldn't resist getting the machine out any longer, that and I was worried about the life expectancy of the 250 pods she got me too... so far so good. Great flavours, only slight complaint is that the coffee isn't amazingly hot but It seems that's a common thought here?


loudlashadjuster

5,082 posts

183 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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Yeah, what I usually do is pre-heat the mug with boiling water, or just from water used to heat the machine up if I'm only making one cup.

Mrs LLA always gives hers 10-20s in the microwave afterwards too. But then she likes it scalding. Philistine.

PorkInsider

5,877 posts

140 months

Monday 20th March 2017
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j80jpw said:
...only slight complaint is that the coffee isn't amazingly hot but It seems that's a common thought here?
I have a Kitchenaid machine and that's the same, as is my parents' Magimix so assume they're all the same.

I'm another who heats the cups with hot water first.

fizz47

2,663 posts

209 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Also running the machine a couple of long shots without a pod helps heat up the whole machine. Empty the mug you have used and now have a warm mug and a warm machine which gets the right temp..

schmunk

4,399 posts

124 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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PorkInsider said:
j80jpw said:
...only slight complaint is that the coffee isn't amazingly hot but It seems that's a common thought here?
I have a Kitchenaid machine and that's the same, as is my parents' Magimix so assume they're all the same.

I'm another who heats the cups with hot water first.
We have a Kitchenaid one and the grating bit on top looks tantalisingly like a cup warmer. It's not.


Chicken Chaser

7,744 posts

223 months

Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Bought a pack of the Aldi Ristretto ones yesterday, pleasantly surprised that they taste ok, and are pretty strong but they maybe dont leave such a long lasting taste on the palette. For £1.80 for 10, theyre still good value. Ideal for guests biggrin

sidekickdmr

5,065 posts

205 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Afternoon!

I have a new Nespresso, it's called the prodigo, it's got a built in milk heater.

https://www.nespresso.com/sg/en/pages/prodigio-mac...

The issue I'm having, is my coffee is too weak, I like a strong coffee and I imagined a espresso based one would be good for that, but even adding a small amount of hot milk to make a latte it's too weak/watery.

The buttons on top are small, medium and large, what would give me the strongest coffee, assuming I'm adding the same amount of milk.

My theory is the small will be the highest concentrate, but would be watered down by more milk, and the large would be more like a watery coffee, so adding milk is diluting it more.

Help!

loudlashadjuster

5,082 posts

183 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Once you're passed a certain stage, passing more water through a capsule won't make the resulting cup any 'stronger'.

If you like your coffee stronger then after making your latte (or whatever) just run another espresso and dump it in, no?

Or, considering you have one of those fancy-dancy Bluetooth machines, can you not just ask Siri to do it for you? winkbiggrin

Edited by loudlashadjuster on Monday 27th March 14:59

sgrimshaw

7,311 posts

249 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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sidekickdmr said:
The issue I'm having, is my coffee is too weak, I like a strong coffee and I imagined a espresso based one would be good for that, but even adding a small amount of hot milk to make a latte it's too weak/watery.

The buttons on top are small, medium and large, what would give me the strongest coffee, assuming I'm adding the same amount of milk.

My theory is the small will be the highest concentrate, but would be watered down by more milk, and the large would be more like a watery coffee, so adding milk is diluting it more.

Help!
Which capsules are you using?

I too like strong coffee and have no issues with the strength of coffee my machine produces.

ETA - I favour Dharkan, Kazaar and Arpeggio

Edited by sgrimshaw on Monday 27th March 15:33

Defcon5

6,160 posts

190 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Hat size cup are you using too?

Jambo85

3,311 posts

87 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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sgrimshaw said:
sidekickdmr said:
The issue I'm having, is my coffee is too weak, I like a strong coffee and I imagined a espresso based one would be good for that, but even adding a small amount of hot milk to make a latte it's too weak/watery.

The buttons on top are small, medium and large, what would give me the strongest coffee, assuming I'm adding the same amount of milk.

My theory is the small will be the highest concentrate, but would be watered down by more milk, and the large would be more like a watery coffee, so adding milk is diluting it more.

Help!
Which capsules are you using?

I too like strong coffee and have no issues with the strength of coffee my machine produces.

ETA - I favour Dharkan, Kazaar and Arpeggio

Edited by sgrimshaw on Monday 27th March 15:33
This is key I think - if it's below about a 7 I'm not very interested typically, especially if adding milk.

schmunk

4,399 posts

124 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Defcon5 said:
Hat size cup are you using too?
That would make it very weak...

sidekickdmr

5,065 posts

205 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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I’m using the strongest capsules, I don’t know the names but black and dark grey ones, they were labelled as intense/strong.

Cup size, I started on mugs, now on teacups.

Obviously I could add another capsule, but that would defeat the point of the machine and be twice as expensive per cup.

PorkInsider

5,877 posts

140 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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schmunk said:
Defcon5 said:
Hat size cup are you using too?
That would make it very weak...
hehe

sgrimshaw

7,311 posts

249 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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sidekickdmr said:
I’m using the strongest capsules, I don’t know the names but black and dark grey ones, they were labelled as intense/strong.

Cup size, I started on mugs, now on teacups.

Obviously I could add another capsule, but that would defeat the point of the machine and be twice as expensive per cup.
Are you adding more than the standard amount of water?

The default amount for an espresso makes a 40ml drink, ristretto is only 25ml.

If you are getting longer drinks than that maybe you've overridden the default amount, might be worth resetting the volumes.

wseed

1,501 posts

129 months

Wednesday 5th April 2017
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Has anyone been sent an offer for complimentary "Touch Lungo Cups" with an order containing 10 Ristretto Decaffeinato? If so any idea how to redeem the offer? I don't seem to have a code or see a means of adding them as a freeby.